This is the entrance to Jim Peck Ice Cave. (It immediately
drops into a twisting and winding pit of approximately 300 feet. Most of the way
down is standing and/or sliding on ice, so it can be a bit tricky to keep your footing.
This is the entrance to Jim Peck Ice Cave. (It immediately
drops into a twisting and winding pit of approximately 300 feet. Most of the way
down is standing and/or sliding on ice, so it can be a bit tricky to keep your footing.
Once inside the entrance room, you are standing on top of a glacier. At the far side of the room, you can actually craw around the end of the glacier into passages that have burrowed underneath the ice. Notice the layering of the ice in the picture. Each layer represents a different period of time. If you look closely, you can see a variety of different objects embedded in the various layers.
The greatest beauty in this cave lies in the ever varying ice
formations one can find through the passages. I have been there many different
times, and every year the formation area different. Above are three different
pictures of the ice formation encountered on one of my more recent trips.
