| Room
Name |
Date |
Named
By |
Explanation |
Zone |
| W.C.T.U.
Hall |
08/1892 |
W.C.T.U. |
Women's
Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) Hall which held a meeting in
this room, dedicated it in 1892. Located on the Garden of Eden tour
route near Silent Lake. |
Historic |
| Waiting
Room |
05/05/1893 |
Alvin
McDonald, John Stabler |
People
rested in this room while the rest of their group finished climbing
up the Alpine Way on their way to the Fairgrounds. |
Historic |
| Wakantanka |
05/17/1991 |
Jim
Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Stan Allison, Bob Kobza |
A
large room, 200-feet long, 20-40 feet wide and 10-20 feet high discovered
over the Club Room. Wakantanka means "Great Mystery" in
Lakota. It was a mystery why no one had found this large virgin room
before. |
Club
Room |
| Walking
Room, The |
03/13/1995 |
James
Wilson, Kevin Reynolds, Randy Brown, Eric Dutton |
|
Club
Room |
| Wall
of Frost |
<1893 |
Alvin
McDonald
|
|
Historic |
| Wall
Street |
1981 |
Mike
Scholl, Dan Swenson, NeNe Wolfe |
Passage
in the NY (New York) survey. |
Historic |
| Wall,
The |
04/23/1985 |
Walt
Kaminski, Jim Nepstad, Marv Zaske |
A
30-foot high vertical wall in a large breakdown covered room. |
Historic |
| Wanderers
Goal |
<1893 |
Alvin
McDonald |
|
Historic |
| Wart
Room |
<5/18/1984 |
|
Room
with loose stacked calcite blocks and a feature that resembles a wart. |
Historic |
| Washington
Boulevard |
07/04/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee |
|
Historic |
| Water
Hole #1 |
07/01/1972 |
Windy
City Grotto |
The
closest water to Base Camp 2 is this small puddle. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Watermelon
Way |
05/12/1987 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Greg Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Karen Rosga |
Karen
Rosga was the first person through this passage and had just put a
watermelon Jolly Rancher candy in her mouth before going into the
lead. |
Lakes |
| Way
Back Room |
04/20/1981 |
Liz
Chapman, Cory Crawford, Steve Matson, Kathy Raymond |
A
room "way back" into the cave. |
Historic |
| Web,
The |
<1974 |
|
An
area with a lot of gypsum hair/needles. |
Historic |
| Wedged |
09/12/1998 |
Jim
Nepstad, Bob Kobza, Sarah Wedge |
A
very tight vertical slot that Sarah got "wedged" in for
15 minutes. |
Historic |
| Weird
Room |
05/18/1988 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Shaun Larson |
A
30-foot diameter room with a weird combination of features, including
a small pool, dried flowstone, and a ceiling of translucent crystal
boxwork. |
Club
Room |
| Well
of Souls |
05/21/2001 |
Rod
Horrocks, Dave Shurtz, Ryan Shurtz, Jordan Shurtz |
A
pit at the end of a crawl off the "Map Room" which was named
to keep the Raiders of the Lost Arc movie theme going.
