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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Waiting Room | 05/05/1893 | Alvin McDonald and John Stabler |
| Wakantanka | 05/17/1991 | A large room, 200-feet long, 20-40 feet wide and 10-20 feet high discovered over the Club Room. Wakantanka means "Great Mystery" in Lakota. It was a mystery why no one had found this large virgin room before. Mike Paulick, Stan Allison, Jim Nepstad and Bob Kobza |
| Walking Room, The | 03/13/1995 | James Wilson, Kevin Reynolds, Randy Brown, & Eric Dutton |
| Wall Street | Passage in the NY (New York) survey. Mike Scholl, Dan Swenson and NeNe Wolfe | |
| Wall, The | 04/23/1985 | A 30-foot high vertical wall in a large breakdown covered room. Walt Kaminski, Jim Nepstad and Marv Zaske |
| Wart Room | 05/18/1984 | Room with loose stacked calcite blocks and a feature that resembles a wart. |
| Washington Boulevard | 07/04/1891 | Alvin McDonald, M.E. and Willie Crookam and George Lee |
| Water Hole #1 | 07/01/1972 | The closest water to Base Camp 2 is this small puddle. Members of the Windy City Grotto. |
| Watermelon Way | 05/12/1987 | Karen Rosga was the first person through this passage and had just put a watermelon Jolly Rancher candy in her mouth before going into the lead. Greg Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Way Back Room | 04/20/1981 | A room "way back" into the cave. Liz Chapman, Cory Crawford, Steve Matson and Kathy Raymond |
| WCTU Hall | 1901 | Women's Christian Temperance Union Hall. Named after the WCTU which held a meeting in this room of the cave. Where the Wild Caving Tour ends, right after Silent Lake. |
| Web, The | 1974 | An area with a lot of gypsum hair/needles. |
| Wedged | 09/12/1998 | A very tight vertical slot that Sarah got wedged in for 15 minutes. Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, & Sarah Wedge |
| Well of Souls | 05/29/2001 | A 30-foot deep drop. Rod Horrocks, Dave, Ryan & Jordan Shurtz |
| Weird Room | 05/18/1988 | A 30-foot diameter room with a weird combination of features, including a small pool, dried flowstone, and a ceiling of translucent crystal boxwork. Jim Pisarowicz and Shaun Larson |
| Western Fringe | 04/1993 | A large room. |
| Wet Dreams | 08/14/1993 | A very actively dripping formation area with bacon, soda straws, stalagmites (2.5') & helictites. Dan Hansen, Steve Smith, & Rob Phillis |
| Whale Belly, The | 11/17/1991 | Tim Lindholm, Becca Bear, Tom Shelby, Ally Christie, Kreg Hamburger, & Doug Pflugh |
| What the Hell Pool | This was the expression from the cavers who initially came upon a small lake. It is located in a passage that had been known for over 20 years. Because of very wet years in the early and mid-1990's the water levels in the cave rose enough that a "new" lake started to form. This new lake finally sumped off this passage in the summer of 1999, making two miles of cave and the lakes impossible to visit. Stan Allison and ? | |
| Wheezer, The | 11/21/1997 | A crawl with strong airflow. Stan Allison and Myk Coughlin |
| Whine Cellar, The | 07/11/1992 | This was the largest new area that the cavers saw that day. It looked big with a flat chert floor and a 2.5 foot ceiling that reminded Dina Venezky of her Dad's wine cellar (one of the places here friends used to hang out in in high school). The explorers were hoping that the room would open up, but was fine for Dina since she is about 5 foot 1 inch tall, but was not so great for the others was they were much taller and complained (in a joking way) about have to survey it at the end of the day. Jim Wilson, Bill Yett, Aaron Birenboim, & Dina Venezky |
| Whine Room | 06/12/1993 | Jim Wilson, Bill Yett, Eric Button and Skip Withrow |
| Whinning Stair | 01/11/1992 | Bill Hawn, Bob Phillips, Murray Vogel, Steve Huck, & Vern Carison |
| Whiskey Bottle Room | 10/01/1979 | This room was named for an old whiskey bottle which was found in it. Surveyed by ? Throssell and others. |
