Shoshone Indian Ice Caves - Shoshone, Idaho
May 14th, 2009 by DavePF
Idaho travel offers you a look at something you have probably never seen before. There is the Shoshone Indian Ice Caves near Shoshone, Idaho which is truly a lava tunnel with the floor covered with ice year round. It isn’t as beautiful as the limestone caves with their delicate sculpture type creations but it is something that is worthy of seeing.
The lava tunnel is 1,000 feet long and has a wooden bridge going the distance so that you can walk the length of the cave and see how the floor is covered with ice and the end of the cave is a wall of ice. The ice stays year round as long as the door to the cave is closed during the summer so the heat doesn’t have a chance to come in and melt the ice. It is cold in the cave so you will need a jacket, bring one or borrow one from the entrance to the cave and you will be just fine.
Ugly sculptures lead up to the cave. A former owner thought they would attract tourists so he had them built. They probably do attract some, especially those with kids that want to see them, that’s about all they are good for, kids to play on.
