Upper Cable Car Cave, Hermon
- Grid ref.
- 223066/300921
- Location
- Upper Cable Car, at the southern end of doline 62.
- Elevation
- 1824 m above sea level
Cave mapView the map (PDF)Description of the cave:
The cave consists of a central chimney descending to a depth of 19.5 m, in whose center there are two small dead-end chimneys.
The cave entrance is at the southern end of doline 62 among the rocks covering this point of the doline. Entrance dimensions: 1X1 m.
From the entrance there is a vertical descent to a depth of about 1.5 m, at the end of which is a narrow horizontal passage beyond which the chimney descends in a 'pipe'-like structure whose average width is 2X0.5 m. At a depth of about 11 m from the cave entrance, two more chimneys formed that connect to the central chimney, creating a widening at this point.
From the widening point the central chimney descends to a depth of about 6 m until it reaches a clay layer, where a horizontal passage about 8 m long formed, narrowing toward its end.
At the bottom of the cave there are cave corals.
Notes:
- During the visit to the cave, cellar spiders and tiny fungi growing on a piece of wood that had been washed down to the deepest point in the cave were found in it.
- Descending this cave requires rappelling equipment.
Written by: Boaz Langford
