Longest Hike Your Ever Made To A Cache

[+TeamAO]

I am looking at some outrageously hard caches.

 

What was the longest hike for a cache roundtrip that you have done or know of?

[+sept1c_tank]

I once rode my bicycle about 190 miles to pick up five caches, and I kayaked about 60 miles to find five; the longest round trip hike was about 16 miles (to find three caches).

[+Airmapper]

I walked across a levee to get my first cache, I think round trip may have been close to a mile.

 

I once walked down a runway at midday (hot sun) to log 3 benchmarks. I think that totaled over a mile.

 

I have a cache Idea where you would have to walk at least 2-3 miles to get it. (round trip)

[+Allen_L]

Once I hiked 8 miles (round trip) to find one geocache.

[+cache_test_dummies]

Last year I did a single day, 18 mile round trip hike to get the Owl's Head cache. Sadly, the cache was archived this year.

[Tahosa and Sons]

This cache requiers a hike of about 11 miles.. And that is just for the finder, it took me 3 hikes just to get it hid and I'm going back up there next week to tuck it away for the winter. Anybody want to go for a walk.

[+Metaphor]

My longest cahe walk was from Builth Wells, Wales to the Llanbedr Fells cache, about a 23 mile round trip. It was mostly a road walk, because I had no access to a car that day. Other long walks have been in the 8-10 mile range, with one (not soley for caching though) across the Maryland section of the Appalachian Trail -- about 40 some miles over a four days.

[+Jennifer&Dean]

Room with a view is one of the newer long (20 miles RT) caches in my area.

Ride the Rat is a nice long (28 miles RT) trip up through a beautiful area.

A Measure of Wisdom is a puzzle that then leads you on a 24 mile round trip cache adventure.

There are several others in the area that are similar to theses, but slightly shorter hikes. One of the longest hikes I have ever done for a cache was up to the Politically Incorrect cache and out another trail to the 746 cache. I think it was about 10 miles, but it was beautiful and I really wish to do more hikes like it.

Politically Incorrect

-Jen

Edited October 7, 2005 by Jennifer&Dean

[+Kit Fox]

The longest hike I did for a cache was about six miles GC55F

 

Anasazi Ruins is a 40 miles round trip cache.

[Mr. TSP]

Black Mesa Cache was a good 8+ mile hike but well worth it just for the view. I did it on a cool rainy day but will always remember it as one of my most enjoyable finds.

[+dogbreathcanada]

I've done a little over 20KM in a day on caching circuits. The longest for a single (which was a hide of mine) was 15KM roundtrip.

[+idtimberwolf]

Longest hike or the longest...worst day ever...a few of us got togethet to do this whole series...it's a wonder any of us lived thru it...

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c3-cf21e08c9093

 

I just listed one of them out of four in the series we only got two of them done...stillhaven't had enough guts to go get the other two...read our logs.

[+TeamNulti2003]

I hiked 14 miles round trip to get this cache - TA@10K #2000: Ammo Box Canyon

(GCQFWH)

 

The elevations say it all. 750' up to 2380', then down to 1890' and up to 3550', with more up and down after that. Great hike with nobody around.

[magellan315]

Turtle Head Peak, located just outside of Las Vegas its a 5 mile round trip hike with a 2000 ft. elevation change. What makes it really tricky is sections of the travel are covered with loose gravel and makes keeping your footing a little tricky. Great view, glad I did it.

[+welch]

I estimate about 6 miles. The only only required ~1.75mi each way, but on the way back I wasn't paying attention to the gps too much since I thought I knew the way back. But missed a turn and had do some back tracking and a short cut to get back to the correct parking area.

[+Moose Mob]

Turtle Head Peak, located just outside of Las Vegas its a 5 mile round trip hike with a 2000 ft. elevation change. What makes it really tricky is sections of the travel are covered with loose gravel and makes keeping your footing a little tricky. Great view, glad I did it.

In support of Magellan315's post, I would put a mile of desert mountains against 5 miles of groomed mountain trail any time. And when you mix scree with cactus and the desert sun.... you folks who hike and complain of poor reception among the trees should consider yourselves lucky.

 

Otherwise, 2.2 miles to Indecision Peak in 9 hours is the most strenuous to so far.

