Lost River - Karst Information Portal

2007 NSS Convention Guidebook
The entrance to this cave is a small hole
2 feet in diameter at the base of an oak tree
in the dry, rock floored gully. This hole is a
14-foot free climb to a small room. In the
northeast end of this room a small steam
enters and flows along the wall a short
distance before dropping into another room
31 feet lower.
In the south end of the room are two
small holes. In one hole the steam enters
and the other a caver can enter. To reach
the floor a rope or cable ladder must be
used. It is a free drop and after 5 feet the
two holes merge and the caver on rope must
get slightly damp. At the bottom is a room
nearly filled with large breakdown and mud.
Two passages lead off this chamber. The one
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Bill Baus ascends Red Oak Hole.
Photo by Elliot Stahl.
Red Oak Hole
By Dave Black
to the right, a narrow crack, leads to a small
dome and the lowest point in the cave. The
other passage only doubles back on the room.
The reason for all the mud in the room is
that a sinkhole 30 feet south of the entrance
has recently opened up and debris is being
washed in. The water in the cave could be
the same water that is found in Siberts Well
and should emerge as a spring along Blue
River a mile away.