Herron's Hope

Herron's Hope is the largest of the Little Rock Canyon caves at just over 110 ft. It has a short downclimb, and some crawling back about 40 feet on the lower half, then another 50 ft. or so in the upper passage. Some small speleothems can be seen, and a cave cricket or two.

Map courtesy of Rodney Horrocks.

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Step Up Cave

Step Up Cave goes back about 10 to 15 feet and then there is a small passage in the ceiling that goes another 10 to 15 feet.

Map courtesy of Rodney Horrocks.

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No Way Cave

This cave is one we discovered while hiking between two other caves above Provo. It is pretty tight but can be pushed after removing a rock that is wedged 10' in.

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Slice in the rock

We spotted the entrance to this cave from another cave in the area. It didn't look like much, but we thought we better check it out.

Just inside the round entry, the cave changes to a vertical crack.

Towards the back there is quite a bit of flowstone.

On a more adventurous day I might try to squeeze through this hole in the floor. I dropped a few rocks down it and you could hear them falling for several seconds.

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No Thanks Cave

No Thanks Cave is nearly 100' deep and can be done in one drop from this southern most entrance. There is some nice drapery, flowstone and popcorn mostly after the first entry pit.

Spee got the honors of dropping in first.

The southern most entrance.

Looking north in the entry pit.

Spencer ascending out.

Shane Coles descending the last 30' to the lowest point in the cave.


Some Graffiti.


Looking up at the two southern entrances.

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No Name Cave

After snaking though some breakdown, a short 15'-20' rappel leads you into a fairly large room.

Shane at the bottom looking at signatures.

1914 and 1920 were the dates on these two.

Looking North toward the upper part of the room.

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Professor Buss

Professor Buss is the largest of the caves in this area. There are a few interesting formations, but mainly just a lot of signatures and dates. The oldest one I could see was 1912, but there is supposes to be one dating back to 1850. Judging on the graffiti, this cave has lost popularity since the early 90's, or cavers are becoming more respectful of these places. Dan Burgner has just finished surveying the cave, and an official map should be coming soon.

The black is a layer of roots that have been grown over with calcite.

Spencer Coles and Dan Burgener.

Special thanks to Dan and his wife for showing us the way to Professor Buss. We have wasted many a day looking for caves so it was very nice to have a guide to take us straight there!

This room is covered with signatures on just about every wall, boulder and ceiling.

This is the signature of professor Buss for whom the cave is named.

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South Madhouse

South Madhouse is a fairly small cave. It is a 10' vertical drop at the entrance and then slopes downward following a fissure. There are a few nice formations, but nothing too impressive.

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North Madhouse

North Madhouse is a tight cave that requires a lot of crawling. There are no significant formations inside, but still a fun one to squeeze through.

Looking down at Shane squeezing though the a tight spot.

Looking out from just inside the entrance.

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Juke Box Cave

Juke Box Cave was used as a dance hall by airmen stationed at Wendover during World War II.  A concrete floor that was poured in the cavern for dancing and recreation during that time.

Looking back up at the entry.

Some Rare Indian writings inside.


Images courtesy of Tee's Adventure Blog

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Danger Cave

Danger Cave Prior to the gate being installed.

Danger Cave today.

Danger Cave is a cluster of dry caves near the western edge of the ancient Lake Bonneville, in the eastern portion of the Great Basin. The caves contain the archaeological remains discovered by Jesse D. Jennings, Sr. in 1949. The caves contain remains spanning most of the post-glacial time, the earliest carbon-14 dated to 11,000 BP.

Evidence in the cave shows that hunter-gatherers lived in the area as early as 10,000 BP, which is believed to be shortly after the extinction of the mammoth and saber tooth tiger. The evidence from Danger Cave presents a compelling view of a long-lived Great Basin Desert Culture and dates the Archaic Native American Culture to 11,000 BP.

Some of the lithic artifacts found in Danger Cave were different types of projectile points, scrapers, gravers, knives, and drills. Other artifacts that were excavated were twined matting and basketry, course cloth, coiled basketry, hide moccasins, wooden knife handles, dart and arrow shafts with broken projectile points in place, bundles of gaming sticks, and milling stones.

The land surrounding the caves was set aside as a Utah State Park, but funds have never been provided to develop the site.


Danger Cave Archaeological Site
Utah State Parks and Recreation
Administrative Office
1594 West North Temple, Suite 116
P.O. Box 146001
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6001
801-538-7220

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5 OUTDOOR MUST HAVES

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Go and have fun....go prepared!

Spencer Coles

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