Askon Hollow Cave, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
June 2024
Gate Type: BASIC and SEMI-CUPOLA
I first visited this cave about 40 years ago, wearing cotton long-johns and coveralls. You get soaked, and cold. The gates that were originally placed on this cave were poorly designed and aging poorly. We partnered with the Pennsylvania Game Commission to put on a 3-day mini Bat Gate Workshop for PGC biologists and land management personnel. After a day of classroom work, we reconvened at the mountainside location of the cave. We were plagued by rain and cold temperatures, but we finished both gates in two very long days. It took several more weeks of drying weather before they could recover some of their vehicles. All photos © Jim Kennedy.








