| Room
Name |
Date |
Named
By |
Explanation |
Zone |
| LA
Freeway |
08/01/1970 |
Chirs
Hill |
Located
on the LA survey, this passage bypasses several small crawls on the
JF route to the lakes. |
Lakes |
| La
Mesa Hundida |
07/17/1965 |
Dave
Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn |
A
single breakdown block that resemebled a mesa. This phrase means "the
sunken table" in Spanish. This series of small rooms is located
along the "Spanish Trail" (ST) survey. Resurveyed by Don
Coons and Bob Reinstatler on 07/17/1973. |
Club
Room |
| Lacework
Canyon |
07/05/1980 |
Chuck
Bertsch, Phil Dodge, Rod O'Sullivan, Gordon Messling |
An
area with very delicate boxwork. |
Historic |
| Lacework
Eyes |
04/05/1991 |
Martha
Kubicek, Doiug Pflugh, Tom Shields, T?m Sulser |
Two
pits near GBC6 that resemble eyes. |
Historic |
| Lachugala
Room |
05/11/1991 |
Louise
Hose, Vi Allured, Ted Lappin, Mike Frazier |
|
Half
Mile Hall |
| Lackagluten
Chamber |
07/14/1976 |
Phil
Dodge, Don Frankfort, Bob Huber, Jim Palmer |
The
ceiling in this room is very crumbly, with nothing apparently holding
it together, hence, "lack of gluten". |
Historic |
| Lake
Land Area |
10/22/1986 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza |
A
water filled passage that was measured at 9.8 feet deep. |
Lakes |
| Lake-side
Scenery |
07/04/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, George Lee, M. E. Crookam, Willie Crookam |
|
Historic |
| Lakes
Route |
<05/15/1991 |
Dave
Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn |
The
flagged route that goes from Buffalo Gap, Boxwork Chimney, Base Camp
1, Garden Gate, City Hall and back. |
Lakes |
| Lamprey
Mouth |
08/01/1971 |
Chris
Hill |
A
geode that looks like the mouth of a lamprey. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Lamprey
Room |
08/01/1971 |
Chris
Hill |
A
high passage near the Lamprey Mouth. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Land
Bridge, The |
02/28/2005 |
Jason
Walz, Larry Shaffer |
Room
named after a pendent that connects the floor and the ceiling.
|
Historic |
| Land
of 10,000 Lakes |
12/01/1970 |
John
Scheltens, Andy Flurkey |
Named
for the areas abundance of small pools. |
Lakes |
| Land
of a Million Leads |
08/01/1971 |
Chris
Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres |
|
Half
Mile Hall |
| Land
of OZ |
08/08/1972 |
Scott
Brougham, Alvin McLane, Ted Self |
A
series of passages along the OZ survey. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Lander
Room |
04/13/2002 |
Rod
Horrocks, Dennis Laird, Stacy Tostrup, Darren Wells |
This
name was chosen because this trip was requested by two N.O.L.S. (National
Outdoor Leadership Instructors) instructors from Lander, WYO. |
Club
Room |
| Lands
End |
01/22/1893 |
A.F.
McDonald, Saura V. Smith, Mary McDonald, Fred Darlington |
|
Historic |
| Lars
Run |
10/30/1985 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Heidi Grengg, Fred Roberts, Lars Virbeck |
Named
for Lars Virbeck, the first person to get into this passage. |
Club
Room |
| Laugh
Track |
04/29/1986 |
Jim
Nepstad, Greg Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz |
When
Greg Nepstad first crawled into this room Jim Pisarowicz and Jim Nepstad
were still in an incredibly tight passage. Up ahead of them they could
hear Greg carrying on with a string of #$!#!'s which started them
laughing. |
North |
| Lazy
S |
<03/23/1989 |
|
|
Club
Room |
| Le
Tempting Crack |
02/08/1997 |
Hazel
Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer |
A
tight vertical crack on the east edge of Navidad that no one dared
to squeeze into. |
Western
Fringe |
| Leach
Pit |
07/?/1972 |
John
Scheltens, A. ?, & Robert Lenz? |
|
Half
Mile Hall |
| Leaders
Monument |
<1893 |
Alvin
McDonald |
|
Historic |
| Leaping
Lizard Room |
07/14/1973 |
Don
Coons, Andy Flurkey |
This
survey was called "Leaping Lizard" because it was the LL
survey. |
Club
Room |
| Left
Branch |
11/28/1890 |
Alvin
McDonald, J.D. McDonald |
|
Historic |
| Lenas
Arbor |
<1893 |
Alvin
McDonald? |
|
Historic |
| Leonardo
Lizardo |
05/01/1988 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler,Bob Kobza, Shaun Larson |
A
25-foot wide by 15-feet high room. Named after the nick names for
lizards on a recent Mexico caving trip. |
Club
Room |
| Leopard
Skin Crawl |
10/27/1984 |
Dave
Springhetti, Ed LaRock, Ken Allgier |
Dave
thought the walls in this crawl resemble leopard's skin. The is the
passage that connected Blowhole Cave (Snake Pit Entrance) with Wind
