Upcoming
DC Grotto Meetings and Events
Sunday,
March 16
Grotto Social Meeting
The meeting will be at the Quarry House Tavern at 8401 Georgia Ave in
Silver Spring, MD. It's a 10-minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro
station. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. This is an informal
meeting with friends, food, and beer. Check the Tavern's website at quarryhousetavern.com.
Saturday,
March 22
Day trip to Madison Saltpeter Cave
This is a sensitive cave near Grottoes, Virginia. It's about a
3-hour drive from the DC area. A sign-up message was sent to the
Grotto's email list on March 3.
April 25-27
Weekend Caving Trip
This is a
special midnight trip to Trout Cave. This cave has a large bat colony.
We will enter while the bats are feeding and exit as they return. Other
caves will be visited during the weekend. The cave is near Franklin,
West Virginia, and is about a 3.5 hour drive from the DC area. More
trip information will be sent to the Grotto's email list about a week
before the trip.
May (date to be determined)
Weekend trip to Breathing Cave, Bath County, Virginia
Breathing Cave is a 6+ mile cave in Bath County, Virginia. It is mostly horizontal, but there are some sporting sections. More trip information will be sent to the Grotto's email list about a week before the trip.
May
9-11
Spring
Meeting of the Virginia Region.
The Virginia Region is an association of grottos in Virginia, West
Virginia, Maryland, DC, and small parts of adjoining states. The Region
holds a meeting each spring and fall. There are numerous led and
self-guided cave trips on Saturday, dinner, and a party on Saturday
evening. Regional meetings are a great way to meet other cavers and see
caves in a new area. The Spring VAR Meeting will be held at the Spruce
Knob, West Virginia, about a 3.5 hour drive from DC. More information
is available at https://var.caves.org/index.php/events/spring-var
Sunday, May 18
Grotto Social Meeting
The meeting will be at the Quarry House Tavern at 8401 Georgia Ave in
Silver Spring, MD. It's a 10-minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro
station. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. This is an informal
meeting with friends, food, and beer. Check the Tavern's website at quarryhousetavern.com.
June
21-28
2025
National Speleological Society Convention
The annual NSS meeting will be in Cobleskill, New York. The
convention includes technical sessions, exploration reports from
the U.S. and elsewhere, vertical climbing contests, a Howdy Party and
banquet, and multiple cave trips. More information is at https://caves.org/convention/2025-nss-convention/.