On January 29-31, 2010 the troop traveled to explore the Fulford cave. We camped out near a parking lot below the Fulford Cave campground. The temperature was 2 degrees at midnight Friday night. Saturday night the temperature dipped to about -2 degrees which was good enough to qualify everyone for the Polar Bear badge. The troop snowshoed a mile up to the cave entrance. This was a strenuous activity that took about 90 minutes. We spent about 3 hours in the cave and were cold, wet and muddy when we came out. Brenden Hogan and Elliot Price led the campout and did a great job. Click on an image to get the full sized image.

Frost on a car antenna More frost but on the side of a vehicle Preparing breakfast in the outfitter's tent The field near our campsite. Taken at about 9am. The field on the opposite side of the parking lot from where out campsite was. One of our tents dug in Sean Going down the pipe into the cave The scouts in the cave. From left to right: Sam, Kellen, Sean, Graham and KJ. One of the few remaining stalagmites in the cave. Note the very muddy and wet leather glove. Kellen and Sean preparing to descend through one of the tight spots A random picture of the cave A vein of minerals that ran down the rock. This was taken next to Sacrifice Slab. Scouts waiting to enter the next passage An ice stalagmite Ice stalagtite An ice waterfall The same ice waterfall but in different light This is another ice stalagtite but it curved at the end More ice This is an ice stalagtite looking up at it from the floor. The end of it has a knife edge. Ask your scout about it, it was really cool. Sean and Jacob figure out how to mount a light on a helmet From left to right, Clay Thomasson, Brian Holthaus and Jamie Butcher The crew at base camp preparing to snowshoe up to the cave At the cave entrance Part of the crew inside the cave Photos by Jim Egan and Jim Hogan Videos - These videos require significant network bandwidth. High speed Internet is recommended. Playback will use the Adobe Flash Player. Videos by Jim Hogan