SERA Cave Carnival 2025
East Fork Stables Campground, Jamestown, TN 3598 S. York Hwy., Jamestown, TN, United StatesMark your calendar and join us for the 2025 SERA Cave Carnival at the East Fork Stables Campground in Jamestown, TN on May 2-4 2025.This beautiful location offers luxury camping in level forested camp sites and hot showers. There are approximately 2000 caves within a 50 mile radius and over 70 miles of cave passage…
Vertical Training Commission Level 1: Basic Vertical Techniques
Spruce Knob Mountain Center 18 Woodlands Way, Circleville, WV, United StatesThe course is intended for cavers who are new to vertical, or experienced cavers wanting to gain better vertical caving skills. The course will provide training on basic equipment, safety, and vertical techniques - ascending, descending, changeovers, rebelays, deviations, passing knots, dealing with unexpected problems on rope, and edge negotiation. The course will be physically…
Spring VAR 2025
Spruce Knob Mountain Center 18 Woodlands Way, Circleville, WV, United StatesExcitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at the 2025 Spring VAR hosted by the Out of Bounds Grotto at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center May 9-11, 2025! Every registration to this event will bring us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can support caving in the Virginia…
Board of Governors’ Meeting(5/12/25)
The Board will be meeting on 5/12/25 at 6pm MT. Agenda can be found below.
NSS Webinar: Introduction to the Features of the Cavway X1 Paperless Cave Surveying Tool
ZOOM (Register using the link above to receive the link to join the webinar)Howdy Cavers! Tune out of your everyday life and plug into the underground with the Webinar Committee for our next webinar in the 2025 NSS Webinar Series! Join us May 21, at 6pm ET / 7pm CT / 8pm MT / 9pm PT. Register for the webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2O8NfGp0SwaquQWn4NEkjg Please ensure that you fill out…
Speleofest 2025 (Ye Olde Speleofair)
Lone Star Preserve 2640 Falling Springs Church Road, Bonnieville, KY, United StatesMark your calendar and join us for Speleofest 2025 at the Lone Star Preserve, where we will step back into time for a Ye Olde Speleofair. Guests will embark on daily adventures to the local caves and attractions of cave country Kentucky, with medieval gathering and games in the evening. Planned events include a bonfire…
Karst-O-Rama 2025
Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve Mount Vernon, KY, United StatesKarst-O-Rama (KOR) is the annual caving convention hosted at the Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Open to all Cavers! This year the theme is Wild West! This is also the first year the event is being hosted as a multi-grotto event, with the bulk of the proceeds going to support the Great…
Southwestern Region Orientation to Cave Rescue (OCR)
El Malpais 1900 E Santa Fe Ave, Grants, NM, United StatesNote: Given interest in the class to date, current space is limited. Please feel free to register but at this point we expect registrants to be placed on a waitlist.
Young Timer’s Reunion
RASS Field House 6076 Deerfield Rd, Millboro, VA, United StatesA gathering for the young timers, college-aged cavers, however everyone is welcome. Expect nothing but good company, vibes, and an opportunity to meet fellow young timers! Bring your own drinks, your own stories, and whatever makes you feel at home under the stars. • When: June 13-15 • Where: RASS Field House (camping spot, water…
NSS Convention 2025
SUNY Cobleskill 106 Suffolk Circle, Cobleskill, New York, United StatesThe 2025 NSS Convention will be held in Cobleskill, NY. Click here to register!
NCRC: National Seminar 2025 Virginia
Mountain Gateway Community College 1000 College Dr, Clifton Forge, VA, United StatesSave the Date: Weeklong trainings for Level 1 - 3 classes.
NCRC Orientation to Cave Rescue – Washington 2025
La Center Wheel Club Community Center 1000 E 4th St, La Center, WA, United StatesThis will be an introductory two-day class that will take place in the state of Washington. This class is generally designed for beginner cavers or agency personnel with limited or zero cave rescue experience. This course will cover the basics of cave rescue, including decision making, cave-specific considerations, how cave rescues are organized, communications in-cave, search…
