behmSquad

I am not sure where in Alberta you are located, but perhaps you can do the hikes in the areas covered by the mapset I live in Calgary. And this was my point. The map sets clearly included portions of Alberta, but the cache page excluded Alberta from rule 3. From this, I drew the assumption that you were drawing the line at the Continental Divide. Based on your response, I will now assume that the Alberta mountains W and SW of Calgary, which are included in the maps, are valid hikes. This all raises another point. I regularly record my tracks. If we contribute a track log to the project that is not part of the current mapset, can we then count that track toward this challenge? It would certainly encourage contributions.

I'd love to see #3 eliminated or at least add Alberta to your list. It's clearly part of the NW unless you're disqualifying it as being over the Continental Divide (as is most of MT and WY). I would have qualified just over the last year if Alberta were part of the challenge.

I use the Garmin etrex VistaHCX updated with the Garmin North America NT (US and Canada) maps. This unit has excellent geocache features. While targeted toward hikers, it does have auto-routing and the ability to search for local services. When following a route, there are no voice commands, but there is a audio signal when approaching a turn.