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Entrance to a cave near Marble Gap in the Marble Mountain Wilderness west of Fort Jones, California. This particular region contains a vast region of marble karst (except for the summit block), w/ many channels & sinks of sculpted rock in solution leading down to vertical pits & cave entrances. There are at least 150 known cave entrances within the karst, the largest is Bigfoot Cave w/ about 12.4 miles of known passages & a depth of 1,205 feet, which is more than Oregon Caves to the north. The geology of the Klamath Mountains is among the most bizarre & intriguing in North America. Most caves in the area require ropes as they contain vertical pit entrances, this was one of the few where it had a level entrance though it only went about 100 feet in, being relatively dry & lacking many formations.
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