More Kauniainen cave maps and 3D models

 

I spent Sunday biking and walking in Kauniainen's forests, mainly in the Kasavuori ("pile mountain") area. I wanted to visit a couple of small holes there are in the cracks and boulders of the rocky landscape on this "mountain". And draw a couple of simple maps about them, and use my new iPhone 12 Pro to record 3D models. 

This isn't to say that these are really caves. They are just small holes, enough to have one person hide from rain perhaps, not really caves in the traditional sense. But, it is all we have in Kauniainen, so in the name of documenting EVERYTHING...

Below there are some new pictures from the cave of the sunset, one of the two actually cave-like places in Kauniainen (even if these too are small). And there's a map. But most interestingly, there's a 3D model that you can rotate on your screen, here. You can also download the model if you want, in many formats. For instance, GLB format is here.

Stockmann cave #1 pictures below. And there's a map. The 3D model that you can rotate on your screen is here. The downloadable model in GLB format is here.

Stockmann cave #6 pictures are below. And there's a map. The 3D model that you can rotate on your screen is here. The downloadable model in GLB format is here.

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New cave (sort of) in Kauniainen

While cataloguing Kauniainen's tiny caves (if one can call them that), I came across another one. A small tunnel between two boulders. The tunnel part is maybe 3 meters (though with a small crack at the top for some part of that).

I call this cavelet "Kahden kiven luola" or the cave of the two rocks. The coordinates are N 60.217182 E 24.691909, and there's a map here.

Also, new since February, I try to make a 3D model of every cave I visit, using my new iPhone 12 Pro and the Polycam application. The 3D model from this cave can be viewed here. If you want to download the 3D model, it is available in GLB, OBJ, STL, and DXF formats.

Overhang part to the side of the tunnel:

3D model:

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First biking of the season!

 

Well, I had no other wheels since the car broke down...

Had a nice outing though, around Lippajärvi and Pitkäjärvi in Espoo. Good, sunny weather, even if still cold.

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Looking for caves in Lohja's Linnanmäki in Karstu

The evening's excursion was to Lohja's Karstu area, in search of caves. The Linnanmäki is a high hill and cliff in Karstu, and the book Suomen Luolat notes that there are two caves on the hill. One was supposed to be inaccessible without climbing equipment. But as usual, the coordinates were inaccurate, so I ended up going around the entire hill, and I think found the other cave plus four other small roof/shelter caves.

Here are the caves and other interesting things:

• Cave 1, high up on the cliff. I did not find this, but it has been reported in the book Suomen Luolat. Perhaps it was too dark already.

• Cave 2, a broken devil's churn that forms a roof or shelter cave. Very nice place to camp out or sit by the fire. Nice forms. Coordinates: 60.296735, 23.930707. There's also a map and a 3D model (download GLB).

• Cave 3, a triangle-shaped roof or shelter cave in the cliff. Coordinates: N 60.296325 E 23.932182. There's also a map and a 3D model (download GLB).

• Cave 4, a wide and high but shallow roof/shelter cave. Coordinates: N 60.296748 E 23.933342. There's also a map.

• Cave 5, a wide but shallow roof/shelter cave. Coordinates: N 60.296765 E 23.934217. There's also a map.

• Cave 6, a small roof/shelter cave. Coordinates: . There's also a map.

• Quarry, some signs of quarrying activity at the top of the hill in coordinates N 60.297131 E 23.932235.

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Serena at the quiet hour

 

Today's outing was in Serena, a small commercial ski hill in northern Espoo. Serena combines skiing with summer activities from downhill cars to tree climbing routes, and one of the largest spas in Finland. It has been very popular... the Corona times have hit it as well, however. Nevertheless, skiing was great.

I went at the last hour, for the last 45 minutes or so. That's a bit expensive from the point of view of getting the ticket, but most people had left by then, so I was able to ski alone and not risk infections in busy lift lines. And enjoy the magnificent sunset!!!

I also liked Serena's variation, with streets, and the rolling hills run. It is a nice place to ski at!

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Grottberget cave

 

I wanted to get some exercise, and ended up walking 3-4 hours on snowshoes in Siuntio. I always need a 2nd goal for such trips, however, and this time it was to visit the Grottberget cave, and see if any of the surrounding cliff areas have additional caves.

The Grottberget cave is spectacular for a Finnish cave. Made through crystallisation / erosion, it is 10.6 meter long tunnel. Ice stalagmites were going from the floor, and looking very pure, see-through ice.

I also made a 3D model with my iPhone's LiDAR sensor and the Polycam application. iPhone 12 Pro models have this sensor. And now I'm experiment with exporting the models to 3D modelling software and seeing what I can do with it.

'The main cave is at N 60.16194 E 24.13763, and the map is here and the 3D models here in OBJ, GLB and STL. The little hole is at N 60.16348 E 24.14130. The small cave under the boulder is at N 60.16440 E 24.14502, and its map is here.

Video of running the model in Meshlab, first with textures and then without:

Pictures from the main cave:

The little hole looks like this:

The cave under the boulder looks like this:

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More parts falling

 

More parts falling, again..

Sigh.

Cold start

Another cold start early in the morning. Seems to work. But there's an odd sound...

New Kattilajärvi caves

 

I was hiking around on my snow shoes, going around lake Kattilajärvi in Nuuksio. I was there for the sake of a nice walk in the winter weather, but also wanted to check out the many cliffs for possible caves. I've been here before, and saw for instance a wonderful roof cave. But then I came across a big cliff with a number of caves, not reported by others as far as I can tell.

The big roof / shelter cave near the eastern shores of Kattilajärvi is reported, see here for my article on it. I also reported some smaller caves in that area.

However, there's a tiny hole on the western shore. And, if you go further to the woods from the eastern shores you will come up to a large cliff, the Lippukallio ("Flag cliff"). Under the western side of the cliff there is a long 12 meters long shelter cave (but only 2.7. meters deep, so not very cave-like).

The shelter cave is at N 60.303391 E 24.628858. A simple cave map of the shape of the shelter/roof can be found here, also shown below:

The two boulder caves are at N 60.303520 E 24.628659 and N 60.303523 E 24.628776. Simple cave maps for them are here and here. Here's a picture of the nice second cave:

And the first one:

The area looks also otherwise interesting, just look at the holes in this cliff wall, for instance:

Here are some pictures of the shelter cave part:

The tiny hole is at N 60.300999 E 24.613206. The shape of the hole is in a map that I draw, here.

Unfortunately, the snow was very deep, I kept sinking in between rocks, and the darkness was arriving. I need to investigate these new caves later in the spring or summer, with better ability to see what's between the rocks without all that snow.

Here's the sunset as I was walking out of the caves:

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Korpikylä boulder cave

 

Korpikylä ("Remote Village") is a region in Hyrylä. I was stopping in Hyrylä for other reasons, and looked on the map for an interesting place to go snowshoeing in. Korpikylä fit the bill, and after some searching for a parking place I headed out for a two-hour nice hike in snowy forest.

I like to have a "reason" for my walks, and this time it was to check out the cliffs and boulders in the area for caves. Boulders and cliffs turned out to be small, but the biggest boulder did have a 2x3m tiny "cavelet" underneath it.

The cave is at coordinates N 60.38458 E 25.05021. I drew a simple map of the shape of the cave:

There's also a high-res PDF version of this map here. More pictures of the boulder:

It seems that the area has been used by the military in the past, and I also found some odd structures, like train cut through a hill, but it didn't continue anywhere, and some remains of shelters or storage areas, with odd piping going between them.

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