Caving Events

Information on caving events, including Society sponsored events such as the annual convention and the National Cave Management Symposium, and events sponsored by regional or other organizations. If you have an event that you would like listed on this page, email the information to the NSS IT Committee at Admin@caves.org.

USA 2008 Events
USA 2009 Events
USA 2010 Events
International Events
 

June 5-8 - Joint Spring VAR and SERA Cave Carnival - Sponsored by the Mountain Empire Grotto and the Appalachian Cave Conservancy. For more info, see the MEG website.

July 17-20 - Karst-O-Rama - The Greater Cincinnati Grotto invites you to attend the 2008 Karst-O-Rama at the Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve in Mount Vernon, KY. For additional info go to the Karst-O-Rama website. 

August 11-15 - NSS Convention in Lake City, Florida (west of Jacksonville), hosted by the NSS Cave Diving Section, the Florida Speleological Society, and members of the Tampa Bay Area, Flint River, and Central Florida Grottos. Check out SPF 2008, the convention website..

September 6 - Fall (OTR) meeting of the West Virginia Speleological Survey. The meeting starts at 6 pm in the OTR Registration Building, in Dailey, West Virginia. For more information, contact George Dasher at 304-965-1361 . This is an open meeting and anyone can attend.

September 19-21 - Fall VAR - Jointly hosted by the Blue Ridge and James River Grottos at the Moose Lodge field in Covington, VA. Watch the VAR website for details, or contact Susan Burr

September 20, 2008 – Sandia Grotto 50th Anniversary Gala at the National Atomic Mus6eum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  For additional information please contact Sam Bono at (505) 293-0878.

October 9-12 - TAG Fall Cave-In - Held at the TOTM site atop Lookout Mountain, GA and hosted by the Dogwood City Grotto.. See the Cave-In web site for details.

April 4, 2009 - NSS Board meeting -Manitou Springs, Colorado. Hosted by the The Williams Canyon Project, Southern Colorado Mountain Grotto, and Cave of the Winds.

July 19-26, 2009 - NSS Convention and 15th International Congress of Speleology. Sponsored by the NSS in Kerrville, Texas. For more information contact the Secretary or visit the ICS website. 

May 20, 2008 - International Photo Contest, - The “Associazione Gruppi Speleologici Piemontesi Onlus” (AGSP) and the “Ente di Gest ione Parchi e Riserve Naturali Cuneesi” proclaim an Internat ional Photo Contest based on different subjects titled “Speleologia e Ambiente Carsico” (Speleology and Karst ic Environment ) . See the announcement and submission form pdf files. The submission deadline is May 206h.