Descending into El Capitan Cave, Alaska
My intrepid group of spelunkers Jackie crawling to the underground otter den At the opening to El Cap Cave Sign of loggings past Everyone knows about the whales, bears, glaciers, and beautiful kayaking of Alaska's Inside Passage. But a little known secret connects its way underground all through Prince of Wales Island. It is a karst cave system that spans across 13,000ft. El Capitan is the longest mapped cave and a National Forest Interpretive Site. This is a great place to see a relatively young cave system with an interesting history. My favorite tree Tackling 370 steps to the cave In the early 1990's a cave explorer found perfectly preserved bones inside a hard to get to room in El Cap Cave. He named the room the Hibernaculum and the scientist that followed were amazed at the condition of a large black bear skeleton, as well as a couple of unusual finds. Brown bear, wolverine, and red fox bones were also found in the Hibernaculum which puzzled t...