Ledena Jama Cave

This cave is unique and is also referred to as the Great Ice Cave. Why? It's because it's ice-cold! This cave, located in the Trnovo Forest, is not suitable for novice cave tourists due to poor lighting, although it does offer the advantage of being free to enter.

The Ledena jama cave is a Karst cave or chasm with a permanent ice floor. Even though the frigid air from winter is kept within during the summer months, the ice remains inside regardless of the season. Despite the freezing temperatures, there is a lot of plant and animals here, especially on the cave's western wall. The cave's surroundings are a protected natural area. In the winter, ice forms in specific microclimate circumstances, causing the water to freeze. Underground water (rainwater) freezing in ice caves is the primary source of ice. The forest also aids in the preservation of low temperatures when the ice surface is exposed to the south and occasionally basking in the sun.

Ice caves can be discovered at heights of roughly 1000 meters in Slovenian climate conditions. Only 10% of the 150 ice caves can be located at lower elevations. The most notable is the Ledena jama cave in Stojna, which was originally named Ledena jama v Fridrihstajnskem gozdu in the cadastre.

Length: unknown

Location: Trnovo Forest, Slovenia