Cody Caves

Cody Caves, a limestone cave network in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains near Ainsworth Hot Springs, is one of the province’s best-known cave systems and the heart of British Columbia’s first subterranean park, established in July 1966. Formed from marine limestone laid down about 600 million years ago and later uplifted and dissolved by water and carbonic acid, the caves contain about 875 yards of explorable passages. They are noted for delicate calcite formations and exceptional boxwork. Likely known to local First Nations long before outsiders arrived, the caves were first recorded by prospector Henry Cody in the early 1890s and later gained wider attention, but their fragility now limits access to guided tours.

British Columbia · Canada