The Cascade Grotto Library consists of both physical and digital archives. It contains newsletters from our inception in 1951, Exchange Publications from other NSS Grottos, as well as various digital publications relevant to caving in the Pacific Northwest, the Cascades, and beyond.

On-line content

• NSS Guide to Responsible Caving
• Media – browse through selected caving videos
• The Cascade Caver Newsletters
• Exchange Publications from other NSS grottos
• The Caves of Washington by William Halliday (redirect to dnr.wa.gov website)

Media – links to videos, websites, more

Newsletters – all of the newsletters in our collection, some available only to members

Exchange Publications – newsletters from other Grottos of the NSS, a members-only benefit.

Government (public) caving Publications – newsletters, journals, and other publications by the NPS, USFS, USGS, etc.

NSS Publications – links to NSS Publications specific to Cascade Grotto and/or the PAC NW, a members-only benefit

Physical holdings include

Books

• Brucker, Roger (1976). The Longest Cave.
• Cartaya, Eddy and Rick Speaect (2019). Spar: Expedition and Small Party Rescue Manual.
• Danner, Wilbert (1966). Limestone Resources of Western Washington.
• Folsom, Franklin (1962). Exploring American Caves.
• Halliday, Bill (1976). Depths of the Earth.
• Harris, Stephen (1988). Fire Mountains of The West.
• Herb and Jan Conn (1977). The Jewel Cave Adventure.
• Hill, Carol (1976). Cave Minerals.
• Hudson, Steve (1981). Manual of U.S. Cave Rescue Techniques.
• Jennings, J. N. (1971). Karst: An Introduction to Systematic Geomorphology.
• Judson, David (1984). Caving Practice and Equipment.
• Larson, Lane and Peggy Larson (1982). Caving: The Sierra Club Guide to Spelunking.
• Luper, Kim (2020). Trout Lake Caves.
• Matthews, Larry (2008). Caves of Knoxville and the Great Smoky Mountains.
• Moore, George W. and G. Nicholas Sullivan (1928). Speleology: The Study of Caves.
• Smith, Bruce (1987). On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques.
• Sweeting, Marjorie (1973). Karst Landforms.

Periodicals

• Complete set of issues of The Cascade Caver (Cascade Grotto).
• Assorted issues of The NSS News.
• Assorted issues of The Bulletin of The National Speleological Society.
• Assorted issues of The Speleograph (Oregon Grotto).
• Assorted issues of The Underground Express (Willamette Valley Grotto).
• Assorted issues of The Alaskan Caver.
• Assorted issues of The California Caver.
• Assorted issues of Nylon Highway (NSS Vertical Section).
• Assorted issues of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Utah, Idaho and New York grotto newsletters.

The currently librarian is Eric Jorgenson. The library can be visited at yearly office hours or by appointment. Books are available for checkout but not historical grotto documents.