Caving Narratives

Caving narratives are short summaries of caving trips into Wind Cave.
Most describe exploration trips, but some deal with significant finds or
locations, science projects in the cave, or even trips where photography
is the main goal of the trip.

These trips are organized by the zone in the cave where the caving
activity takes place and date. The zones are: Historic, Colorado Grotto,
the Lakes and Half-Mile Hall Zones (which includes the Club Room Area),
North Zone, Silent Expressway and Southern Comfort Zones. Clicking
on the link will take you to the zones listed. The section at the end of the
list are the significant finds or locations that led to new discoveries or a
better understanding of the cave. Many of these involve several trips
to an area.

 

Historic Zone is in Yellow

Zone

Date

Historic

July 12, 1984 July 22, 1984 July 20, 1985 September 18, 1985 September 26, 1985 October 30-31, 1985 November 21, 1985 April 22, 1986 April 29, 1986 May 13, 1986 November 29, 1986 December 30, 1986 January 1, 1987 March 18, 1987 March 19, 1987 March 21, 1987 May 25, 1987 July 16, 1987 August 9, 1987 November 20, 1987 December 6, 1987 December 16, 1987 December 20, 1987 December 21, 1987 March 7, 1988 April 28, 1988 May 4, 1988 September 21, 1999 November 27, 1999 December 11, 1999 January 12, 2000 January 29, 2000 February 21, 2000 March 14, 2000 March 25, 2000 November 11, 2000 February 10, 2001 March 15, 2001 May 29, 2001 June 25, 2001 August 2, 2001 August 11, 2001 August 16, 2001 February 21, 2002 other trips listed on this page: March 5, 2002 May 7, 2002 July 18, 2002 Jan 10, 2003 Jan 25, 2003 July 16, 2003 February 14, 2004 March 17, 2004 April 7, 2004 January 13, 2007 February 10, 2007 March 13, 2002 August 5, 2002 January 29, 2003 February 22, 2003 April 13, 2003 June 20, 2003 January 8, 2005 May 3, 2005 January 25. 2006 February 11, 2006 April 8, 2006 June 6, 2006 October 3, 2006 October 14, 2006 October 31, 2006 April 14, 2007 May 26, 2007 June 5, 2007 July 10, 2007 July 29, 2007 July 13, 2007 August 7, 2007 August 15,2007 August 25, 2007 September 08, 2007 September 22, 2007 October 02, 2007 December 8, 2007 December 22, 2007 January 12, 2008 February 9, 2008 July 13, 2008 August 8, 2009 February 27, 2010 January 10, 2011 December 3, 2011 January 14, 2012 February 10, 2012 February 17 and 18, 2012 March 6, 2012 March 13, 2012 November 11, 2012

 

Colorado Grotto Zone is in yellow

Colorado Grotto	May 21, 1984 May 27, 1984 June 3, 1984 June 11, 1984 May 27, 1985 June 12, 1985 March 10, 1986 July 14, 1986 December 5, 1998 April 3, 1999 Janurary 23, 1999 April 17, 1999 April 25, 1999 July 19, 1999 September 11, 1999 August 11, 2000 September 2, 2000 October 14, 2000 August 11, 2001 April 13, 2002 December 3, 2010

 

Lakes Zone (left) & Half-Mile Hall Zone (right) are in yellow

Half-Mile Hall	November 2, 1987 November 18, 1987 December 9, 1987 November 16, 1988 November 30, 1988 February 3, 1989 February 17, 1989 July 17, 1989 September 3, 1989 December 5, 1998 April 3, 1999 March 4, 2000 May 29, 2000 September 2, 2000 November 11, 2000 January 13, 2001 April 14, 2001 August 11, 2001 January 8, 2005 April 9, 2005 May 2, 2005 February 11, 2006 January 12, 2008 February 9, 2008
Lakes Zone	October 16, 1985 September 22, 1986 October 22, 1986 October 27, 1986 November 3, 1986 December 2, 1986 December 8, 1986 May 6, 1987 May 12, 1987 November 25, 1987 January 21 & March 3, 1988 January 18, 1989 July 19 & November 18, 1989 October 9,1999 December 3, 2007

 

North Zone is in yellow

North	April 29, 1986 May 13, 1986 August 11, 1986 November 18, 1986 June 12, 1987 August 7, 1987 August 27, 1987 July 31, 1988 July 28,1990 July 14, 2001 May 11, 2002 July 13, 2002 January 8, 2005 February 11, 2006 September 4, 2007 August 5, 2008 September 2, 2008

 

Silent Expressway Zone and Southern Comfort Zone are in yellow

Silent Expressway	July 23, 1987 December 12, 1987 January 8, 2000
Southern Comfort	1997 November 9, 2002 January 11, 2003 December 11, 2004 February 11, 2006 March 24, 2007 June 13, 2008 January 23 - 26, 2009 January 29, 2012

 

Significant Finds	100 Milestone Alpine Way Survey Alvin McDonald Signature & High Hopes Discovery Alvin McDonald Signature & Shirk Street Ballot Box Discovery Button Popcorn Discovery Camp Cosmos 1st trip Chertstone Connection Discovery Crinoid Discovery Crumble Lane Discovery Dreamscape Discovery Dynamite Discovery Fissure Kingdom Discovery Flatlands Discovery Flour Box North Discovery Fourteeners Discovery Gas Chamber Discovery Ghost Town Discovery Hades Discovery Helictites Discovery Historic Specimen Label Hobsons Bypass Discovery Hoo-Pnew Discovery Horn Coral Discovery Iron Oxide Needles Knee Bone Room Discovery Lake Vega Discovery Lakes Dye Tracing Project Loose Cannon Run Discovery Lost Fissure Rediscovery Mind Boggler Discovery Mock October Room Discovery Paleo Entrance Discovery Paleo Flood Debris Phantom Lake Discovery Pink Residue Discovery Pizza Hut Discovery Rio Colorado Discovery Rite of Spring Discovery Rope Climbing Leads Seismic Hall Discovery Stalactite Galore Discovery Stargazer Hall Discovery Stream Cobble Study Task Master Room Discovery Terra Cotta Trail Discovery Ton 80 Room Discovery Two-foot Long Fossil Burrow Discovery Waterfall Discovery Wind Becomes 5th Longest Cave in World Wind Becomes 4th Longest Cave in World Woodrat Skeleton Discovery Yahoo Discovery Zebra Rock Discovery