The route is 100% on a hard surface that provided excellent traction in humid environs of the cave. Originally designed by a Hollywood lighting specialist the accent lighting surely deserves an Oscar for lighting design. Throughout the journey no headlamps or flashlights are required as the pathway is gently lit by artificial lights. On the first day I took about four hours to walk into the Bat Cave to reach the beginning of El Salon del Gigantes (The Big Room) to see a cavern that could hold three football fields containing thousands of natural wonders. I spent two days in the bat cave bowels in a reverent state where I was awed by the beauty and complexity of everything I saw. There are more than 100 entrances to caverns in the park. "The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time." - Henry David Thoreau And then there were the reflective mirror pools formed over centuries from tiny mineral laced water droplets. From enormous flowing stone columns to elaborate forests of spindly stone branches to the most delicate and graceful chandeliers of exquisitely shaped crystal-like spears held fast to the ever changing ceiling of enormous caverns.
I've been in lots of caves before but this park astounded me with its variety and the cave's intricate and delicate decorations. Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota.Timpanogos Cave National Monument in Utah.Lehman Caves in Great Basin National Park in Nevada.Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park in California.Carlsbad Cavern National Park in New Mexico.Balconies Cave in Pinnacles National Park in California.Carlsbad Caverns National Park is one of at least ten national parks or monuments in the US that contain explorable cave geology:
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