After a 2.5 year caving event drought, The Northeastern Cave Conservancy is excited to announce the hosting of Spring NRO, May 20 – May 22. We expect a larger than normal crowd, so please register beforehand to help make things go smoothly on site and assist in meal forecasting.
Located at the Harley Rendezvous site in the heart of NY cave country, 1142 Batter St, Pattersonville, NY 12137-3202
Event Registration – please preregister!
Facebook event page – for questions/discussion
Schedule of Events
Friday May 20
- 4:00 PM – Onsite registration opens
- 7:00 PM – Cave Photo Salon
- 8:00 PM – Michael “Danger” Girard and his ROUVs (Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles)
- 9:00 PM – NE digging updates
- 10:00 PM – Intro to Caving 101
- 11:00 PM – Caving movies
Saturday May 21
- 7:00 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast, featuring scrambled eggs, ham, english muffins w/jam, fruit. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, orange juice
- 9:00 AM – Cave trips!
- 5:30 PM – Dinner hosted by the NCC. BBQ pulled-pork sandwiches, baked beans with onions, coleslaw, cornbread, brownies, and lemonade. Grilled veggie burger option available.
- 7:00 PM – NCC Auction with Special Guest Auctioneer
- 8:00 PM – Rock out with the Bizarros
- 10:00 PM – Caving movies
Sunday May 22
- 7:00 AM – Saint Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast, featuring pancakes with blueberries or not, maple syrup, sausage, hash brown potatoes, fruit. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, orange juice.
- 9:00 AM – NRO business meeting / Cave trips leave
- 12:00 AM – NRO closes
Caves Featured
- Balls
- Bensons
- Clarksville
- Doolittles
- Ella Armstrong
- Hailes
- Hannacroix Maze / Merritts
- Knox / Crossbones
- Marshalls
- McFails
- Merlins
- Onesquethaw
- Schoharie
- Sellecks/Levys
- Slingerlands Hellhole/Georges Surprise
- Spider
- Wynd/Livingston
Other Event Features
- Speleobooks
- Squeezebox challenge
- Vertical caving demonstration / training
- Hot tub
- New area cave guidebook
- NRO T-shirts
Campground Rules
- No open fires of any kind
- No glass bottles of any kind
- No pets or any other animals