Wind Cave Room Names - B

Room	Date	Named By	Explanation
Baba Fats	11/09/1991	R.A. Brame, Jon Hartman, Josh Kanthrowitz, Kelly Morrison, Graham Wadds
Baby Elephant	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Bachelors Quarters	1892	Alvin McDonald	Named for the thin coating of dust or dirt that covers all the breakdown in this room. "As dirty as a bachelor's room". Also known as the Marble Quarry or Workman Hall (A.O.U.W.) (Association of United Workingmen).
Back Door, The	<1953
Back In Minnesota Passage	11/23/1990	Matt Kramar, Randy Waslien?, Rich Ness
Back Room	1962	Alan Howard	A large Upper Middle Level Room.
Back Room	1962	Alan Howard	Moonmilk has the consistency of cottage cheese in this area. The Windy City Grotto cavers made <8" high "snowmen" out of this moonmilk with matchsticks for arms. They were "cleaned" up by a NOLS group.
Back Stabber	03/31/1987	Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler	A very tight lead with a breeze and back stabbing popcorn.
Backstreet, The	02/24/2001	Matt Reece, Marc Ohms	A passage named after the Backstreet Boys, a very popular teen rock group of the time. The passage was a "backstreet" off the NN survey .
Bad Boy Dome	02/10/2007	Jeff Goben, Barb Smith, David Lambert, Marty Klaus
Bad Breath Pit	06/20/1993	Jim Nepstad, Art Palmer, Peg Palmer, Stan Allison, Bob Kobza	An 8-foot deep pit that blew air back in the surveyors face.
Bad Lands	<1891	Alvin McDonald?
Bagel Ballroom	11/02/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler	Two rooms discovered by Nepstad where everyone ate bagel sandwiches (these tough pieces of bread are well suited to the harshness of being carried all day in a caving pack).
Bagel Bowl	11/02/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler	Walking passage off the bottom of the Bagel Hole.
Bagel Hole	11/02/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler	This hole is in the floor of the Bagel Ballroom.
Bagel, The	<04/10/1993
Baker Street	11/1982	Mike Scholl, Dan Swenson, NeNe Wolfe	The southern continuation of Wall Street/
Balcony Room
Ball Room	<1953
Ballot Box	11/11/2000	Evan Anderson, Derek Wolfe, Shawn Kramer	Named while the 2000 presidential election tie-up was going on in Florida. This area had a bunch of corners and alcoves to check out.
Banana Hole	08/01/1971	Chris Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres
Bandana Pit	09/14/1996	Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Jim Wilson, Tim Moreland
Bandshell	08/18/1990	Steve Baldwin, Stan Allison, Mary Laycock	An upper level passage that has a rounded shape that reminded the explorers of a band shell.
Bandshell Bypass, The	12/14/2002	Rod Horrocks, Mike Hanson, Jay Kennedy, Dan Wray	A easy bypass that provides a way around the difficult climb into the Bandshell.
Barking Spider Room	04/14/2001	Mike Hanson, Rod Horrocks	A reference to the common caver joke of explaining the sounds emitted by a caver who has gas. This was a problem with one member of the group on this trip.
Barnacle Straights	05/09/1992	Paul Burger, Bob Kobza, Stan Allison	An amazingly straight lower level passage near the Canyon that has a 3"-4" calcite coating similar to that found in Jewel Cave.
Barren Chambers	03/1891	Alvin McDonald, J.D. Davis
Base Camp 1	07/1964	John Scheltens	Served as a base camp for the 1970 Windy City Grotto Expedition.
Base Camp 2	08/1971	Chris Hill	Site of the 1972 Windy City Grotto expedition base camp. Located near the Master Room and Half Mile Hall, which were discovered the year before.
Basement	<1974
Basement	07/02/1974	Cindy Brome, Janine LeRoy, Less Talbot, Chuck Ward	Located at the bottom of a 25-foot pit.
Basket Room	01/24/1970	Ed Crawford, Jens Munthe, John Pollack	Large lead on the way to Atlas Underground Hemp Works.
Basketball Room	08/?/1971	Don Coons, Les Lewis, Rish Breisch
Bat Alley	04/24/1981	Todd Cedarholm, Keith Mader, Steve Matson, NeNe Wolfe	The crawlway is near the natural entrance and bats have been seen flying down this passage.
