Carlsbad caverns the big room

Once we descended all the way to the bottom of the caverns, we were in what they call the big room. This is the biggest room we have ever been in in a cave, so it was well named. It’s hard to express just how vast it is and the pictures of course do not do it justice. The trail inside the big room is another 1.25 miles and takes about an hour and a half to walk-through.

Carlsbad Caverns was formed primarily through the action of sulfuric acid dissolving limestone, which occurred when hydrogen sulfide-rich water from petroleum reservoirs mixed with oxygen in groundwater. This process, along with the uplift and erosion of the surrounding area, created the large chambers and unique formations seen today.

It seems like this cave has a little bit of all the formations we have seen in all the different caves we have been in. We also saw a ladder from when they started exploring the cave back in 1923.

Check out the videos because they give you a better idea of how big the big room is.

Once we completed our walk-through the big room we were contemplating hiking back up the natural entrance, but it would take another hour, and I was already really hungry and didn’t wanna wait any longer to eat. We ended up taking the elevator up.Læs mere