Wind Cave National Park - Wind Cave Room Names - I (U.S. National Park Service)

Room	Date	Named By	Explanation
Ice Cream Shop, The	3/24/2001	Marc Ohms, Rene Ohms, Matt Reece	A beautifully decorated area with white stalagmites, stalactites, soda straws, and draperies that resembled vanilla ice cream. It was named after Matt and Renee waited for 30 minutes while Marc scooped ahead. When he finally returned, they asked him, "Do you want one or two scoops?", chiding him for being gone so long.
Ice Flow	11/10/1990	Garrie Petrie, Norm Thompson, Pat Seiser	Aragonite blister-floored passage.
Ice Gorge	03/12/1892	Alvin McDonald, Elmer McDonald, J.D. McDonald, George Stabler
Ice Palace	01/22/1893	A.F. McDonald, Saura V. Smith, Mary McDonald, Fred Darlington
Ice Rink	06/12/2004	Chris Amidon, Sarah Petite, Ajax Dalman	A dome filled with wet formations dripping into a flowstone pool that reminded one of the cavers of an ice rink.
Ice Room	<10/6/1984		Located before the low belly crawl to the Lower Columbian Hall.
Ice Storm	12/29/1979	John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti	The huge quartz geode has finger-like projections with manganese interiors. Beautiful crystals resemble jewels. Also known as the Crown Jewels.
Ice Stream Room	06/09/1984	Warren Netherton, Jim Pisarowicz, Karen Rosga	There is a small pure white flowstone deposit like a small stream flowing across this room.
Iceberg	08/01/1971	Chris Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres	The name of a HUGE breakdown block, possibly the largest known in Wind Cave.
Icy Carrot Room, The	12/14/2002	Carl Bern, Mike Wiles, Jeff Goben	A room with dense white soda straws and stalactites that resemble carrots.
Idas Washbasin	<1893	Alvin McDonald	Ida's Washbasin was written on the walls in this area. Surveyed by Abby Wines, Dave Saifsky, & Stacy Smyth
Igloo Room	12/11/1993	James Wilson, Mike Zawada, Steve Kumpf
Igloo, SD	02/21/2006	Jason Walz, Bonny Armstrong, Eric Grunwald	Named for a ghost town in South Dakota. The NF and WJ survey areas are collectively known as Ghost Town.
Imagination Room	08/27/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Karen Rosga	Large, domed room where the frostwork and popcorn was really spectacular. You could use your imagination to see just about anything in the room.
Imperial Dome	07/04/1891	Alvin McDonald, M.E. and Willie Crookam, George Lee
Ims Room
Independence Hall	12/01/71	John Scheltens	Originally entered by Ken Carpenter and other members of the Colorado Grotto on the 4th of July, 1969.
Independence Spectres, The	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Indistinct Avenue	11/10/1990	Jim Nepstad, Greg Nepstad, Stan Allison, Paul Burger
Inner Outlet	11/23/1990	Matt Kramar, Randy Waslien?, Rich Ness
Inner Sea	10/22/1986	Jim Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza	A small lake off the Mammoth's Backbone.
Insane on the Membrane Squeeze	12/14/1996	Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, Skip Withrow	An 8 1/2" squeeze.
Installation 35	01/25/2006	Rod Horrocks, Derek Marohn	An inscription was found on the wall that read, "Radiators installed 8-18-35", which referred to the coolant system installed in the nearby Isolation Room to cool hot water from the Power House, which generated electricity for the elevator.
Instant Guilt Trip	07/04/2006	Larry Shaffer, Lee-Gray Boze, Tonia Foster	Named because the surveyors had a difficult time moving around this moonmilk-covered room.
Intimate Rock	04/05/1991	Martha Kubicek, Doiug Pflugh, Tom Shields, T?m Sulser	A rock that has to be climbed over in a crawl near station GBC9.
Inverted Bath Tubs	<1893	Alvin McDonald?
Inverted Wash Bowl	<1893	Alvin McDonald?
Iowa Falls	09/04/1892	Alvin McDonald, Alfred Gere
Irish Misery	11/26/1890	Alvin McDonald, Robert B. Moss
Irish Point Lace			A 20-foot section of boxwork in the ceiling of the Elks Room.
Isolation Room	08/18/1935	CCC	This room was where the radiators were installed on 8/18/35 to cool the power plant that generated electricity for the new elevator. This coolant system was composed of 2,300 feet of 2" pipe that hot water was circulated through and cooled before being returned to the Power House (currently the VIP Center).
It's Still Early	05/06/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz	It was still early in the trip when this small room was discovered.