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A massive pit that was spotted in a remote high alpine valley in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park earlier this year is the entrance to a previously unexplored cave of “national significance,” say two members of a Canadian team that helped conduct a preliminary exploration of the site in September.
The cave “has a number of features that when combined indicate a cave of national significance” and constitutes “a major new find in Western Canada, and promises a dramatic new chapter in the story of Canadian cave exploration,” say John Pollack and Chas Yonge in a document they co-wrote that summarizes the significance of the find.
You don’t get lines of sight of 600 feet in Canadian caves — it just doesn’t happen. And this is a shaft. It goes down quite precipitously, it had a large amount of water flowing into it and is wide open for as far down it that we’ve gone. The scale of this thing is just huge, and about as big as they come in Canada.”
Pollack said that the pit was spotted in April during a routine aerial caribou survey conducted by British Columbia's Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, and that Bevan Ernst, a regional caribou biologist with the ministry, called it “Sarlaac Pit” (a reference to a subterranean creature that made a brief appearance in the film Return of the Jedi).
The entrance to the massive cave that was spotted earlier this year in British Columbia's Wells Gray Provincial Park. Two members of the Canadian team that conducted a preliminary exploration of the site in September are circled in red to give an idea of the size of the entrance of the cave, which measures 100 metres long by 60 metres wide. (Photo: Catherine Hickson)
originally posted by: vance
Dateline January 2019:
A representative of the Sasquatch Peoples, has stated "That any incursion into the mouth of the so called "Pit", will be considered a border crossing violation. And that Sasquatch Forces would defend it with the utmost vigor."
originally posted by: Macenroe82
Hmm, I’m going to contact them.
One of my drones uses active lidar for position control underground.
It maps in real time using the active lidar for obstacle detection.
Would be interesting to see just how deep she goes.
originally posted by: threeeyesopen
a reply to: dug88
Wow! This is really not that far from me, finally something worth exploring that's in my neck of the woods. Can you say, underground base ? Just kidding, or am I...it would probably make a good one if you could navigate the drop down from the entrance.
That being said it's not like it wont end up being a popular place to visit in the near future. Thanks for posting and giving me something to look into.
originally posted by: Macenroe82
Hmm, I’m going to contact them.
One of my drones uses active lidar for position control underground.
It maps in real time using the active lidar for obstacle detection.
Would be interesting to see just how deep she goes.