Photography - Natural Light in Natural Trap
Through the efforts of the Natural Trap Project paleontologists and the BLM, the NRMG was invited to survey …
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The Last Trap By Juan L. The end of June saw me heading back up to Natural Trap …
Getting Back On Vertical
The last time I had been in Frogg's Fault Cave was in about 1991 or 1992. During that …
Caving With Carl - Garrity Cave
Ian, Demetrius, and I went Caving with Carl in Garrity Cave. I have always wanted to check this …
Woodward's Cave
On the morning of June 16th I and Brian G. got a late start on our way down …
Warm day/cool cave
After a long night of celebrating the end of the school year with friends and fellow educators my …
3 Sisters Scouting Trip
Finn and I left Great Falls around 10am and were to the trail head by 11am. At least …
Practice Pays Off
Our trip to Little Bitterroot canyon ice cave began weeks earlier in an elementary school gym. As a …
Just over that hill trip
We had a great trip in Bighorn Cavern this last week, went to the Black Forest and the …
Yakinikak area caves: the liquid magicians
The morning started clear and sunny; an excellent day to explore underground. Zach and I had spent many …
The Orchestra inside Lick Creek Cave
Zach emailed us all Friday morning, the day after the massive April snowstorms in North Central Montana, and …
Finding Chestnut Cave
Finally after many failed trips and over a year since I started looking for it, I was finally …
Lions and Snickers at Lick Creek
Last fall, I set up a passive bat acoustic logger to monitor bat activity and a trail camera …
The Unlucky Rabbit's Foot: Survey of Checkerboard Cave
The party had agreed to convene in White Sulphur Springs at 20:00 on Friday evening. However, it was …
Rose's 1st NRMG Annual Meeting
Patrick F. saw a Bushy Tailed Woodrat at the entrance. I counted 3 bats in the first portion …
L&C Caverns Private Tour & photo shoot
A group of 10+ people got a tour (me included) from Tom, the senior ranger of the caverns. …
Wild tour
Apr 12 at 6:43 AM Wow, WOW!! What a great AGM, hope everyone made it home safe. To …
Froslie's Folly: Mill Creek Multi-Objective Foray
Trip members assembled at the residence of James C. at 05:00 on Saturday morning for a delicious breakfast …
So Much Mud
We arrived at the cave in the late afternoon. The trek up the hillside was pretty quick, lots …
Horsethief Cave and a Newbie
With four caves under my belt and some shiny new vertical gear I arrived at the Armpit on …
The Great Bighorn Boondoggle
After a a very dusty and knee-breaking trip to Horsethief, we collapsed at Armpit, falling asleep to the …
Horse Thief Cave, 12 March 2016
We (11 people total) began exploring horse thief cave at about 10 am March 12th. Luckily it was …
The Dragons of Lillyguard
The day began early, even earlier for others, and from Great Falls to Lillyguard Cave was our quest. …
Not so Icy
We drove up to the cave area (love how close the opening is to the road). Rigged our …