Just got back from hershey, We checked out the indian echo cavern. There were a few other caverns nearby, I'll have to check out a few when I go to Carlisle or the Hershey Swap meet.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100818/...l_war_pow_camp
Just got back from hershey, We checked out the indian echo cavern. There were a few other caverns nearby, I'll have to check out a few when I go to Carlisle or the Hershey Swap meet.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100818/...l_war_pow_camp
cool richit. there is another cavern upstate NY Near Ellenville called Ice Caves Mountain.
Description
The Ice Caves of the Shawangunks have two very special features:
1.The cave itself is of a very rare type: a so called tectonic cave.
It was formed as a whole piece of the mountain pulled away, creating a semicircular ravine. Large blocks of Silurian rocks slid along fractures and bedding surfaces.
2.The cave is also a Ice Cave.
It contains ice which stays the whole year in some parts.
In the crevices, the snow of the strong winters in this area, accumulates, forms ice and stays until the end of the summer. They are open at the top for the snow and the cold air to go in, but closed at the bottom. The cold air is a little heavier than warm air, so it stays inside the cave. This natural effect is also called cold trap and is used for deep freezes in supermarkets, which work well, even if they have no lid.
Most of the "caves" are more like an open crevice, but there also is a true cave which is entered through a big wooden door in the side of the mountain.
However, the whole region looks very strange, a fantastic landscape and an impressive geological feature, so it is worth the visit.
That is awesome Rich! Those pictures are cool, I saw some on FB too. I'd love to do this one day.
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i want to see more caves myself i have been to howe and ice caves mountain and the secret cavern
Caving is cool. Find alot of Caves in Upstate New York while Hiking and camping out.
I'd like to go back to howe caverns or some other cave in NY
Spelunking! Only been to howe caverns as a young lad.
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I am making plans to go to Howe Caverns before the warm weather rush. I was there last year and the Hotel right next door is nice and clean. I would stay there again.
I really liked Howe Caverns even though the boat potion of the tour was a little claustrophobic. Water table must have been really high because I only had a couple inches of room between the cave ceiling and the top of my head.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
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