Pearl Cave
This was Pearl Cave, near Big Sky. Was up there with Will Boekel, Demetri S., and another person. …
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Sign in JoinWhat about the BATS??
NRMG and FWP dropped into Azure for a quick look at the bats and to collect some samples …
Memorial Day Weekend Caving: Deep Pits and Big Rooms
Our trip began with a very late start out of Bozeman after work with the goal of finally …
That sinking feeling.
Caitlin, Brian and I hiked in the Gallatin Range south of Big Sky to investigate reports of a …
Just another rat hole fun time
????It was a three hour crawl...a three hour crawl???? Now it wasn’t literally a three hour crawl. No, …
My first cave - A world so close and yet so far away
TLDR: Had fun first time caving at Ophir Cave. Replaced the log container in the entrance room, and …
Getting Muddy in Checkerboard
After being stuck in quarantine for a while we decided it was time for a cave trip so …
Social distancing to the max
Myself and a couple other grotto members guided some new cavers through Lick Creek Cave. We had a …
Winter Caving with Kids or Chocolate Chips Save the Day
On February 2nd, 2020, nine of us, 6 adults and 3 kids, skied to Yakinikak Caves #2 and …
Quarantine at the Armpit
With warmer weather and a pandemic a couple friends and I decided it was time to go quarantine …
My Trip to the Silvertip Mountain Cave Systems: 2019
This was a submission to my previous grotto's (The Greater Cincinnati Grotto) November newsletter, The Electric Caver. I …
Amblypygis, Mennonites, and Panti Raids.
Stop planning your next vacation right now. Trust me, I got you: Are you the kind of person …
Good food and good caving
Spent two weeks exploring, surveying a cave in Belize. The cave is called Panti Pit. It is located …
Woodward's Cave: Good to be back underground!
With the snow at Bridger Bowl getting icy we decided to go see if we could make it …
On Thin Ice
On a cold, sunny day in January, a group of Wyoming members gathered in Buffalo for a strange …
Gravity Cracks That Turn Into Caves
In late November 2019, my brother and I were hiking in the Big Horn Canyon area when he …
Chilling in thr grim crawl
After several false starts and an almost two decade lull, a return to Great Expectations was accomplished in …
Girl Scouts Future Cavers
We were lucky enough to be able to schedule a caving expedition for a group of Girl Scouts …
Coping with Claton's Confusion and bouncing Snell Pit.
Tim S., Jordan T. and I, James C., braved the wet roads and arrived at Armpit Cabin on …
Garrity Cave: A Trip With Samson
When planning this trip Steve warned us that the road is not for the faint of heart. It …
Lick Creek Cave: On to the Big Room
The hike into the cave was dotted by snow and a little muddy. Notably, there is a tree …
Monarch Cave: Into the Abyss
Uneventfully we left cave camp and hoofed it up to the cave. Early fall fortunately brought no snow …
Checkerboard trip was only a little bit checkered
As one of the Sunday caving excursions from the delightful 2019 Cave Camp, a group of 6 attendees …
First time for all
This cave trip took place on the Sunday of 2019 Cave Camp. Trip leader for the group was …