Oh man, love the ice caves. Went there a few Decembers back, it was the dumbest thing I've ever done outdoors but also my most memorable hike. We made it out way later than planned and didn't even get there until it was dark. It's a 2 mile hike up the closed road to the trailhead and another 2 miles to the cave. We also went when the bridge was out, so we crossed through the river/creek and it was way fucking deeper than expected. We duct taped our boots to our snow pants thinking it would help; it obviously didn’t. Our boots got completely soused with cold water, and my gf at the time completely fell down under the freezing water. We were stubborn and stupid and we kept going, it was another few hours before we made it back. It’s a half-miracle that we didn’t get hypothermia or frostbite, and the only reason we didn’t is because I recognized the danger and forced us to stop three times in order to rub dry our feet and wring out our boots and get our body temp back up, and I luckily had six extra pairs of socks along. They all got soaked again as soon as they went in our boots. The cave was surrounded by a snow field when we went, and was opened up due to the season and we were able to go all the way back into it. Stupid, stupid, decision to keep going after getting so wet, but we made it and it’s still my most memorable hike I’ve ever had.