Leave nothing but footprints.
Kill nothing but time.
Welcome to the Oregon Grotto Web Site!
The Oregon Grotto is a Portland/Vancouver area grotto with members from all over Oregon and Southwestern Washington. The Oregon Grotto is a chapter of the National Speleological Society, and a Federally chartered non-profit organization (501-C3).
Grotto Meetings
We welcome anyone who is interested in caving to attend meetings which are held at 8:00 P.M. on the third Friday of every month at Round Table Pizza (Salmon Creek, 13009 NE Highway 99 Vancouver WA). JULY MEETING 2026 WILL BE AT MARY’S PLACE – SEE EVENTS.
Upcoming Events
Help clean Wind cave of Bend Oregon and a close cave to the public, so this is your chance to see this monster cave. More details to meet time and place to come.
Grotto or NSS membership required. Help clean up lint and mud from cave Oct. 19th- 20th. Trip is limited so sign up when you know you can go, and give notice if you have to cancel to ope up spots.
Charlie Larson
This site is dedicated to Charlie Larson’s life work to cavers, this site, family and friends. 50 years with the Oregon Grotto. Great caver and wonderful person who gave so much of his life to the cavers. Passed away June 11th, 2015. Thanks for all you did Charlie – we will miss you.
Grotto Officers
| Chairman | Ahrlin Bauman |
| Vice Chair | Devin Harris |
| Library Historian | Charlie Larson, Died June 11th 2015 |
| Vertical | Tom Peterson |
| Cave Store | Kim Luper |
| Website | Matthew Farnell, Kim Luper, Ahrlin Bauman |
| Library | Kim Luper |
| Conservation | Ahrlin Bauman |