Alpine Karst - Volume 1

Tina Oliphant

Inaugural contemporary issue contains stories of exploration from Alaska, Austria, California, Colorado, Montana, and Utah; Geology articles on Lost Creek Siphon, Montana, Nielsons Cave, Utah, Marble Mountains of Northern California; gear review of the breakthrough Piccasa alpine caving wetsuit; Ultralight Single-Rope Technique for Alpine Caving, and more!

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Articles by page):
1 The Smoking Entrance Expedition
3 Silvertip 1996
7 1999 Silvertip Expedition Journal
13 1981 Exploration of Moon Ray Cave
23 South Silvertip Plateau
28 End of the Season
31 Lost Creek Siphon
45 Continued Exploration of West Boulder Cave
48 Musings on the Geology of Lost Creek Siphon
55 Trick Falls Glacier National Park
59 Vision Quest at Pi’tamakan
61 Dreamin’Deep, A Tale of a Geezer and a Gouffre
65 Ultralight Single Rope Techniques for Alpine Caving
70 A Few Leads Left Behind, UNA Mountain
72 Redemption
75 Nielsons Cave, A Western Classic
99 Preliminary Geology of Nielsons Cave
106 Colorado’s Highest Caves
109 Early Cave Exploration in the Marble Mountains, California
111 Marble Mountains Cave Review
114 The Geology of the Marble Mountains of Northern California
121 Hoher Göll – Austria
125 Another Crack at Blowing in the Wind Cave, Alaska
128 Breakthrough, Alpine Caving Wetsuit
129 An Alpine Karst Moment