Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto
Caving in North America's Rocky Mountains and the World
Brian Gindling takes us through the history of exploration at Scapegoat leading up to the 2020 expedition. Piles of snow in September, frigid water plunges, and more await you in this featured presentation. If you’d … More…
The Bigfork Cave Club has compiled an extensive dataset on the human impacts to some of Montana’s most decorated caves. In this presentation, they present their results and let us know how well we’re protecting … More…
Derek Bristol “goes deep” into the recent surveys of Great Expectations Cave, a preserve owned by the National Speleological Society. Experience the suffocating low ceilings and cold water of the Grim Crawl, the fossils of … More…
By Newell Campbell INTRODUCTION Many large, remote areas to search—few cavers. Cavers in the mountain west seeking to find and explore new caves face several impediments. Summers are short, access difficult, and perhaps motivation low; … More…
The NRMG continues to work with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, The Montana Natural Heritage Program, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Forest Service, and other state and federal agencies as WNS continues … More…
Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time and provided these excellent presentations! This page includes the full list of recorded presentations from our virtual sessions in spring and fall of 2020. Happy watching! Fall 2020 … More…
Hazel Barton joined a scientific caving expedition to northern Greenland in the summer of 2019. The team established several records including coldest ambient temperature recorded in a cave, and northernmost [limestone] cave. Also, they had … More…
Professional paleontologists provide an in-depth guide on identifying fossils in caves. Find out what to do if you find a bone/fossil in a cave, and features to look for in identifying species or genera. Every … More…
Expedition organizer John Fioroni gives a fascinating glimpse into the history, culture, and current status of Cuban caving, where the average cave passage is so large, a car could be driven through it. John also … More…
All NRMG members are invited to virtually attend our upcoming series of presentations. We are hosting weekly Zoom presentations to deliver some of that sweet caving content we missed seeing at AGM. We will also … More…
Join us for a presentation by one of our northern neighbors, Katie Graham! She will be taking us on a journey to the longest cave in Canada, which also happens to extend underneath a glacier. … More…
Rene Ohms hosts our presentation series with her overview on the Black Hills Cave & Nature Conservancy and Dark Canyon Preserve. This is a talk you won’t want to miss! Rene is an NCRC instructor … More…
It’s just been announced that the Bigfork High School Cave Club was awarded the President’s Environmental Youth Award! The award focused on the member’s development of eBat and eCave sites, which allows people without access … More…
Daryl Greaser recounts the good, the bad, and the ugly details of the 2019 expedition to the Scapegoat Wilderness. ***Language warning: this video contains unedited adult language. PG-13 recommended***
The Bigfork High School Cave Club has exhaustively documented features in Montana’s caves. In this presentation, they walk us through some patterns of graffiti and the fascinating history that can be interpreted from cave walls. … More…
Pete Johnson reminds us all to appreciate the fact that we are not currently bottoming Tears in this recounting of the 2019 expedition. What’s the deal with Tears–is it going to go deeper? Are they … More…
Sunday, April 5th 2020 Dustin Kisner kicks off our presentation series with his incredible summer of caving adventures in our own Pryor Mountains. Under a project led by Dan Seifert and Jennifer Alexander, Dustin and … More…
Cavers, There’s a new Historic Archive section of NRMG.org complete with info on the Shining Mountains Grotto (including some juicy leads in the Judith Mountains), the never before released “Newel Campbell’s History of Montana Caving,” … More…
Hello Cavers, In light of the current pandemic, the Grotto officers have decided to postpone the upcoming Annual Grotto Meeting. We have been advised by Montana Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease … More…
