021 (Winter 1973) - National Speleological Society

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REPRINT _ SECTION: FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT NEFF'S CANYON CAVE Wasatch National Forest (near Salt Lake :City, Uth) Investigation by National Park Service Region Three Personnel SepteIlber 1951 Investigating Party: ThOIlas A. Walker, Superintendent, Timpanogos Cave National MonuIlent Lee Walker R. Taylor Hoskins, Superintendent, Carlsbad Caverns National Park M. V. Walker, Park Naturalist, Zion National Park James B. Felton, Chief Ranger, Zion National Park Grant Clark, seasonal ranger, Zion National Park Harold A. Marsh, Lands cape Architect, Region Three Office John E. Kellg Park Planner, Region Three Office. (oIlitted illustrations) Photography and sketches by John E.· Kell rl V Photo No. 1 - Packing gear on hoI's e for trip to cave. Photo No. 2 - Much of the trail to Neff's Cave is through dense oak brush. Photo No. 3 - Harold Marsh wading through underbrush near top of ridge. Cave entrance is over crest of r-idge and slightly downgrade froIl this point. Photo No. 4.- General view at Cave entrance. Cave follows this fracture line. Apparent entrance in foreground choked with rock .. actual entrance through sIlal l holes at ItA" or "B". Photo No. 5 ... General view inside Cave. Floor and opening continue about 15 feet below rocks in foreground. Sketch showing relationship of Cave to photo above. Plate til .. Location Ilap. Plate ti2 - DiagraIlIlatic geologic section Plate 113 ... DiagraIlIlatic sketch, Neff's Canyon Cave. Plate ti4 ... Typical sctions, Neffls Canyon Cave. 16 c:·
SUMMARY Investigations of Nef£ls Canyon Cave September 17 & 18. 1951 Location NeHls Canyon Cave, sometimes called Mt. Olympus Cave, is located in the Wasatch National Forest roughly three miles south and five miles east of the city limits of Salt Lake City. Investigation Monday, September 17, was spent with Forest Service officials and participating in interviews with representatives of the Geology Department, University of Utah, and others. Most of the investigating group, accompanied by Forest Ranger Gardner, went to the Gave, marked a trail and went inside for a short distance. The actual investigation was made by the entire group on Tuesday, September 18. The party entered the cave at 11:10 a. m. and carne out about 3:30 p. m. NeHls Cave This is a tent-shaped, or inverted "V"-shaped, cave. about 550 to 600 feet onlY'Lee,Walker could worm. his way through. , (Editor's note:,,'The Nar rows: just beyond the' Double. Pit Room.) this opening, about 3:30 p. m. It changes in base and height from narrow craw1ways to spots where he base of the tringle is, perhaps, twelve feet wide with a ceil ing of as much as twentyfive feet. The angle is quite steep - estimated to be 45 degrees with dropoffs of three to thirty feet at varying intervals, making the overall angle of descent about 60 degrees. The floor 'is covered with loose rocks which make inspection dangerou\s. In addition,. the cave is wet and the rocks are slick, offering, at times, little or no foothold. Vie made the trip in and out by feeding rope along through the opening and calling back and forth through the passage asking that the rope be made fast when it was necessary to use .it to negociate ledges. " The- party stopped underground where the-.passage was so narrow that in,what we had seen up to that point. He;: reported no maJor change Since.we ·could go no further, plus the fact that it would have been impossible to get an injured person through we recalled.Lee Walker, had lunch and returned to the surface Conclusions The cave does not have any qualities that are of national iri:lportance . and we did not discover any portion of the cave that would have an economic value! as a tourist attraction for Salt Lake City and vicinity. It is dangerand continued exploration by persons small enough to negociate the ous, openings is inviting eventual tragedy. Further explorations should be discouraged. 17
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