CH24
a cavity with a modest entrance, continued by a steep forced conduit, a fill and a large ice plug with a carved staircase.
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CH24
a cavity with a modest entrance, continued by a steep forced conduit, a fill and a large ice plug with a carved staircase.
Samoëns
Length: 173 m · Depth: 33 m
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a cavity with a modest entrance, continued by a steep forced conduit, a fill and a large ice plug with a carved staircase.
Description
Morphology
The entrance is modest in size, about 2 x 1.5 m. The cavity continues downhill through a splendid forced conduit of about 8 m x 5 m. The dip is regular for about a hundred metres, then the gallery continues horizontally. a substantial fill forces one onto the wall for a good ten metres or so. The clogging stops to give way to a gigantic ice plug.
Progression
An ice plug occupied a good part of the entrance in early August 2014 but had almost disappeared by September. a staircase was carved into the ice with a hammer to climb 5 metres. a belay spit allows the climb to continue to the top of the wall (E8) in a boulder choke held by the ice. The passage is unstable and impenetrable without a massive purge.
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/37068 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by GS Vulcains (Description générale) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/37068 · data as of 2026