|
Historic |
| Western
Fringe |
<04/1993 |
|
A
large room on the western "fringe" of the known cave. |
Western
Fringe |
| Wet
Dreams |
08/14/1993 |
Dan
Hansen, Steve Smith, Rob Phillis |
A
very actively dripping formation area with bacon, soda straws, stalagmites
(2.5'), & helictites. |
Historic |
| Whale
Belly, The |
11/17/1991 |
Tim
Lindholm, Becca Bear, Tom Shelby, Ally Christie, Kreg Hamburger, Doug
Pflugh |
|
Historic |
| What
the Hell Lake |
1996 |
Stan
Allison |
This
was the expression from the cavers who initially came upon this small
lake in 1996. It is located in a previously dry passage that had been
known for over 20 years. This lake rose to the point that it sumped
the route to the main Lakes area and the deep point in the cave in
July of 1999. |
Lakes |
| Wheezer,
The |
<11/21/1997 |
Stan
Allison, Myk Coughlin |
A
crawl with strong airflow. |
Southern
Comfort |
| Whine
Cellar, The |
07/11/1992 |
Jim
Wilson, Bill Yett, Aaron Birenboim, Dina Venezky |
A
large, low ceilinged passage discovered at the end of the survey trip
that reminded Dina of her fathers Wine Cellar. The taller members
of the group complained about having to survey it at the end of the
day, thus the spelling. |
Club
Room |
| Whine
Room |
06/12/1993 |
Jim
Wilson, Bill Yett, Eric Button, Skip Withrow |
A
large, low-ceilinged room that the surveyors were complaining about
the low ceiling. |
|
| Whinning
Stair |
01/11/1992 |
Bill
Hawn, Bob Phillips, Murray Vogel, Steve Huck, Vern Carison |
|
Club
Room |
| Whiskey
Bottle Room |
10/01/1979 |
Jack
Throssell |
This
room was named for an old whiskey bottle which was found in it. |
Historic |
| White
Chocolate Mousse |
10/09/1993 |
Steve
Smith, Ben Gaiser, Joe Vantook |
A
white formation area near Wet Dreams. |
Historic |
| White
Coral Room |
08/17/1980 |
Phil
Dodge, Gordon Messling, Rod O'Sullivan, Chuck Bertsch |
A
room/hall that has white walls. |
Historic |
| White
Denial |
01/08/2000 |
Carl
Bern, Jeff Goben, Amy Johnson, Christa Schnieder |
A
too tight lead that is covered with white frostwork. |
Club
Room |
| White
Elephant |
01/02/1891 |
A.
F. McDonald, Alfred Matt |
|
Historic |
| White
Gates |
<1893 |
Alvin
McDonald |
|
Historic |
| White
Guano Climb |
10/22/1986 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza |
An
up-climb with white colored sand on its ledges that looked like white
guano. |
Lakes |
| White
Hall |
06/05/1884 |
L.C.
Faris, Frank Halden, Charlie Roe |
Also
called the Animal Cracker Room or the Rookery. |
Historic |
| White
Rock Room |
04/11/1992 |
Dave
Lester, Rich Wolfert, Bryan Smith, Bob Stucklen |
A
42-foot diameter, 4-6 foot ceilinged room with a white rock sitting
in the middle of it. |
Colorado
Grotto |
| White
Rose Chamber |
07/11/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, C.S. McDonald, C.F. McBride |
|
Historic |
| White
Socks Only |
|
|
|
Half
Mile Hall |
| Whitney
Avenue |
01/08/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, J.D. McDonald, Josie Moss, Robert B. Moss |
A
narrow "oven" type of passage that connects Browns Canyon
with Monte Cristos Palace. |
Historic |
| Widows
Rock |
11/28/1991 |
Gene
Kremer, Mark Wickham, Scott Lagaard, Dave Trumm, Craig Miller, Gene
Kremer |
A
large breakdown rock that shifted sometime during 1991. Located below
the gypsum spiders. |
Club
Room |
| Wiggle
Hole |
02/15/1981 |
John
Scheltens, Ken Allgier, Louise Hose |
80
feet of tight passage beyond SE262. |
Silent
Expressway |
| Wild
Berry Pit |
03/14/1992 |
Verne
Carlson, Kevin Smith, Steve Smith, Becky Ward |
A
hazardous 39-foot pit. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Wiley
Coyote Canyon |
03/09/2002 |
Rod
Horrocks, Doug Werner, Mark Robin, Kevin Mimmo |
This
lower level vertical maze had several pedestals and slot canyons,
reminding Doug of the scenery in the Wiley Coyote cartoon. |
Club
Room |
| Wind
Cave Chimes |
|
|
|
Historic |
| Wind
Gate |