Bat Scratch Fever	11/02/1990	Jim Nepstad, Mary Laycock, Stan Allison	Upper level cave with lots of bat scratches in the ceiling.
Battle of the Bulge	11/11/2000	Evan Anderson, Derek Wolfe, Shawn Kramer
Bayberry Candle Room	1964	Dave Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn	In this room Dave burned a bayberry scented candle for light during lunch. Resurveyed by Andy Flurkey, Dave Larson, Bill Mixon, Bill Wiener on 12/1971.
BB Room	04/12/1991	Stan Allison, Jim Nepstad, Dina Venezky	BB stands for Bob's Birthday.
BBC Alcove	05/06/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz	Big Beautiful Crystals (BBC) in this small room.
BD Chimney	12/12/1987	Steve Dunn, Ed LaRock, Jim Pisarowicz, John Scheltens	A 40-foot chimney on the BD survey.
Be Careful Passage	05/09/1992	Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Bob Kobza	A fragile area with boxwork that had to be crawled through.
Beacon Heights	07/02/1891	Alvin McDonald
Beacon Light	<06/01/1893
Beacon Street	11/16/1981	Ach Harrison, Eric Hosek, Nancy Taylor, Greg Wright	A mazy area.
Beanery, The	06/03/1984	Mitchel Frey, Warren Netherton, Jim Pisarowicz, Karen Rosga	Warren Netherton and Jim Pisarowicz were living in the Bunkhouse in the park and they always brought a pot of beans to the potlucks.
Beauty Parlor	06/05/1884	L.C. Faris, Frank Halden, Charlie Roe	An area with a red, sandy, micaceous clay bank associated with paleofill. In the 1890's this clay was sold to women who used it as ruse. Probably named by the McDonalds. Also known as Red Hall.
Bed of Nails	07/27/1993	Stacy Smyth, Greg Sweitzer, Bonnie Ann Burnett, Greg Finnof	Small pocket containing icicle-like quartz deposits.
Bed Room	06/23/1892	Alvin McDonald, J. Coldvion, A.J. Vagg, H.D. Worst
Bed, The	10/09/1993	Steve Lester, Alex Fong, Evan Anderson	A large breakdown block that resembles a bed near AIV6.
Bedroom	06/12/1985	Larry Johnson, Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler.	On one wall of this room the bedding planes were very distinct.
Bedroom	<02/1891
Beehive	<02/1891	Alvin McDonald
Belgian Waffle	1983		A dead-end low flat area located below Columbian Hall. Named during a N.O.L.S. expedition.
Beil Tunnel	02/11/2006	Jason Walz, Amy Bern, Sara Booth	Named for a town in Switzerland in honor of Holloch Cave, since Wind Cave was passing it in length.
Belfry, The	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Belltower, The	01/19/1987	Joe Austin, Mike Bailey, Chris Gerow, Karen Rosga	A 40-foot climb into the top of a dome.
Belly Acher	09/25/1988	Steve Baldwin, Jim Nepstad
Belly Crawl Falls	11/30/1988	Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bill Rodgers	A 30-foot pit entered from a belly crawl.
Benjamin Greenstein Memorial Squeeze	04/16/1980	Steve Matson, Dan Sonis, Clark Wallis, Jan Gelfand, Ben Greenstein, Jodi Johnson	A tight crawl first negotiated by National Outdoor Leadership School (N.O.L.S.) student Ben Greenstein.
Bens Squeeze	04/16/1980	Dan Sonis, Clark Wallis, Jan Gelfand, Ben Greenstein, Jodi Johnson	A tight squeeze named during a N.O.L.S. expedition.
BePaDoBeDe Room	08/14/1972	Tom Bean, Jim Palmer, Phil Dodge, Behur, Joe Decker	Named after the first two letter in the last names of every one on the trip.
Berlin Crawl	02/21/2006	Bonny Armstrong, Eric Grunwald, Jason Walz	This crawlway was named in honor of Andre Baumeister, a German researcher who refused to go through the crawl on an earlier exploration trip. After the crew surveyed through the crawl, the name came up because of its similarity to 'Berlin Wall'.
