Visibility is improving at Eagles Nest 9/4/2005

Eagles Nest 12:53 PM to 2:42 PM on Sept 4th, 2005 –

The roads for the first 4 miles, from highway 19, were improved. We noticed a small bulldozer, on a flatbed trailer, around where the improvements stopped. We didn’t see that many potholes filled with water, although the last 6 miles had lots of potholes. There’s a dry path across the parking lot to the dock. The pond level is high and the surface water is very warm.

Visibility (improving): Basin 20' - 30', Cavern 40' - 50' and Upstream 40' - 60'

Lots of algae columns in the basin and some algae was present on the bottom of the cavern to about 160’.

Visibility was clear, but became hazy at a distance, and varied throughout the cave. Mike could see me at the top of the silt mound (130’) when he cleared the chimney at 70’. I could see both sides of the Super Room from the permanent line.

Conditions reported by Mike Hawkins and Chip Wuerz.