Did We Find the Pancakes Yet?
After a long and mostly caveless winter I was excited for the March Bighorn/Horsethief Project weekend. Unfortunately, due …
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Sign in JoinWoodward's: Claustrophobic No More
Pleasantly surprised by the amount of traffic on Cottonwood Canyon Road in the middle of winter, we easily …
Surveying for Pancakes (Horsethief Resurvey Project)
A truckload of southern Wyoming cavers including David W., Isaac L., Ian Chechet and me, made the long …
3rd Time's a Charm
Four adventurers set out to explore Darby Canyon Ice Cave on October 2. All four made it back …
El Cap Peak - A visit to the deepest pit* in the USA
Fresh eyes on old rocks in Alaska For the sake of not boring too many people, I’ll put …
Garrity Provides a First Descent for New Cavers
I've been a Butteian since 2015, and since then, I've roped off of a few of the headframes, …
Howls of the wild discovered, sorta...
This cave is located in very steep terrain. How steep you asked, so glad you did. In a …
Two Walruses and a pole risk life and limb in the wilderness
Loaded up hammock camping gear and hiked into the wilderness to enjoy some camping and caving. Set up …
Argenta Cave With Traveling Friends
We got a mid-morning start from Bozeman with four of us in the car. Will had a lot …
Scaling ice entrance with new peeps!
6 members attending the NRMG camp out of above stated date made a hast decision to scope out …
NRMG Summer Event 2021
I had a great time at the NRMG Summer Event meeting other cavers in the area. This was …
LIDAR Test Trip
Will and I went up in the evening as a quick test for my newly built Caveatron LIDAR …
Fun in the Sun!
Ken S. and myself met up in the Clark's Fork Canyon with the objectives of visiting two "caves". …
Silvertip 2020 Trip Report
Silvertip Trip Report- 2020 Dustin K., Myra J. TRIP SUMMARY by Dustin K. The 2020 SIlvertip Expedition lasted …
Hole-in-the-Wall Canyon Ridgewalking
On July 4th and 5th, a group of cavers from New England and Colorado (Myself, Alex F., Dylan …
Mill Creek Melee.
It looked like 2020 would come and go without a trip to MCCC. Then in mid-November I opened …
Caving Storytime with the Itsy Bitsy Spiders
Since the pandemic started, the library system I work at has canceled in-person programming. It was super hard …
A Real Blast
Seventeen pounds of water weight sloshed in my pack as I tightened down the straps at the trailhead. …
Closing the case on an old lead
Recently, Newell Campbell—author of the bible of Montana caving, Caves of Montana—published a fantastic article with the NRMG …
A Ridgewalking Tale
Date: 09/26/2020 Author: Ellen W. Participants: Ian Chechet, Philip S., Sara Fleetwood I was scraping through the narrow …
Woordwards cave - Checking the box
This trip was with Will Boekel. From the parking pullout we hiked up to the ridge and along …
Lick Creek Cave - Cathedral room photo take 3
The purpose of this trip was to introduce a few people to caving, cave photography, and to go …
Checkboard Cave
Being able to drive to within a few hundred feet of the cave entrance is a pleasant reprieve. …
Celebratory Trip for the Bigfork High School Cave Club
Since 1971, the President of the United States has joined with the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize young …