Lost River - Karst Information Portal

it opens into Tourist Avenue. The larger passage
is formed in shale and averages 10 feet tall by 15
feet wide. It continues at this size for about 300
feet, with some pretty white formations. The
passage then lowers to a crawling, up-stream
canyon, that extends for about 100 feet before
becoming too tight.
A small stream formed a narrow canyon in
the floor of Tourist Avenue. Not far from its
start, the floor canyon is wide enough to climb
down to the stream level and to the main part of
the cave. This is a 25-foot-deep canyon and can
be difficult to climb back up. If you continue
Harrison County Caves
down-stream, past
a couple of small
waterfalls, you will
come to a small room.
From this small room
one can stay high in
the stream canyon to a
formation area. Then
climb back down to
a hands-and-knee
stream crawl. This 50foot-long
crawl can be
by passed by a ceiling
level crawl. Both
passages intersect the
main stream passage
at the Triple Stream
Junction.
The middle
stream passage is the
largest up-stream
passage. It consists
of a multi-level series
of canyons, named
The Canyonlands.
Most people will
stay in or near the
stream. The passage
is generally walking
size, with a couple
of short crawls and a
few small rooms. At
the Waterfall Room
the stream forms two
waterfalls, the first is
about 15 feet high, and the second, only 10 feet
away, is about 10 feet high. The main way on is
to climb the waterfalls. At the top of the second
waterfall is a 3-foot-high crawl, which in 30 feet
opens into a 75-foot-long room, which is 30
feet wide and 15 feet tall. This room is named
Heaven because of all the formations at the end
of the room near the waterfalls. It is formed in
the same shale bed that formed Tourist Avenue.
The stream passage beyond Heaven becomes
too tight to follow.
Back at the Triple Stream Junction, the right
stream can be followed to the Lake Room. This
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