Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia MountainsRecipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award This guidebook to the caves of the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia Mountains covers both sides of the BC/Alberta border, spanning an area from as far south as the Crowsnest Pass and as far north as the Prince George area. The first Canadian caving guide, it offers extensive information for each cave, including location, cave survey, history of exploration, access maps and all the necessary technical details needed for safe exploration. |
Contents
A Brief History of Cave Discovery | 16 |
Getting Information 21 Jons Recommendations | 22 |
National Parks 27 Provincial Parks 28 Provincial Forests | 28 |
Canadian Rockies | 36 |
Fernie Area | 86 |
Whiteswan Provincial Park | 100 |
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park | 118 |
Cadomin Area | 134 |
Yoho National Park | 180 |
Mount Robson Provincial Park | 214 |
The Small River Karst | 227 |
Kakwa | 244 |
The Dezaiko Range | 263 |
The Mount Bocock Karst | 277 |
Bowron Lakes Provincial Park | 296 |
Top Ten Caves | 324 |
Common terms and phrases
Access Alberta bats bedding blocked bottom boulder camping Canadian Rockies Canyon Castleguard Cave cave entrance Cave Map cavers chamber choke cliff climb close connection contains continued crawl Creek cross Crowsnest Dave Thomson Depth descending Discovered drop east enter entrances 1 Length Exploration Exploration & Description Falls floor flow follow Forests formations formed Glacier head hike Hole Jasper Jurisdiction karst known Lake leads limestone Location lower McKenzie metres Mountain National Park Nest Number of entrances Park Entrance elevation Pass passage Photo pitch Plateau pool Provincial Park Range reached resurgence ridge rift River road rock Rockies Room rope shaft short side sink slope snow Spring steep stream sump surface survey tight trail trip tube turn Upper valley visited wall winter Yonge