Southeastern Region NCRC: Level 1 and Small Party Assisted Rescue (SPAR)
Circle K Corral 2 Champion Road, Sewanee, TN, United StatesLevel 1 provides extensive training in all phases of cave rescue. The curriculum covers the cave environment, ropes and devices, leadership and followership, incident command, patient packaging, medical and psychological considerations, hypothermia, media relations, raising, lowering, and belaying. It prepares a student to be a task force member in an organized cave rescue. This seminar…
NSS Board of Governors’ Meeting (3/31/25)
This is a Special Meeting of the NSS Board of Governors' called primarily to approve the NSS 2025/2026 Fiscal Year budget. Agenda, along with zoom link, can be found below.
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…
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…
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…
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
Save the Date: Weeklong trainings for Level 1 - 3 classes.
National Cave & Karst Management Symposium
Bristlecone Convention Center 150 Sixth Street, Ely, NV, United StatesCave and karst resource management spans a wide array of scientific and recreational disciplines. Across North America, responsible stewardship of these fragile ecosystems necessitates a broad-spectrum approach to both problems and solutions. The National Cave & Karst Management Symposium is the preeminent conference for promoting, advancing and sharing concepts in the effective management of cave…
Texas Cavers Reunion 2025
Camp Sol Mayer 299 Camp Sol Mayer Road, Menard, TX, United StatesTexas cavers and friends are invited to our annual caver family reunion. Contests, vendors, swimming, hot tub, sauna, mud wrestling, Saturday banquet, The Gauntlet, and door prizes! There may even be a parade, and pre-Reunion survey trips to the second-longest cave in Texas! Bring cash, cell service is poor in this area. Speleovendors wanted!
Hawaii Cave Week 2026
Ocean View, Big Island, HI HI, United StatesCome join us in sunny, warm Hawaii for a week of caving and exploring. Hawaii Cave Week is scheduled for January 18 - January 24, 2026. On Sunday, January 18, the Hawaii Grotto will kick off the week's activities with its annual Grotto meeting, followed by a potluck dinner. During the week members of both…