Berlye Heights	07/09/1891	Alvin McDonald
Berma Shave	12/22/1999	Hazel Barton, Dan Lins
Bermuda Dreieck	03/02/2006	Dorte Wolfkuhler, Andre Baumeister, Jason Walz	Room named by Dorte for the area of Bochum, Germany that she currently lives in. It translates to 'Bermuda Triangle'.
Bern Tunnel	02/11/2006	Jason Walz, Amy Bern, Sara Booth	Named for a town in Switzerland in honor of Holloch Cave, since Wind Cave was passing it in length that day.
Betternpokneye Crawl	12/09/2000	Rod Horrocks, Chris Ingebretsen	This series of upper middle level bellycrawls was deemed to be slightly "better than a poke in the eye" by the surveyors, thus the name.
Beyond Nasty	05/06/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz	A particularly painful climb.
Beyond the City	08/11/1992	Stacy Smyth, Randy Brown, Mary Laycock, Linda Gentile, Lisa Engleman	1894 Chicago Tribune newspaper was found all around this area.
Big Buddha Room	06/18/2000	Marc Ohms, Renee Rogers, Sammi Langendorf	Named after a 6-foot high, 10-foot diameter sediment cone undernearth a dome.
Big Butt Canyon	06/29/1991	Paul Burger, Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison	A narrow canyon near Mystic Lake where Paul had trouble getting his butt through.
Big Butt Crawl	12/18/1987	Jim Pisarowicz, John Scheltens, Mary Laycock, Dennis Shreves	A narrow crawl where you would not want to have a big butt. Jim had recentely listened to a rap song called the "Big Butt".
Big Cheese, The	04/13/1996	Evan Anderson, Hazel Barton, Mark McVey	A pit that is actually a vent.
Big Dark	05/08/1993	Steven Smith, Bill Hawn, Doug Kent, Evan Anderson
Big Fish	04/09/2005	Rod Horrocks, Sara Booth, Duff McCafferty, Eric Kurth	A room that spans four parallel fissures that was named because cavers are like fisherman in that they always want to tell about the big one they found. In this case, the big room that a more detailed search proved was already partially surveyed (but unnamed).
Big Harrys Place	08/1971	Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres	A large pit first descended in August, 1971.
Big Mac Canyon	10/02/2001	Rod Horrocks, Jeff Dwyer, Melissa Adle, Dixie Hemingway	A narrow fissure named after a geode (at UN52) that resembled a McDonald's "Big Mac" sandwich .
Big Sky	02/17/1989	Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza, Marc Lamhere	A 40 x 60 foot room with a 25-foot ceiling at the top of the Toxic Waste Dump climb. Named after Darren's dream from the week before where he dreamed he had discovered a new entrance that came out in Montana, Big Sky country.
Big Sky Room	02/17/1989	Darren Ressler, Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, Marc Lamphere	A 30-foot diameter room with a 30-foot ceiling.
Bile Duct, The	02/10/2001	Dennis Laird, Bruce Albright, Greg Glazner, Stuart Marlat
Billies Room	11/06/1965	Bill Pressley Sr., Billy Pressley, Philip Lynch, Tom Keller, John Murphy	A 30' x 40' room with thousands of active soda straws discovered during a Colorado Grotto survey trip.
Bills T	11/30/1988	Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bill Rodgers	A T junction with leads heading in both directions. Named after the point man, Bill.
Billys Room	04/23/1981	Beth Bellman, Todd Cedarholm, Corrin Crawford, Keith Gorges	A 12-foot high room at ND8.
Binkies Loft	05/17/1991	Mike Paulick, Stan Allison, Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza	Named because Binkie (Mike) found this high overlook into the Club Room.
Binkies Room	02/09/1991	Jim Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Bob Kobza, Louise Hose	Named after Mike was asked to name the room and he came up with Binkie. This became his nic-name ever after.
Bird Cage	09/22/1996	Jim Pisarowicz, Karen Rosga, Darren Ressler, Mary Laycock
Birthday Bubble Room	04/12/1991	Stan Allison, Jim Nepstad, Dina Venezky
Birthday Cake	01/05/1980	John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Mark Stock	A flowstone formation. John Scheltens' birthday is 5 January and Dave Springhetti's is 7 January.
