June 2020
Introductory Trip
Please join us for our monthly introductory caving trip. We will meet at the NSS headquarters at 8 AM. Please let me know if you plan to attend.
Find out more »Vertical Trip – Wilkinson Hollow Horror Hole
Please join us for our monthly vertical caving trip. We will meet at the NSS headquarters at 8 AM. Please let me know if you plan to attend.
Find out more »July 2020
Horizontal Trip – Bible Springs
Please join us for our monthly horizontal caving trip. We will meet at the NSS headquarters at 8 AM. Please let me know if you plan to attend.
Find out more »September 2020
Grotto Campout – Tumbling Rock
Please join us for the grotto campout at Tumbling Rock. We will be hanging out most of the weekend and likely caving quite a bit!
Find out more »Vertical Trip – Lacey Pot
Please join us for our monthly vertical caving trip. We will meet at the NSS headquarters at 8 AM. Please let me know if you plan to attend.
Find out more »October 2020
October Grotto Meeting
We will be having an outdoor meeting at the NSS Pavilion!
Find out more »December 2020
Grotto Christmas Party
We will be having our annual Christmas party on December 2nd at the NSS HQ in the auditorium. We will be holding the in-person portion of our elections at this meeting. Email ballots will be accepted up until the meeting day and will be cross referenced against the in-person voting. Additionally we will be having socially distanced Dirty Santa and an extra hand sanitizer, masks-required distanced potluck. For more information, there will be an email on the grotto mailing list!
Find out more »March 2021
March Horizontal Caving Trip
The March grotto horizontal trip will be to Guffey Cave, near Grant, AL on 3/6/21. It is a privately-owned, gated cave, and HG has received permission to visit. It is a big, dry cave with little in the way of hazards or exposure, except in crossing The Big Fall room, which is where an underlying water passage crosses. Meeting for the trip will be at 8 AM at the NSS headquarters parking lot, with departure at 8:30 or earlier if…
Find out more »Grotto Vertical Trip to Cemetery Pit – March 20
The Grotto will be leading a trip to Cemetery Pit on the 20th of March. Cemetery Pit is located on the SCCi's Fox Mountain Preserve and a permit signature is required to participate. The permit number is available on request. The cave has a 150' entrance pit and then two miles of lower passage in various levels and shapes. Not a lot of formations, but lots of impressive passage and multiple routes. So it's more than a pit bounce. And…
Find out more »April 2021
April Horizontal Trip to Doc’s Delight
The April Horizontal trip will be on the 10th of April and will be going to Doc's Delight Cave, on the south side of the river on Brindlee Mountain. Access is from the top of the mountain and will be a half-mile hike down to it, partly through some thick stuff in a former clear-cut area. Near the entrance is a tricky vertical climb down that requires some equipment aids to navigate in/out. The cave divides into "near" and "far"…
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