Skull Cave, Lava Beds National Monument

We stopped at Skull Cave before heading to the main cave complex. Skull Cave is a long lava tube that descends some distance below the surface. It is so cold at the bottom of the cave that it has a ice floor all year.

Entrance of Skull Cave.

A view of the cave from the entrance.

The sign board at the end of Skull Cave with a description of the Ice Floor.

As far as you can go in the cave.

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