Bishop Fowler Loop	1891	Alvin McDonald	The name "Bishop Fowler" is written into the soft limestone above the passage that goes into this route through the cave. Bishop Fowler was a prominent figure in the Methodist Church. He helped establish the Black Hills College in Hot Springs.
Bishop Fowlers Retreat	<1901		Named for Bishop Charles Henry Fowler, a prominent figure in the Methodist Church. It is a large room opposite the Cathederal on the Historic Tour route. The name was later changed to "Bishop Fowlers Cathederal" and later shortened to "the Cathedral". The northern half of the room was once known as Capitol Hall.
Bishops Gaze	<1893	Alvin McDonald?
Bismarcks Bake Oven	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Bison Bone Borehole			Coyote Cave
Bite, The	04/05/1991	Martha Kubicek, Doiug Pflugh, Tom Shields, T?m Sulser	A slim crack going down from GBC5.
Bittersweet	07/19/1994	Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, Bob Kobza	A large room (250' x 30' x 50') scooped by Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, and Bob Kobza after the discoverers of Necessary Evil reported walking through some moonmilk in Blizzard Boulevard. This turned out to be a bypass around the extremely fragile Blizzard
Bittersweet Canyon	<05/13/1995		A canyon to the north of Bittersweet.
Black Arrow Room	09/05/2006	Rod Horrocks, Alexis Brooks, Eric Dodd	A carbide or soot arrow was found in the ceiling of this room, which is along the Bishop Fowler Loop.
Black Beauty	08/18/1970	Chris Hill, John Scheltens	A black helictite.
Black Hills Diamonds	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald
Black Lung Room, The	02/10/2001	Dennis Laird, Bruce Albright, Greg Glazner, Stuart Marlat
Blackmers Slide	03/07/1905	Alvin McDonald	This name was written on the ceiling of this 15-foot long sloping tube. The name is mentioned in Alvin McDonald's diary as being on the Castle Garden Route.
Blacksmith Shop	12/29/1890	Alvin McDonald, Professor Nike
Blanca Navidad	<07/04/1999
Blarney Stone
Bleeding Heart	12/1971	John Scheltens, Chris Hill, Andy Flurkey	A flowstone deposit which has been stained red by iron minerals. A pool is associated with it.
Bleeding Liver	07/1964	Dave Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn	An area with red-colored flowstone off of Omnibus Hall. Named, but not surveyed by the Conn's in 1964. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Graham Hogg, Rainer Engler, and Dave Fairfield on 8/3/01.
Blind Faith	11/23/1991	Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Bob Kobza, Jim Erickson	One of the largest rooms in the cave (100' x 200' x 60-foot ceiling). It may be the largest when volume is considered. It has massive flowstone deposits. First entered by Paul, who jumped 15 feet down into the room by the Unclimbable Pit doing the "Leap of Blind Faith". Paul was rescued hours later.
Blind Pit	11/25/1988	David Gerboth, Matt Kramar, Mark Wickham
Blizzard Boulevard	07/19/1994	Evan Anderson, Bruce Albright, Hazel Barton, Paul Burger	A delicate passage with lots of white moonmilk.
Bloody Fingers	12/02/1986	Bob Kobza, Jim Pisarowicz	Some red streaks on the wall resemble streaks left by bloody fingers.
Bloody Hell	07/28/1986	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz	At this point Jim Nepstad got a bloody nose while mapping this passage.
Bloody Nose, The	12/10/1994	Evan Anderson, Doug Kent, Paul Burger
Blowhole Entrance	07/1972	Rich Breisch, John Piccininni, Steve Smith	Once explored as a separate cave (Blowhole Cave), this entrance to Wind Cave was connected to the main cave on October 27, 1984. It breathes in the fashion of the historic entrance, but about 40% as strong. Also known as the Snake Pit Entrance.
Blue Bayou Avenue	07/14/1981	Phil Dodge, Judy Hazen, Pickut W. Kittelson	The boxwork in this low, wide room has a blue color to it-similar to the Blue Grotto. Also lots of small, bluish crystals in the ceiling.
