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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Hades | 2/18/2001 | The explorers headed north in the Historic Section to continue pushing leads in the nasty area they call Hades. They surveyed 304 feet of low crawls. They discovered a 15-foot pit that will require vertical gear to drop. The pit is north of any known cave in the area. Marc and Rene Ohms |
| Hairball Crawl | 05/11/1996 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, & Shawn Kramer |
| Hairy Hooter Room | 05/11/1996 | A double mound of calcified silt covered with gypsum hair. Evan Anderson, Hazel Barton, & Shawn Kramer |
| Half-Mile Hall | 08/01/1971 | Originally known as "Half-Mile Haul", this 2800 foot long passage's name eventually took on its present form by accident. Andy Flurkey, Chris Hill and Bob Reinstatler. |
| Hallelujah Trail | 10/27/1984 | The passage that connected the Snake Pit Entrance to Wind Cave. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Ken Allgier, Ed LaRock, & Marvin Z? |
| Hallucinogenic Hall | 05/26/1991 | Paul Burger, Stan Allison, Dina Venezky, & Bob & Younger |
| Handle Hold | 08/1/1971 | A pit which, fortunately, has a handle shaped hold right at its top. Chris Hill & ? |
| Handle Hole | 1974 | |
| Happy Hollow | 04/29/1986 | A large upper level room. Everyone on the trip was happy to discover such a large "hollow." Jim Pisarowicz and Greg and Jim Nepstad. |
| Happy Route | 05/13/1986 | This was the route from Happy Hollow across the "fault" to the western side of Wind Cave. It was only the second in-cave east to west route discovered after the Spillway (20 years earlier). Greg and Jim Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Hard Hat Area | 11/30/1988 | A crawl where Darren knocked a very large section of wall crust squarely onto Jim's helmet. The hard hat saved him. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, & Bill Rodgers |
| Hard Scramble Avenue | 1901 | A passage located between the Rookery and the Opera House. |
| Hauling-A-Passage | 08/1/1970 | A straight passage where long survey shots were taken. Chris Hill |
| Hawk, The | 03/15/1988 | Darren Ressler, Jim Nepstad, Coleen Walter, & Erik Major |
| Hay Day Room | 02/17/1989 | A large room named after Bob had exclaimed that they were having a "hay day" in the cave. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza, & Marc Lamphere |
| Haystack Hollow | 07/18/1973 | Mounds, looking like "haystacks", can be found in this area. Don Coons, Alvin McLane and John Scheltens. |
| Headwaters | 01/19/1991 | A 30-diameter room where evidence indicated that a stream one entered. Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, & Stan Allison |
| Heather's Fissure Room | 03/?/1983 | A low ceilinged room. Shawn O'Day, Marie Buzzard, Scott Buck, & Heather Pullen |
| Heidi's Raft Room | 10/30/1985 | A room first entered by Heidi Grengg with calcite rafts all over the walls and rocks of the room. It was Heidi's first survey trip. Heidi Grengg, Jim Pisarowicz, Fred Roberts and Lars Virbeck. |
| Height of Fame | 07/03/1891 | Willie and M.E. Crookam, George Lee and Alvin McDonald. |
| Helictite Forest | 07/12/1973 | A small room with an abundance of helictites. Rick Banning and Andy Flurkey. |
| Helictro, The | 10/31/1985 | Named for all the small helictite bushes along one wall of this passage. Heidi Grengg, Jim Pisarowicz, Fred Roberts and Lars Virbeck. |
| Hemingway Room | 04/?/1981 | Todd Cederholm, Rich Riski, Loure Wolfe, Birgitta Meade, Kathy Raymond |
| Hen Peck Pit | 08/08/1992 | Bryan Smith, Linda Gentile, Randy Brown, & Stacy Smyth |
| Hideout, The | 05/02/1992 | A room named by a NOLS survey party. Michael Longo, Cassa Hadley, Jenny Kuhlman, Jason Soll, Tatt Mauszewski, & Ken Andrews. |
