Northern Colorado Grotto

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.

Horsethief Cave Trip Report - Part One

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.

2005 Rocky Mountain Regional

September 2nd — September 4th

On Friday morning, Sept. 2, Neil Goetz and I loaded my plane for the 3 hour flight from the Fort Collins/Loveland airport to Spanish Fork, Utah. At the Spanish Fork airport, we were met by my friend, Jim Bulkeley, who provided transportation for us to the Regional site. We checked in at registration, set up camp, and socialized with other cavers. Jim Lawton along with his friend, and his two children, also represented the Northern Colorado Grotto by attending the event.

Jess and I spent last weekend caving in the Lime Creek area near Eagle, Co. The weather was quite nice, if a little hot, and I managed a massive sunburn on the back of my neck that just about matched the red t-shirt I was wearing on Saturday. We had a chance to visit a couple of caves in Tellurium Park on Saturday and after Jess, Rex, and I spent about an hour documenting and photographing some of the Lime Creek caves for Cyndi Mosch's bat research, we dropped into Powerline. I even got a chance to practice change-overs in a gorgeous setting.