Junior Cave Ranger Experience

The Great Basin Junior Cave Ranger Experience engages children and their families with the park's incredible underground landscape through hands-on activities.

The half-day program meets at Great Basin Visitor Center at 9:00 am every Saturday morning from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. First, join a fun, interactive ranger-lead activity about caves, such as making a sinkhole in a cup, building a cave ecosystem, or exploring the lives of bats. Then, gear up for a crawl through the CaveSim which features 140 feet of simulated wild cave passages, climbs, and squeezes. Finally, head up the mountain to experience the real Lehman Caves on a 30-minute ranger-guided Gothic Palace Tour. After leaving the cave, participants will be sworn in as a Junior Cave Ranger!

The program is limited to 20 participants—kids and adults—and requires advance registration.

Please note, children under 5 are not allowed in CaveSim, but are welcome to join in all other parts of the program. Children under 5 are required to have a ticket for the cave tour.