The
archiv
photo
of
surrounding
of
the
parking
place
-
about
the
year
1970.
Up
we
can
see
building
of
former
lodging
house
and
lunchroom.
The
Dobšinská
Ice
Cave
is
the
component
of
large
cave’s
complex
together
with
the
Stratenská
cave.
The
part
of
it
caved
in
and
created two caves in the past. The bigger Stratenská cave isn’t open for the visitors.
The
entrance
to
this
cave
is
970
m.a.s.,
130
m
above
Hnilec
brook.
The
visitors
have
to
go
by
foodpath
cca
1
km
/
20
min.
from
the
parking
place
to
hillside
of
Duča
hill.
The
cave
is
more
than
1200
m
long,
but
accesable
for
turists
is
only
515
m.
Maximal
thickness
of
ice
is
about 25m. Nice virtual visit to cave you can see
HERE
.
Dobšinská Ice Cave - interior. The first descent to lower parts of this cave taked part Mr.
E.
Ruffinyi
with
his
friends
in
the
year
1870.
Alredy
one
year
later
was
the
cave
accesable
for visitors. This cave was the first cave electric illuminated in Europe in the year 1887.
Dobšinská
Ice
Cave
-
interior.
The
cave
has
down
widen
shape
(as
a
sack)
with
only
one
opening
on
the
top.
It
filled
of
heavy,
cold
air
in
the
winter,
which
“sits
down”
and
takes
frosty
temperature in the summer, too. Total amount of ice is guessed on cca 145.000 m3.
Dobšinská
Ice
Cave
is
the
National
Natural
Memorabilia,
which
is
included
to
World
natural
heritage.
Largest
Veľká
sieň
(Big
hall)
has
size 72 x 42 m, height to 10 m. Highest ice post is 9 m high.
The Bear’s Cave
The
one
of
many
caves
of
Slovak
Paradise
-
typical
natural
creatures
in
the
limestone
underground.
This
cave
isn’t
accessible
for
tourists.
The
entrance
in
its
narrowest
part
was
closed
because
of
vandals,
which
destroyed
the
drip
decorations
and
taked away the bones of bears.
The
largest
cave
in
the
Slovak
Paradise
and
perhaps
in
Slovakia
is
in
the
year
1972
discovered
Stratenská
Cave
in
the
southern
part
of
the
National
park.
It
isn’t
open
to
the
public.
It
is
more
than
22
km
long
and
excels
in
the
robustness
of
underground
spaces.
Cave
Fairytale
Dome
has
an
area
of
9146
m2
and
is
the
largest
in
the
former Czechoslovakia.
The
Bear’s
cave
is
located
in
Biely
Potok
valley.
The
name
is
based
on
the
bones
of
extinct
cave
bears,
which
are
abundant
here.
But
the
bear
burial
was
reportedly
somewhere
else,
and
here
the
bones
probably
brought
water,
because
there
was
no
complete
skeleton
found
here,
all
the
findings are mixed from different individuals.
