Welcome to the website of the Northern Colorado Grotto (NCG). The NCG is a local chapter of the National Speleological Society (NSS) based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Regular meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month. Visitors are always welcome! Details regarding our next meeting can be found at the bottom of this page, or you can use the interactive calendar at the right to browse all of our upcoming events.
A lot of caves are wet and muddy, but others are dry and dusty. Horsethief Cave, along the Wyoming/Montana border, is one of the latter, at least in places. Horsethief is also quite "hot"...er, I mean radioactive. After returning from a trip to the cave, I thought I'd take a closer look at some of the dirt I harvested from my coveralls.
Robert McFarland
On August 5, 2006, Jess and I hopped into the car and headed to the White River Plateau for a much-anticipated trip to Lasunder Cave. After a few pit stops (coffee, bagels, and gasoline) we were finally on the road and heading out of Boulder.