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Fort Stanton Cave Study Project: August, 2024
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Fort Stanton Cave Study Project: August, 2024 |
Fort Stanton Cave - 50 Miles of survey so far . . . .
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The Second Crossing under Little Creek allowed our teams to extend the length of the cave to over 50 miles |
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Garrett Jorgensen-Olague, Derek Wolf, Adam Weaver and Chris Pelczarski display a "50 Miles" bat symbol before heading back to Midnight Junction and then 10 miles to daylight, |
Click on the photo to see a larger image. |
The team exited the cave after a multi-day trip and reported they had surveyed enough new unexplored passage to reach the 50-Mile length! |
| An upper level in the No Cave for Old Men section of the cave discovers a beautiful lake area, well above Snowy River. | ||
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| Fort Stanton Cave Study Project exploration teams were able to access the upper ends of previous exploration in 2024, thanks to a dry winter that allowed the Snowy River Passage to dry out sufficiently for travel on the delicate calcite surface. Thanks to several new private team members and supporters who are the owners of private property just to the west of the BLM NCA, our teams were able to obtain permission to continue explorations started in 2022. In 2024 we were able to explore and survey a southwestern extension of the Snowy River Passage that actually passed under the surface Little Creek over 100 feet above, and the main passage appears to continue beyond our current exploration in August, 2024. This "crossing" under the surface creek was very significant, geologically speaking, and this team's efforts yielded three pages of photos linked below. | ||
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The map just below will be updated as we process the new 3 miles of survey data. |
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The FSCSP acknowledges the support and cooperation of the BLM, the USFS and selected private individuals in the development of this map. No warranty is made by the Fort Stanton Cave Study Project as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of this data for individual use with other data, or for purposes not intended by the FSCSP. Spatial information may not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. This information is subject to change without notification. The links below illustrate two of the previous survey trips that contributed to the new length of Fort Stanton Cave |
2022 Photo Pages |
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