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, a trip through a simulated wild cave, and a ranger-guided tour into Lehman Caves.

This half-day program meets at the Great Basin Visitor Center at 9am every Saturday from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. First, join a fun, interactive ranger-led 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 park's CaveSim - featuring 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!

This program is limited to 20 total participants - kids and adults - and requires advance registration.

• 8:45am – Check-in begins outside the Great Basin Visitor Center

• 9:00–9:30am – Hands-on activity in the Great Basin Resource Center Classroom

• 9:30–10:15am – Explore CaveSim outside the Great Basin Visitor Center

• 10:30am – Drive up to Lehman Caves Visitor Center

• 10:50am – Meet behind Lehman Caves Visitor Center for cave tour prep

• 11:00–11:30am – Gothic Palace Tour of Lehman Caves

• 11:35am – Junior Cave Ranger Swearing-In Ceremony