Blue Diamonds	05/05/1893	Alvin McDonald, John Stabler
Blue Grotto	07/03/1891	Alvin McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee.	On the Candlelight Tour Route, it was named for the bluish, manganese stained boxwork on the walls and ceiling.
Blue Grotto Loop			A developed trail that extends from the Three-Way Stairs to the Second Crossroads, via Pearly Gates Junction, on the Candlelight Tour Route.
Blue Moon Bakery	01/18/1992	Darren Ressler, Michelle Youngquist	Named after a bagel bakery in Silverthorne, CO, where caving bagels were born. The room in bagel shaped and has some blue boxwork.
Blue Nose Room	08/01/1971	Chris Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres
Blue Silk Bowers	05/23/1997	Abby Wines, Jim Pisarowicz, Sarah Billig, Kelly Mathis
Bluehose	08/01/1971	Chris Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres
Bobs First Dump	05/01/1988	Jim Pisarowicz, Shaun Larson, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza	Named because Bob had to create a "buritto bag" for his first time in a cave at that spot (a buritto bag is a couple of "ziplock" type of bags used to store solid human waste and tolit paper).
Bobs Toilet Pit	07/01/1972	Nelson Kuniansky	A 90-foot deep pit discovered in July, 1972. On the TP (Tolit Paper) survey.
Bochum Station	10/30/2002	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Barry Oost, Jessica Weinman	Keeping with the German naming theme in the area, they named this junction after a German researcher's school.
Body Grabber	12/30/1971	Chris Hill, Dave Springhetti, Lee Tierney	A really tight passage with boxwork that grabs one's clothing as you try to get through.
Body Grabber Bypass	04/09/2005	Jason Walz, Peggy Renwick, Sean Foster, Dan Foster	A crawlway that bypasses a tight squeeze named the Body Grabber.

 

Bogli's Doghouse	02/11/2006	Jason Walz, Sara Booth, Amy Bern	Named for Alfred Bogli who was the preliminary explorer at Holloch Cave. Since Wind Cave past Holloch in length, Alfred Bogli is in the doghouse now.
Bonapartes Retreat	07/11/1891	Alvin and C.S. McDonald, C.F. McBride
Bone Pit
Bone Stones	06/06/1981	John Scheltens, Pete Shiflet	This pile of loose rock resembles bones, giving the area its name.
Bone Zone	12/26/1982	Ken Allgier, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Mike Wiles	The walls and ceilings of this area of the cave have the appearance of bones. This is typical of many caves and these areas are often called bone yards (i.e. Carlsbad Caverns).
Bonk Pit	05/06/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz	A 30-foot pit where Jim Nepstad attempted to throw a tape up to Jim Pisarowicz, when it fell down, bonking him on the head.
Bonneville Salt Flats	1972	Windy City Grotto	An area of cave with low, flat crawls over calcite coated floors.
Bonnie Anns Bone Breaker	07/24/1993	Stan Allison, Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, Stacy Smyth	A very tight, sharp, dog-legged slot between JG39 and 40. Named after Bonnie Ann Burnett.
Bonos Boneyard	01/10/1998	Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer
Bonos Morgue	01/10/1998	Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer
Bonsai Boulevard	05/28/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler, Dennis Shreves	Weird boxwork in this area that looks like "Bonsai Trees".
Boob Room	04/20/1991	Ed LaRock, Barry Berg, Mike Behn, Win Wright
Boob Tube	05/1982	N.O.L.S. students	This pit, which connects to Wall Street, was named by a National Outdoor Leadership School (N.O.L.S.) survey.
Boob Tube Chute	<5/15/1984
Booby Tarp Dome	06/15/2004	Chris Amidon, Sarah Petite, Ajax Dalman, Vickie Siegel	A dome with two large chert slabs precariously balanced at the top.
Booker Avenue	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Boot Heal Room	<11/07/1983	Rich Brame, Ben Hicks, Kevin McGowan, Greg Wright	Named during a N.O.L.S. expedition.
Boot Heel	<1984		A room with a boot hill placed on a ledge in the wall.
Boot Room	05/02/1992	Andy Flurkey, John Scheltens, Ed LaRock, Mike Behn
Bottomless Pit	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald	A pit in Milliners Avenue that has a small hole in the bottom that used to be deeper, but now is plugged. Rocks apparently bounced down this hole giving it the impression of great depth.
