History
The entrance hall has long been known to the local residents. The continuation of the cave premises was discovered in 1922 by OA Húska with the cooperation of A. Somra. According to F. Havránek, who in 1922 leased the cave from the Važek urbanist, it was provisionally made available as early as 1928. The official survey authorizing the opening of the cave to the public dates from 1934. The premises behind the Stone Dome were discovered by F. Havránek and members of the Speleological Club in Brno (O. Ondroušek, E. Coufalík, J. Balák and R. Kunc) in 1952. After the reconstruction of the promenade and the installation of electric lighting, the cave has been in operation since 1954. The explorers of Turist, np, penetrated into the side passage behind the Gallery in 1962 – 1963 and cavers from the SSS Liptovský Mikuláš regional group in 1988 – 1989. 235 m are accessible.
It was formed in the Mesozoic Middle Triassic dark gray Gutensteinian limestones of the Białowáz series of the Choch nappe by the former submerged waters of the side branch of the Bieły Váh. It reaches a length of 530 m. In several places, the original river-modeled corridors have been altered by rushing, especially along the interlayer surfaces of the limestones.
The underground spaces are mainly decorated with stalactites, stalagmites and sinter lakes. A significant part of the cave is filled with fine sediments washed in by the former, especially by the flood waters of Biele Váh, allegedly also by waters from the submersible flow from the semi-blind valley in Priepadle.
The air temperature is 6.5 to 7.1 °C, relative humidity 94 to 96%. The entrance parts of the cave are affected by climatic changes on the surface during the year, which are manifested by frost weathering of limestone in winter.
An important paleontological site of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) bones. Among the cave invertebrates, a remarkable and even unique find is the shrew Eukoenenia spelaea - the northernmost occurrence of a representative of this order of arachnids, making Važecká jaskyňa one of the biospeleological sites of European importance. Rarely, the occurrence of several species of bats was found in the cave.
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