First time caving, now I have a craving
Three of my friends and myself got invited out to go caving for the first time. Someone from …
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Sign in JoinMuddy Boots in Columbia Falls Cave!
Last Friday, my sister and I took a couple young friends to the Columbia Falls Cave! It was …
Horsethief Bats and Forced Perspective
A raucous and friendly group of over 20 cavers converged to camp at Arm Pit, some arriving on …
Welcome to the Armpit
Around 20 people attended a Grotto-led trip to the Bighorn/Horsethief caves over the weekend of May 4-5th. Grotto …
Little Bitterroot again?
So, we don’t have many caves up here in the northwest corner of the state, so we do …
Carbide Lamps Only
Savannah S. organized a cave trip for those who wanted to tour Tongue River Cave near Sheridan, WY …
Coco dig
The time came to make the spring trip up to trail creek. Lauren S. and I made the …
Lick Creek
Good Trip, in and out okay.
Kenelty Rigging
Quick trip with a competent caver that has yet to make his presence known in Montana. I have …
Jayhawk was a hoot! Horsethief was Horsethief..
Carl and Savannah mentioned that they were thinking about dropping Jayhawk Cave at AGM and asked if I …
Impala speological caver challenge
Fun times with an ultimate challenge.
Expedition Cheve!
As part of a reward to myself for chairing the convention, I decided I was going to do …
An Interview with Finn on his first cave trip
Finn, his mom and I went to Old Dry Wolf Station Cave last summer. I told him I …
Komodo Dragons looking for a win!
AGM has been a blast!
Flying foxes
Worth 125,000 points at the AGM!
Tips from retiring cavers and Google Earth
I got a tip on a cave from a caver is on his way out of active caving …
Porcupines a plenty
In Montana we are very lucky that 99+% of our caves are on public land (State land, Forest …
Visiting Three Sisters
Three Sisters Cave As many good caving adventures begin, I read about Three Sisters Cave in Caves of …
Tongue River Voodoo and Cleanup
In the fall of 2018, the Forest Service contacted me about assisting them with a seasonal closure of …
Parental Guidance at Boulder Choke Cave
After every cave trip I am required, by my parents, to check in as soon as I am …
I Is A Boat
My final day of warm Mexico caving, and it is a doozy! 8:30am tacos and off to eMotions …
Lime Creek Caving, Colorado
Hello everyone! I'm still pretty new to Montana and have yet to get underground but I figured I'd …
Duarte's Drug Castle Jungle Adventure
Another 8:00am taco stand breakfast with the crew. Kalin is not feeling well, so I get dropped off …
Interesting Read On Spelunker Techniques
I recently found this old Billings Gazette article while doing some research on Pryor Mtn caves. The article …