12/01/1979 |
John
Scheltens, Miles Hecker |
A
strong breeze can often be felt in this passage. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Wind
River Circle |
<02/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald |
The
route that connects the Specimen Route, Wind River Chamber, and Guides
Discovery. |
Historic |
| Wind
River Chamber |
02/19/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, J.M. Moore |
This
room was originally called the Wind River Circle but is now known
as Room Draculum. |
Historic |
| Wind
River Circle |
<1891 |
|
This
room was later called the Wind River Chamber but is now known as Room
Draculum. |
Historic |
| Wind
Tunnel |
04/14/1982 |
Carl
Grundstroh, Kathy Harrison, Ray Lahti, Steve Matson |
This
passage, on the way to Disappointment Chamber, often has very strong
breezes moving through it. |
Historic |
| Winding
Stairs |
12/1964 |
Dave
Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn |
This
exposed climb leads from the Calcite Jungle up to the Club Room on
the Club Room Loop. It twists around on its way up. Resurveyed by
John Scheltens 08/01/70. |
Club
Room |
| Winding
Way |
07/17/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, Robert Norcutt, William Ranger |
|
Historic |
| Windsor
Gallery |
07/17/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, Robert Norcutt, William Ranger |
|
Historic |
| Windy
City Lake |
08/01/1970 |
Chris
Hill |
Named
after the Windy City Grotto, who discovered this lake. The largest
body of water yet discovered in Wind Cave. In 1999, the water table
rose to the point that this lake merged with Calcite Lake. |
Lakes |
| Windy
Dungeon |
01/?/1987 |
Chris
D. Gerow, Rich A. Brame, Joe D. Austin |
Lower
level cave off of Monument Hall. |
Historic |
| Wine
Cellar |
03/13/1993 |
Jim
Wilson, Eric Dutton, Randy Brown, Kevin Reynolds |
A
large room discovered by the survey crew. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Wisker
Hollow |
07/14/1984 |
John
Scheltens, Rick Burk, Dave Springhettil |
|
Club
Room |
| Witches
Enchantment |
<1893 |
Alvin
McDonald? |
|
Historic |
| Wood
Pile |
<1974 |
|
|
Club
Room |
| Woodman
Hall |
1897 |
|
The
M.W.A. dedicated this room along the candlelight tour route. |
Historic |
| Woop-Dee-Do
Crawl |
09/02/2000 |
Rod
Horrocks, Derek Wolfe, Jim Lawton |
A
20-foot long, awkward, vertical slot crawl that connects Spar Heights
with Loose Cannon Run. Named by the very skinny 16 year old, Derek,
after he saw the other members of the trip struggle through the slot. |
Club
Room |
| Workman
Hall |
05/1900 |
|
Dedicated
by the Grand Lodge of South Dakota (A.O.U.W.). "Workman"
references the (Association of United Workingmen). Originally known
as the Marble Quarry. Now known as the Bachelor Quarters. |
Historic |
| Worm
Ranch |
05/25/1981 |
John
Scheltens, Marc Lamphere, Mike Fancik |
|
Half
Mile Hall |
| WOW
Passage |
06/12/1985 |
Jim
Nepstad, Larry Johnson, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler |
When
Darren Ressler first crawled into this passage he let out a loud "Wow!"
Everyone agreed as the passage had 60-foot high ceilings. |
Colorado
Grotto |
| Wretched
Hole |
05/21/1984 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Warren Netherton, Andi O'Conor |
This
is a very, very tight belly crawl with lots of boxwork to catch one's
cloths. A truly wretched route! |
Colorado
Grotto |
| Wrong
Way Room |
4/14/2001 |
Jeff
Goben, Carl Bern, Greg Springer |
A
short passage off of Mule Creek Junction that was not the main way
on. |
North |
| WTF
Hall |
02/17/1989 |
Jim
Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza, Marc Lamphere |
A
large passage looked down into by Bob, who was sure they had discovered
a new room. However, Darren was sure it was an earlier passage the
survey party had been in. Bob climbed around and confirmed that it
was the earlier discovery. Another "Twilight |
Half
Mile Hall |
