Here is a list of which member groups have hosted or co-hosted a VAR gathering since1975. With 44 member organizations, every group only needs to host once every 21 years if all take turns, but some grottoes host a lot, and others very litte. If your group has not hosted in a while, please consider hosting or co-hosting a VAR!
VAR Organization | # of VARs hosted | Last year hosted |
Baltimore Grotto | 3 | 2019 |
Battlefield Area Troglodyte Society (BATS) | 4 | 2023 |
Blue Ridge Grotto | 4 | 2008 |
Bubble Cave, LLC | 2 | 2010 |
Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS) | NONE | |
Cave Conservancy of the Virginias (CCV) | 1 | 1983 |
Charleston Grotto | 2 | 1983 |
Charlotte Grotto | NONE | |
Charlottesville/UVa Grotto | 3 | 2022 |
Commander Cody Caving Club (CCCC) | NONE | |
DC Grotto | 7 | 2024 |
DINGO | 1 | 2009 |
ESSO | 2 | 1983 |
Fairfax Underground Network (FUN) | NONE | |
Flittermouse Grotto | 1 | 2008 |
Frederick Grotto | 1 | 1988 |
Front Royal Grotto (FRG) | 5 | 2001 |
Germany Valley Grotto | 1 | 1976 |
Germany Valley Karst Survey (GVKS) | NONE | |
Greater Randolph Organization for Spelelogical Science (GROSS) | 1 | 1990 |
Greenbrier Grotto | 2 | 2016 |
James River Grotto | 2 | 2019 |
Madison University Student Grotto (MUSG) | 1 | 1982 |
Monongahela Grotto | 4 | 2014 |
Monroe County Cavers | NONE | |
Mountain Empire Grotto | 4 | 2008 |
New River Valley Grotto | 4 | 1994 |
Out of Bounds Grotto | 1 | 2024 |
Parkersburg Area Grotto | NONE | |
Pine Mountain Grotto | 3 | 2017 |
Potomac Spelelogical Club (PSC) | 6 | 2003 |
Richmond Area Speleological Society (RASS) | 10 | 2014 |
Shenandoah Valley Grotto (SVG) | 1 | 1977 |
Sligo Grotto | 3 | 1998 |
Tidewater Grotto | 2 | 1989 |
The Robertson Association (TRA) | NONE | |
Tri-State Grotto | 19 | 2023 |
Triangle Troglodytes | 2 | 2007 |
Virginia Cave Board | NONE | |
Virginia Highlands Grotto | NONE | |
Virginia Speleological Survey (VSS) | 1 | 1989 |
VPI Cave Club | 8 | 2018 |
Walker Mountain | 1 | 2018 |
West Virginia Association for Cave Studies (WVACS) | 1 | 2018 |
West Virginia Cave Conservancy | 1 | 2002 |
West Virginia Speleological Survey | 3 | 2000 |
West Virginia University Student Grotto | NONE | |
Non-Region Member Hosts | ||
Appalachian Cave Conservancy | 1 | 2008 |
DC Area Cavers | 1 | 1987 |
Holston Valley Grotto | 4 | 1982 |
Philadelphia Grotto | 1 | 2007 |
Rolland Moore | 1 | 2012 |
Seven Valleys Grotto (PA) | 1 | 2022 |
Tommy Carpenter | 1 | 2017 |