Cave. |
North |
| Les
Miserables |
09/28/1991 |
Jim
Nepstad, Mike Wiles, Stan Allison, Paul Burger |
A
sharp squeeze. |
Southern
Comfort |
| Letter
Box |
|
|
|
|
| Liberty
Bell |
1893 |
Alvin
McDonald |
A
rock on the floor that is cracked just like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
In the Rookery. |
Historic |
| Lifeboat |
08/01/1971 |
Chris
Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom, John Scharres |
An
area near the Iceberg and Titanic Room. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Light
& Fluffy Passage |
02/10/1996 |
Hazel
Barton, Evan Anderson, Paul Burger |
|
Western
Fringe |
| Lil'
Bubble |
1975 |
NPS
Rangers |
This
small, bubble shaped room looks like a smaller version of The Bubble. |
Historic |
| Lincoln
Falls |
07/04/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee |
|
Historic |
| Lincolns
Fireplace |
1901 |
|
A
small room with a low arched alcove that resembled a fireplace. |
Historic |
| Lindas
Stopper |
07/01/1992 |
Dave
Lester, Steve Lester, Kevin Smith, Linda Gentile, Becky Ward |
|
Lakes |
| Linnaeus
Grotto |
<1901 |
Professor
Udden |
Named
after a renowned Swedish botanist. Located in one corner of the Garden
of Eden Room. |
Historic |
| Lint
Trap, The |
11/10/2001 |
Carl
Bern, Christa Schneider, Doug Pflugh |
The
surveyors found what looked like a wad of lint hanging from the ceiling
in this virgin area. |
North |
| Little
Lech |
11/08/2003 |
Amy
Bern, Jeff Goben, Skip Withrow, Barbara Smith |
A
tall fissure passage covered with frostwork that reminded the surveyors
of some passages in the North Rift area of Lechuguilla Cave. |
North |
| Little
Mermaid Room |
05/13/2000 |
Hazel
Barton, Evan Anderson, Amy Johnson, Jeff Goben |
|
North |
| Little
Muddies |
<1983 |
|
Named
during a N.O.L.S. expedition. |
Historic |
| Living
Room |
04/08/2000 |
Jamie
Sherer, Ron Sherer, Steve Turner, Deb Slinkard |
A
comfortable joint-controlled passage with a soft sandy floor. |
Historic |
| LJH
Room |
1979 |
|
A
dead-end room named after a soot inscription on the walls that reads
"LJH". Named during a N.O.L.S. expedition. |
Historic |
| Loading
Dock, The |
10/05/2004 |
Rod
Horrocks, Jason Anderson, Ryan Anderson, Jeremy Anderson |
During
the resurvey of this room, which has been known since the 1890's and
surveyed a couple of times in the past (the last time in 1962), the
surveyors named this previously unnamed room after three wall pendants
that look like loading docks. |
Historic |
| Lone
Pine Point |
09/25/1988 |
Steve
Baldwin, Jim Nepstad |
Small
room with a 8" logomite that nearly resembles a perfect Christmas
tree. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Lone
Tree |
12/12/1982 |
Ken
Allgier, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti |
A
single logomite is found in one corner of this room. |
|
| Lonely
Palace |
02/02/1895 |
Roy
McDonald, Peter Paulson, John Stabler |
The
words "Lonely Palace" were smoked on the ceiling of this
long lost room rediscovered by Shaun Larson, Jim Nepstad, and Darren
Ressler in December of 1987. Originally found on February 2, 1895
by Roy McDonald, Peter Paulson and John Stabler. One of the |
Historic |
| Lonesome
Road |
08/30/1964 |
Dave
Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn |
Jan
Conn started singing the song, "Lonesome Road" after she
looked up and down in this fissure passage. The words of the song
were, "Look down, look down that Lonesome Road before you travel
on". |
Lakes |
| Long
Loop |
|
John
Scheltens? |
|
|
| Loo,
The |
09/13/2003 |
Karla
Whittenburg, Theresa Nowak, Christa Schneider |
A
junction where some human excrement was found, possibly dating from
a 1940's trip. |
Historic |
| Looking
Glass Fissure |
04/09/2005 |
Rod
Horrocks, Sara Booth, Duff McCafferty, Eric Kurth |
A
narrow fissure that was entered through a hole in the wall that looked
like a looking glass. |
Historic |
| Looney
Tubes |
09/14/1991 |
Stan
Allison, Paul Burger, Dawn Reed |
The
discovery group chased the wind beyond Silent Struggle through this
area. |
Southern
Comfort |
| Loose
Cannon Pit |
10/14/2000 |
Rod
Horrocks, Derek Wolfe, Jonathan Brinson |
Located
30 feet from Loose Cannon Run, 17-year old Derek (fearless teenager)
wanted to climb down this vertical 30-foot deep pit. |
Club
Room |
| Loose
Cannon Run |
09/02/2000 |
Rod
Horrocks, Derek Wolfe, Jim Lawton |
A
virgin passage that Derek bolted down while the rest of the group
was struggling through Woop-Dee-Do Crawl. Derek didn't return for
