Barbed Wire & Ain't Barbed Wire Caves, Arizona

Adam Haydock
Jul 6
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Barbed Wire Cave and its neighbor Ain't Barbed Wire Cave are lava tube caves on the Arizona Strip in northwestern Arizona. The cave gets its name from old barbed wire found inside. Both caves are cold-sink features with notable temperature drops at the entrance. Part of the same Arizona Strip caving circuit that includes Sunbeam Cave and the Paiute Cave.

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