Participants meet their guide at SOBEYS, a big supermarket located at Railway Ave and 10th Street in Canmore, Alberta.
Adventure Tour: per Person CAD 105.
[2007]
Karst cave
carboniferous limestone
Adventure Tour: D=4h.
| Location: |
A 5 minute drive from Canmore, and a short, picturesque hike of less than
30 minutes from Highway 1A gets you to the entrance.
Participants meet their guide at SOBEYS, a big supermarket located at Railway Ave and 10th Street in Canmore, Alberta. |
| Open: | All year, after appointment. [2007] |
| Fee: |
Explorer Tour: per Person CAD 65. Adventure Tour: per Person CAD 105. [2007] |
| Classification: |
Karst cave
carboniferous limestone
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| Light: | headlamps provided |
| Dimension: | L=4,003m, HD=245m, T=5°C. |
| Guided tours: |
Explorer Tour: D=6h. Adventure Tour: D=4h. |
| Bibliography: |
Charles J Yonge (2001):
Under Grotto Mountain / Rat's Nest Cave,
144 pp 17 maps, surveys and diagrams, 85 B&W 11 colour photos. |
| Address: | Canmore Caverns Ltd, Wild Cave Tours, 1009 Larch Place, Canmore AB Canada T1W 1S7, Tel: +1-403-678-8819, Free: 1-877-317-1178. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:17:10 $ |
| 1858 | caves in the area mentioned by Palliser Expedition. | |
| 1950 | start of exploration. | |
| 1993 | tours by Canmore Caverns Ltd started. |
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Although the cave was discovered in 1858, modern cavers were not active in the cave until the 1950's. The cave entrance must have been open for 3,000 years judging by the amount of ancient animal bones in the entrance cone. Not a show cave for the faint hearted more like a 3 hour, wild caving trip for the tourist who is prepared to get muddy! The tourist section includes an 18 m rappel and a tight squeeze called the Laundry Chute. Luckily it is a round trip. The cave is exceptionally well decorated and because of the careful way in which it has been managed, is still largely in pristine condition. Text by Tony Oldham (2002). With kind permission. |
Some bones from the cave entrance have lately been dated with the C14 method. They were determined to be up to 7,000 years old. The cave is known since more than 3,000 years to the natives, the Pelican Lake aboriginals.
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