Boulder Canyon	04/23/2002	Rod Horrocks, Dennis Laird, Stacy Tostrup, Darren Wells	This southwestern wall of this canyon passage is composed of large breakdown blocks. In some areas, extensive breakdown mazes exist between this canyon and the higher LS borehole survey.
Boulder Passage	04/08/1891	Alvin McDonald, J.L. Downs	A passage between the Guide’s Discovery & the South Dressing Room. Alvin named this passage because of a "conglomerate of block flint, lime boulders & red keel, (keel is a kind of stone that is rarely visible on the surface of the Earth)".
Boulder Room	04/14/1982	Roy Lahti, Kathy Harrison, Carl Grundstrom, Steve Matson	A room with boulders on the floor. Survyed by a NOLS survey party.
Box Cutter Room	02/09/2008	Rod Horrocks, Roger Harris, Duff McCafferty	This middle level room has hard calcified floors with boxwork and spiky protrusions that ripped the surveyors up.
Box Turtle Room	07/01/2003	Rod Horrocks, Chris Amidon, Meredith Dreyer	Named for some round boxwork pods in the walls and a flowstone feature that looks like a turtle.
Boxwork Chimney	08/23/1964	Dave Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn	The Conns first looked down this drop on 08/23/64, but didn't survey it until 08/30/64. The name is derived from the first 40-foot drop in this route to the lower level of Wind Cave is very tight and boxwork-lined. Two more drops following this go down an additional 40-60 feet. Although the last two drops are not boxwork-lined, the three drops are known collectively as Boxwork Chimney.
Boxwork Column	09/15/1979	John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Mike Wiles	A floor to ceiling column covered with boxwork is located in this area of the cave.
Boxwork Hall	1978	N.O.L.S. students
Boxwork Nursery	08/10/1995	Louise Hose, Aaron Bire, Dave Lester
Boxwork Quarry	09/09/1995	Rod Horrocks, Nick Myers, Matt Truitt, Belinda Fox	A 30-foot diameter room discovered by Rod Horrocks, Nick Myers and Matt Truitt on an earlier survey trip to the Roman Candle Room area. It has huge sections of boxwork that have apparently fallen off the ceiling naturally.
Brachdown Room	10/14/2006	Andrea Croskrey, Amy Bern, Srdjan Pajic	There are brachipod fossils in the paleofill in the ceiling of this room.
Breached Birth Canal	09/09/1995	Louise Hose, Dave Lester, Jodie Cottier, Michael Bush
Breakout Pit	08/17/1980	Phil Dodge, Gordon Messling, Rod O'Sullivan, Chuck Bertsch	A 15' deep fissure that led to some extensive upper middle level cave, including the Artifact Room.
Breckenridge Gallery	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Breezeway	07/01/1981	Phil Dodge, Mike and Mary Laycock, Tom Sheehan	This low crawl often has a very steady breeze moving through it.
Brick A Brach	05/14/1994	Evan Anderson, Bruce Albright, Hazel Barton, Paul Fowler
Bridal Chamber	06/05/1884	L.C. Faris, Frank Halden, Charlie Roe	A wedding was held in this room giving the room its name. Early guides told how a girl was married here that promised her parents that she would not marry the young man in question anywhere on the face of the earth. Now called the North Room. Other weddings have taken place in the Odd Fellows Hall (11/09/1896) and the Garden of Eden (1920).
Brides Chamber	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald
Bridge of Sighs	<1901		Three sets of stairs leave from this point in the cave along the tour trail. Also known as the Three Way Stairs.
Bridges, The	11/16/1991	Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, Bob Kobza	An area with bedrock bridges spanning the passage.
Britneys Boudoir	02/24/2001	Matt Reece, Marc Ohms	A 25-foot diamteter room named after Britney Spears, a very popular teen rock star at the time. In keeping with the theme of the area and using the same starting letter for each word "B B".
Brocolli Bend and Blow	09/07/2004	Chris Amidon, Vickie Siegel, Karen Henker	Named because all of the cavers were vegetarians, they had to bend in the squeeze, the passage blew wind, and the shape of the passage reminded them of the strange shape that one could bend overcooked broccli.
