Gargantua (cave)
Gargantua is a limestone cave located on the Andy Good Plateau in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. As of 2002 it has 6001 m of passages with a depth of 286 m.[1] It contains the largest natural cavern in Canada at 290m long, 30m wide and 25m high.[2]
| Gargantua | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Andy Good Plateau, Canada |
| Depth | 286 m |
| Length | 6001m |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Entrances | 5 |
| Hazards | Ice, squeezes |
In October 2002, a group of caving club students from W. R. Myers High School were trapped in the cave overnight, after failing to break through the waterfall exit.[3]
The Big Dipper
The waterfall exit after breaking through the ice to exit in the fall
The 56 foot pitch, 17 m pitch
The Big Dipper
References
- Journal of Subterranean Metaphysics #147, October 2002
- Rollins, Jon (2004). Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 79. ISBN 0-921102-94-1. OCLC 244770745.
- "Students rescued after spending night in mountain cave". CBC. Toronto, Ontario. Oct 21, 2002. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
External links
- Weder, Joel (Summer 2008). "Caving in the Crowsnest: An expedition to Gargantua and Cleft caves". Calgary Outdoors: 8–10.
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