| White Chocolate Mousse | 10/09/1993 | A white formation area near Wet Dreams. Steve Smith, Ben Gaiser, & Joe Vantook |
| White Denial | 01/08/2000 | A too tight lead that is covered with white frostwork. Carl Bern, Jeff Goben, Amy Johnson, & Christa Schnieder |
| White Guano Climb | 10/22/1986 | An up-climb with white colored sand on its ledges that looked like white guano. Jim Pisarowicz and Bob Kobza |
| White Hall | 06/05/1884 | Also called the Animal Cracker Room or the Rookery. L.C. Faris, Frank Halden and Charlie Roe |
| White Rock Room | 04/11/1992 | A 42-foot diameter, 4-6 foot ceilinged room with a white rock sitting in the middle of it. Dave Lester, Rich Wolfert, Bryan Smith, & Bob Stucklen |
| White Rose Chamber | 07/11/1891 | C.F. McBride and Alvin and C.S. McDonald |
| White Socks Only | ||
| Whitney Avenue | 01/08/1891 |
A narrow fissure passage connecting Browns Canyon and Monte Cristo Palace. Alvin and J.D. McDonald and Josie and Robert Moss |
| Widows Rock | 11/28/1991 | A large breakdown rock that shifted sometime during 1991. Located below the gypsum spiders. Gene Kremer, Mark Wickham, Scott Lagaard, Dave Trumm, Craig Miller, & Gene Kremer |
| Wiggle Hole | 02/15/1981 | 80 feet of tight passage beyond SE262. John Scheltens, Ken Allgier, Louise Hose |
| Wild Berry Pit | 03/14/1992 | A hazardous 39-foot pit. Verne Carlson, Kevin Smith, Steve Smith, & Becky Ward |
| Wind Cave Chimes | ||
| Wind Gate | 12/01/1979 | A strong breeze can often be felt in this passage. Miles Hecker and John Scheltens |
| Wind River Chamber | 02/19/1891 | This room was originally called the Wind River Circle but is usually called Room Draculum. J.M. Moore and Alvin McDonald |
| Wind Tunnel | 04/14/1982 | This passage, on the way to Disappointment Chamber, often has very strong breezes moving through it. Surveyed by Carl Grundstroh, Kathy Harrison, Ray Lahti and Steve Matson. |
| Winding Stair | 8/01/1970 | This exposed climb up to the Club Room twists around on its way up. John Scheltens and team |
| Winding Way | 07/17/1891 | Alvin McDonald, Robert Norcutt and William Ranger |
| Windy City Lake | 08/1/1970 | Named after the Windy City Grotto, who discovered this lake. The largest body of water yet discovered in Wind Cave. In 1999, the water table rose to the point that this lake merged with Calcite Lake. Chris Hill & ? |
| Windy Dungeon | 01/?/1987 | Lower level cave off of Monument Hall. Chris D. Gerow, Rich A. Brame, Joe D. Austin |
| Wine Cellar | 03/13/1993 | A large room discovered by the survey crew. Jim Wilson, Eric Dutton, Randy Brown, & Kevin Reynolds |
| Winsdor Gallery | 07/17/1891 | Alvin McDonald, Robert Norcutt and William Ranger |
| Wisker Hollow | 07/14/1984 | John Scheltens, Rick Burk, & Dave Springhettil |
| Woodman Hall | ||
| Wood Pile | 1974 | |
| Woop-Dee-Do Crawl | 09/02/2000 | A 20-foot long vertical slot that connects Spar Heights with Loose Cannon Run. Rod Horrocks, Derek Wolfe, & Jim Lawton |
| Workman's Hall | ||
| Worm Ranch | 05/25/1981 | John Scheltens, Marc Lamphere, & Mike Fancik |
| WOW Passage | 06/12/1985 | When Darren Ressler first crawled into this passage he let out a loud "Wow!" Everyone agreed as the passage had 60-foot high ceilings. Larry Johnson, Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler |
| Wretched Hole | 05/21/1984 | This is a very, very tight belly crawl with lots of boxwork to catch one's cloths on as you try to get through. Truly wretched! Warren Netherton, Andi O'Conor and Jim Pisarowicz |
| WTF Hall | 02/17/1989 | A large passage looked down into by Bob, who was sure they had discovered a new room. However, Darren was sure it was an earlier passage the survey party had been in. Bob climbed around and confirmed that it was the earlier discovery. Another "Twilight Zone" experience. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza, & Marc Lamphere |
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