Broken Buttress Room	03/14/1992	Randy Brown, Rich Wolfert, Dave Lester, Dave White
Broken Pottery Floor	12/15/1979	Andy Flurkey, Norm Pace, John Scheltens	The floor of this room consists of dried mud which looks like the area is covered with broken pottery.
Brooklyn Bridge	<04/27/1984
Brophys Crawl	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Brown & Ugly Passage	?/1981	John Scheltens, Mike Kopriva, Sue Kopriva, Andy Flurkey	The BU survey, the "Brown and Ugly" survey.
Browns Canyon	08/1973	Lester Lewis, Mark Stock	Named after Robert Brown the director of the 1959 National Speleological Society expedition to Wind Cave.
Brown Sky Room	02/10/2007	Rod Horrocks, Ken Geu, Duff McCafferty, Roger Harris	An upper level room, the highest level in the Walking Sticky Maze, that had sticky muddy floors and great potential but quickly ended in clay plugged passages. The room was discovered by the surveyors.
Brunnhildes Delight	07/03/1974	James Palmer, Philip Dodge, L.P. Talbot, B.P Wa?, Bill Holmes	A small crawl named after Richard Wagners character, Brunnhilde.
Bryans Dump	02/13/1993	Jim Myers, Bryan Smith, Carl Pagano, Magary Beterur?, Don Broeker
Bryce Canyon Causeway	04/09/2005	Jason Walz, Peggy Renwick, Sean Foster, Dan Foster	A long lower level fissure named after a bowl shaped shelf covered with 1 1/2" tower coral.
BS Horror Hole	04/11/1992	Dave Lester, Bryan Smith, Bob Stucklen	Refers to the horrible time that Bryan Smith (BS) and Bob Stucklen (BS) had squeezing through a tight grabby squeeze located between the Xerox Room and a parallel room.
Bubble, The	1962	Alan Howard	An area of the cave that looks like a gigantic bubble.
Bucking Horse Canyon	07/01/1972	Andy Flurkey, Nelson Kuniansky, John Scheltens	This large canyon passage was the first major breakout from Half Mile Hall. The name was chosen because John was a cowboy and wanted to pick a name with a western theme. The exposed 100-foot climb is one of the more significant climbs in the cave.
Buddhas T	06/12/2004	Chris Amidon, Sarah Petite, Ajax Dalman	A "T-shaped" junction that the surveyors had to ponder for awhile over the lineplot and the survey they encountered.
Buffalo Gap	1963	?	Named after "Buffalo Gap", the place where the buffalo travel into and out of the Black Hills. This area is a junction between the route to the Club Room and the route to the Lakes. Found in 1963 by Dave Schnute and Herb and Jan Conn but not named by them.
Buffalo Skull	07/06/1974	Mike Brinkmeyer, Cindy Brome, Janine LeRoy, Tom Miller	One of the pieces of boxwork in this area looks like a buffalo skull.
Bull Run	11/18/1987	Jim Pisarowicz, Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza	A straight running passage where one feels like a bull in a china shop because there is so much crunchy boxwork and the limestone is so weathered.
Bungalow	12/07/2004	Jason Walz, Peggy Renwick, Larry Shafer	The surveyers of this passage found two small houses (1" x 2") carved out of soft stone with the initials "MF", apparently from the Windy City Grotto days?
Bunkhouse	05/27/1984	Mike Babbitt, Warren Netherton, Jim Pisarowicz	All three of the initial explorers of this room lived in the park house called the Bunkhouse. At the time of the discovery, it was believed that the Bunkhouse was located directly above this room in the cave.
Buried Alive	11/07/2006	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Erin Niedringhaus	Seth disappeared into a small hole in the floor of this room and it looked like he was "buried alive".
Burleigh Heights
Burnt Biscuit Room	1963	WICA Seasonal Rangers	A room off of the Second Crossroads containing a pothole with layered clay.
Burnt Pine Tree Forest
Bush Gardens	09/20/1980	John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti	Named for some fantastic helictite bushes found in this area.
Bushed	01/19/1991	Stan Allison, Bob Kobza, Jim Nepstad	A major helicite bush area. Bushes up to 3½ feet tall some coated with dogtooth spar can be found here.