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Mainland Caves Track 7-3-2017

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Distance
6.86 nm
Elevation gain
151 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
151 ft
Max elevation
999 ft
TrailRank 
26
Min elevation
212 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
2 hours 47 minutes
Coordinates
839
Uploaded
July 7, 2017
Recorded
July 2017
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near Cornucopia, Wisconsin (United States)

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Itinerary description

What a spectacular paddle. The caves are wonderful.

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Beach 02

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Crevasse

This cave has a large chamber that extends back about 200' into the cliff face with an opening in the ceiling which is roughly 80' high. The narrow crack in the left center extends back 100 feet or so. It wasn't much wider than my kayak at the opening, and I was afraid of getting stuck in it.

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Large Chamber

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Sandy Beach

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Stack

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Worm hole

Some guides taking a large group through and they explained that this was the "Worm Hole". There is a large chamber about 80 feet deep and 20 feet high and 40 wide. On the left in the back there is a small opening. This is the "Worm Hole" and it is so low, the ceiling scraped against my nose as I lay back and pulled through. This entry tunnel is about 10 feet long, and opens into a larger chamber about 40 feet long x 8 feet high x 10 feet wide. After this we passed through another small opening a little higher, wider and longer into a larger chamber with a much bigger exit. My GPS measured the worm hole to be about 145 feet long.

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