Brandon and Sam above Deerskin
Sam above pit
Sam dropping down the pit
Thundershower mapping trip
Preparing for Thundershower Cave
Rigging the drop
Snow pile in entrance pit of the cave
On rope
Caver coming up the rope
Reaching the top
Looking at nearby pits
Checking on holes
More snow and sinks
Flowers in the mountains
Another deep dark hole
Descending into Thundershower on a later trip
Walking through my own long exposure
Large drapery and formations, backlit
Sam sketching in the cave
More of the cave
Eroded formation
Eroded flowstone
Sam headed to the bottom of the cave
Ben in the boulder piles
Ben scouting out where we are headed next
Cave Bacon
Ben keeping an eye on Sam as he heads for a high lead
Ben at the bottom of the cave
Ben working through boulders
Ben hanging out in the cave
Ben and Sam by the formations
Wasatch Grotto headed out on a trip
Wasatch Grotto getting ready for Providence Cave
Headed down the mud slide
Waiting to go through the tight spot
Interesting erosion in the cave
Little cavers
Climbing around
Flat roofed room towards end of the cave
Fixing lights in the cave
Checking the last few holes
Headed back up
Interesting deposits
Climbing the mud slide
Austin trying to stay off the flowstone
Staying clear
Soda straw
Eroded deposits
Austin catching his breath
Surface debris coming down a dome deep in the cave
Austin with the formations
Poor critter didn't make it
Stalactites, columns, and other pretty formations in the cave
Austin marking the top of the high dome dropping debris
Flowstone chunks in the crack leading down to the cave
Small sinkhole forming in the flat
Jeremiah in the cave entrance
Jeremiah and Lee getting ready to descend
Lee wriggling through the tight spot
More cave passage
Lee working his way in
The arrows only show up well in the pictures
Jeremiah in a keyhole area
Different erosion layers
Lee working between levels in the stream passage
Jeremiah peeking around the corner as the stream passage dumps into a larger room
Small ribbon of formation
Interesting changes in color on the different surfaces
Large room with a quick exposure
Longer timed exposure. Jeremiah and Lee taking their time crossing the room.
Jeremiah headed back up
Bit of a stretch for short legs
Jeremiah among the boulders
Some of the few formations
Interesting layered deposits again
Lee working his way through and awkward corner
Jeremiah showing off his mud after the cave
Jeremiah and muddy clothes at the end of the trip
Bumblebee on a cone flower
Walter digging into a shaft, with helpful supervision
Brittany making sure we can fit
In the shaft
Headed down a level
If only Rodney knew what we see in the picture -- mines can be dangerous!
And now we are into the natural cave
Reflection in a water pool
The formations almost look organic
Reflection
Multicolored cave formations
Small cave pool
Beautifully decorated room
More formations
Deeper into the cave
The wall is covered with popcorn and flowstone
Closeup view
Dust in the flash
Getting ready for the last push to the end of the cave
Walter headed for the drop
Final slot
Rodney coming back down the slot
Going up the slot
Headed back down
Quick snapshots on the way out
Interesting the color differences
Peeking through a hole
Broken formations and multiple colors
My home during the 2005 Regional
Caver and cave formations
Catching the group
Cavers regrouping
Cavers
Roots
Register inside of the cave
Cave register
Taking a breather
Cricket wandering around
Little dust caught by the flash
Main attraction viewpoint
Columns and formations
Heading back up
Enormous white stalactite
Beautiful cave view
Pictures don't do this cave justice
Aragonite Bush
Rope nest and resting
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Up and Away!
Headed up and out
Entrance gate, and de-rigging
Bighorn Sheep
High on the cliff tops
Don't look down...
Coming into the entrance
First room in the cave
The ever necessary shot of a butt. Jason Balensky is the winner this time.
Helectites
Cave formations
Crawling through a low spot
Roots coated in calcite
Lit from the front
Someday I will retake this one and minimize the blur
Looking at the formations
Still one of my favorite shots of backlit formations
Thorpe behind the formations
Pretties in the cave
Jason lighting up cave formations
Soda straw and stalactites
Stalactites backlit
Interesting yellow tints
Minerals add green
Thorpe staying low under the formations
Even more formations to look at
Small helectite
Steep scramble down from the cave
The climb down the hill