20 minutes, thus the name. |
Club
Room |
| Loose
Screw Room |
10/31/1964 |
Dave
Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn |
A
large room named when a screw came loose on Herb's Brunton Compass
and was lost in the breakdown. Later, Jan was kidding that they must
have a screw loose to be doing this exploration. The explorers first
looked into the room from a balcony off the Sound Barrier on 08/29/64,
but didn't find a way into the room until 10/31/64. |
Club
Room |
| Lorons
Highway |
07/23/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride |
|
Historic |
| Loss
and Found |
11/07/1992 |
Jim
Nepstad, Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Bob Kobza |
|
Southern
Comfort |
| Lost
& Found Room |
11/14/1992 |
Dave
Lester, Randy Brown, Kirk Haley |
A
30-foot diameter room that was __? |
Historic |
| Lost
Carbide Fissure |
10/12/2002 |
Rod
Horrocks, Seth Spoelman, Jason Walz |
Seth
found a 1980's carbide lamp sitting on a ledge part way down a 26-foot
deep pit in this fissure passage. |
Historic |
| Lost
Compass Crack |
05/17/1979 |
John
Scheltens, Carole Loskot, Dave Springhetti |
John
lost a Brunton compass down this narrow crack. |
Club
Room |
| Lost
Continent of Atlantis |
10/27/1986 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza, John Scheltens |
An
area with many leads going off in all directions. Beyond the new lakes
area. |
Lakes |
| Lost
Crystals Cavern |
08/08/1992 |
Bill
Hawn, Rogert Phillips, Steve Huck, Murray Vogel |
Room
with several types of quartz crystals. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Lost
Knife Room |
08/?/1972 |
Mark
Stock, Nelson Kuniansky |
|
North |
| Lost
Paradise |
1962 |
Alan
Howard |
After
a long series of crawls the explorers reached "lost paradise". |
Historic |
| Lost
Snurds |
11/11/1982 |
Andy
Flurkey, John Scheltens, Ed Larock |
A
group of "snurds" (aragonite christmas trees) located away
from the main group in a lower room. |
North |
| Lost
Zebra Maze |
12/30/2002 |
Rod
Horrocks, Dave Fairfield, Dennis Weeks, Aaron Munson |
An
extensive mazy area that has numerous outstanding examples of Zebra
Rock. |
Half
Mile Hall |
| Lots-O-Mud
Passage |
10/09/1993 |
Evan
Anderson, Steve Lester, Alex Fong |
A
muddy passage. |
Historic |
| Lotties
Pride |
07/03/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee |
|
Historic |
| Lovely
Little Lake |
10/22/1986 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza |
Small
lake with clear greenish-blue water in the new lakes area that looks
like it has a sumped lead. |
Lakes |
| Lovers
Leap Pit |
<02/14/1998 |
Hazel
Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer |
|
Club
Room |
| Lovers
Retreat |
<01/1891 |
|
A
guide found a missing young couple kissing in this small room off
of Bishop Fowlers Retreat. |
Historic |
| Lower
Road D |
12/15/1984 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Warren Netherton |
This
fissure passage has both an upper and lower component. The passage
is named after Assistant Chief Naturalist (and Cave Specialist) Kay
Rohde (pronounced Upper "Row-D"). |
Colorado
Grotto |
| Lucky
Strike Room |
08/15/2001 |
Rod
Horrocks, Heather Veerkamp, Ben Tobin, Jonny Gobel |
A
historic package of Lucky Strike cigarettes was found in this room.
The surveyors also considered the 40 by 70-foot room a lucky strike
to rediscover during this evening survey trip. |
Historic |
| Lunar
Rock |
10/27/1986 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, John Scheltens |
A
very weathered rock near the Mammoths Backbone. |
Lakes |
| Lunar
Tubes |
<07/13/1991 |
|
A
series of low crawls. |
Silent
Expressway |
| Lunatic
Fringe |
|
Paul
Burger, Evan Anderson |
Paul
wanted to keep with the "Western Fringe" theme. He thought
it was crazy that they actually needed a rope to enter an area in
Wind Cave. |
Western
Fringe |
| Lunch
Room |
12/05/1984 |
Jim
Pisarowicz, Warren Netherton |
The
explorers ate their lunch in this room on the day of the rooms discovery.
There are films of manganese on the walls. |
Club
Room |
| Luray
Cavern |
07/04/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee |
|
Historic |
| Luray
Dome |
07/04/1891 |
Alvin
McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee |
|
Historic |
| Lycos
Hall |
01/12/2000 |
Rod
Horrocks, Steve Baldwin, Steve Langendorf, Sammi Langendorf |
A
60-foot long walking passage located below two upper-level rooms named
Yahoo. They were both named after the Internet search engines Yahoo
and Lycos. |
Historic |
