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Oregon Caves National Monument – Oregon

Images of Oregon Caves National Monument – Southern Oregon, taken in April 2017.

Entering the cave at Oregon Caves National Monument is special; you are walking on a blue grate pathway and below you is the River Styx…is this the mythical boundary between Earth and the Underworld? Well if it is it’s a lot colder and a lot wetter than the myth would have you believe! This is without a doubt the wettest cave I’ve ever been in, granted it’s spring and the snowpack in these mountains is melting but I’m being rained on underground! Of course that is a good sign for the cave because it means it is still “living” and growing but for me…well I wish I would’ve brought an umbrella.

Beyond my discomfort the cave itself was very interesting with many ornate rooms and interesting stories; from how it was discovered to how those that followed broke off formations to take as souvenirs and oddly enough that the View-Master company was created at Oregon Caves during a chance meeting by the inventor William Gruber and Harold Graves a picture postcard maker. The Chateau where they met is itself a National Historic Landmark and this remote mountain is part of a larger national forest protecting plants and animals of southern Oregon and northern California.
The Oregon Caves Chateau (built in 1934) in Oregon Caves National Monument
The Oregon Caves Chateau (built in 1934) in Oregon Caves National Monument 		The Chalet (built in 1924) is now the visitor center in Oregon Caves National Monument
The Chalet (built in 1924) is now the visitor center in Oregon Caves National Monument		 View along the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument
View along the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument		 View of the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest from Oregon Caves National Monument
View of the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest from Oregon Caves National Monument		 Landscape from the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument
Landscape from the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument
Cave entrance walking on a grate pathway over the River Styx in Oregon Caves National Monument
Cave entrance walking on a grate pathway over the River Styx in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Drapery and flowstone formation in Oregon Caves National Monument
Drapery and flowstone formation in Oregon Caves National Monument		 The 110 cave exit in Oregon Caves National Monument
The 110 cave exit in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Formation in the Imagination Room in Oregon Caves National Monument
Formation in the Imagination Room in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Heart shaped formation in the Imagination Room in Oregon Caves National Monument
Heart shaped formation in the Imagination Room in Oregon Caves National Monument
Petrified pencil writing from the early 1900’s in the Souvenir Room in Oregon Caves National Monument
Petrified pencil writing from the early 1900’s in the Souvenir Room in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Stalactite dripping water in Oregon Caves National Monument
Stalactite dripping water in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Drapery formation in Oregon Caves National Monument
Drapery formation in Oregon Caves National Monument		 A grouping of large drapery formations in Oregon Caves National Monument
A grouping of large drapery formations in Oregon Caves National Monument		 A drapery formation with water flowing over it in Oregon Caves National Monument
A drapery formation with water flowing over it in Oregon Caves National Monument
Small ferns growing on rock in Oregon Caves National Monument
Small ferns growing on rock in Oregon Caves National Monument		 View of the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument
View of the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Fallen tree in front of blind leads along the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument
Fallen tree in front of blind leads along the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Small succulents grow in snowy area in Oregon Caves National Monument
Small succulents grow in snowy area in Oregon Caves National Monument		 Grasses grow from an old tree stump along the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument
Grasses grow from an old tree stump along the Cliff Nature Trail in Oregon Caves National Monument

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