| Hi Hopes | 05/04/1994 | A 20-foot climb into an upper level lead in a fissure. Dave Lester, Jamie Sherer, Margie Robinson, Steve Petruniak |
| Hill's Cut-a-cross | 1971 | The HC survey, Hills Cut-a-cross. Mark Stock & Andy Flurkey |
| Hip Hugger Hole | 10/09/1993 | A tight squeeze near AIV19. Evan Anderson, Steve Lester, & Alex Fong |
| Hippo Hole | 5/3/1984 | Near the Boot Heel Room |
| His Satanic Majesty's Call | 1901 | A large rock flake that rings when it is struck. Also known as the Sounding Rock. |
| Hit Parade | 01/19/1987 | The survey team was carrying a small cassette tape player to play tunes while they surveyed in this area. It is not far off the tour route. Joe Austin, Mike Bailey, Chris Gerow and Karen Rosga. |
| Hmm Hole | 11/16/1988 | An exposed pit that causes explores to give a concerned "hmm.." when first looking down it. It opens into a shattered room below. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, & Bill Rodgers |
| Hobson's Bypass | 05/29/2000 | An upper level tube with no side passages that completed a route from the Pyramid Room to the Multipurpose Room, bypassing the Frostline and Hobson's Choice. Rod Horrocks, Steve and Sammi Langendorf |
| Hobson's Choice | A flat out belly crawl where there is no choice about the way to continue. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute. | |
| Hobsons Overpass | 05/11/1991 | A fissure passage overlying Hobsons Choice that connects to the Road Block. Steve Smith, Kevin Smith, & Jerry Hassemer |
| Hump the Hoe Hall | 01/19/19991 | Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, & Stan Allison |
| Hole In the Ace Room | 05/11/1996 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, & Shawn Kramer |
| Hole Thing, The | 05/30/1992 | A pit that requires a handline. Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, Mike Wiles, & Mye Coughlin |
| Hollow Dome | 01/27/1893 | Alvin and J.D. McDonald and John and George Stabler. |
| Holy Cross Room | 07/09/1994 | Dale Lankford, Kathy Lankford, Dennis Worthington, & Rich Wolfert |
| Homo Erectus | 07/28/1986 | Homo erectus translates from Latin as "Standing Man". This was the first place the explorers could stand after 3 ˝ hours of surveying. Jim Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Honeymoon Hollow | 05/22/1990 | Jim and Karen surveyed this passage on their honeymoon. Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga. |
| Honeymoon Run | 08/23/2000 | Named because Matt & Jennifer, who were on their honeymoon. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Matt and Jennifer Harris |
| Hook Room | 5/18/1984 | Located near the Natural Entrance. |
| Hoo-Pnew | 01/08/2000 | Evan Anderson, Pat Roberson, Shawn Kramer, & Micah Ball |
| Horn Hall | 07/?/1972 | At station Delta33. Windy City Grotto |
| Hornet's Nest | 07/1/1964 | A geode in the ceiling in this area strongly resembles a hornet's nest. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute |
| Horse Head Room | 05/7/1981 | A speleogen protruding from the wall resembles a horse head. Llyn Peabody, Rich Oilman, Steve Matson, Alex Kazarinof |
| Horta's Lair | 07/13/1991 | Paul Burger, Gary Petrie, & Louise Hose |
| Hospital | 11/25/1890 | R.A. and T.L McAdam and Alvin McDonald. |
| Hotel South Dakota | 01/18/1997 | A nice upper level room 100-feet long, 25-feet wide and 12-feet high. Stan Allison, Paul Burger and Mike Wiles. |
| House of the Fallen Snurd | 11/13/1982 | A fallen logomite ("snurd") can be found in this room. Andy Flurkey, Ed LaRock, Eric Liebes and John Scheltens. |
| Howard's Pit | 08/15/1972 | Named after Alan Howard? Tom Bean, Jim Palmer, & Joe Decker |
| Hydro Piles | 09/16/1990 | Lottie Hufford, Mike Hanson, Dave Anderson |
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