Edited October 8, 2005 by Moose Mob

[magellan315]

Turtle Head Peak, located just outside of Las Vegas its a 5 mile round trip hike with a 2000 ft. elevation change. What makes it really tricky is sections of the travel are covered with loose gravel and makes keeping your footing a little tricky. Great view, glad I did it.

In support of Magellan315's post, I would put a mile of desert mountains against 5 miles of groomed mountain trail any time. And when you mix scree with cactus and the desert sun.... you folks who hike and complain of poor reception among the trees should consider yourselves lucky.

 

Otherwise, 2.2 miles to Indecision Peak in 9 hours is the most strenuous to so far.

I've hiked mountians and trails in Nevada, New Jersey and, PA. Got to agree with Moose Mob. Its a lot tougher in the desert, trails aren't as well groomed and brushing up against any plant in the desert leaves throny seeds and quills on you. Which you can never quite remove.

 

Sometime in the next two years I want to go to Denver to try out some of Tahosa's caches.

Edited October 8, 2005 by magellan315

[bogleman]

I walked 20 miles over 6-7 visits for Larrys Coon Hunting Cache. The longest single hike in my area was about 4 miles round trip.

[+Thrak]

This one takes AT LEAST 9 days........

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ec-a62a77a31c4a

[+MedicOne]

Shafer Meadows was, as I recall about a 28 mile round trip hike which I did over two days. One of my favorites still.

[+briansnat]

About 8 miles was my longest hike for one cache.

[+Corp Of Discovery]

The Journal. Took about 8- 12 miles.

[+Criminal]

A bit over 20 miles and 11 hours to DNF this cache.

 

Almost lost my caching partner too.

[+BigFurryMonster]

1200 km of cycling around Ireland, finding 35 caches in the process. About 18 days.

 

Well - that wasn't the only purpose, of course.

[+graylling]

I had to do some cache maintenance one one of my caches. The hike was about 25 km round trip with 2500ft change in elevation of which 2000ft is in the last 3 km. I had originally laid this one out on a week long backpacking trip. Here's the cache.

[+TeamAO]

I had to do some cache maintenance one one of my caches. The hike was about 25 km round trip with 2500ft change in elevation of which 2000ft is in the last 3 km. I had originally laid this one out on a week long backpacking trip. Here's the cache.

Hopefully that cache doesn't need monthly maintenance.

[+Vinny & Sue Team]

Although it is not the farthest hike to any US cache by far (there are many with far longer hikes), I feel my recent Psycho Backcountry Cache #4 -- High Country Cave cache (GCQNT7) is notable for distance, elevation change, and final elevation. It involves a 3.2+ mile hike one-way to reach the cave mouth, starting from the trailhead parking lot, which is at about 7,000 feet, and climbing to almost 9,000 feet at the cave's mouth. The last few hundred feet involve some step ascents, and the last leg of the journey to the cave's mouth involves a near-vertical climb to the mouth in the cave in the face of the waterfall which emerges from the cave. The trek once inside the cave is less than a quarter-mile, but is, of course, spelunking. There is a cold wind of about 20 mph which blows from the cave mouth at all times, and that wind velocity increases quite a bit in the narrower tunnels and squeezes!

[+Woof!]

A normal day of hiking is usually around 8-10 tough miles (lots of elevation change). I've made a handful of multi-day backpacking trips, most solo, and often just to get one or two caches. The longest so far was 4 days and about 42+ miles to get first to find on one cache. It rained on me 3 of the 4 days which helped in my decision to cut 4 extra miles I was planning for a second FTF.

 

This is my favorite way of geocaching; I only wish there were more people placing caches in such out of the way places!

[+TeamAO]

Although it is not the farthest hike to any US cache by far (there are many with far longer hikes), I feel my recent Psycho Backcountry Cache #4 -- High Country Cave cache (GCQNT7) is notable for distance, elevation change, and final elevation. It involves a 3.2+ mile hike one-way to reach the cave mouth, starting from the trailhead parking lot, which is at about 7,000 feet, and climbing to almost 9,000 feet at the cave's mouth. The last few hundred feet involve some step ascents, and the last leg of the journey to the cave's mouth involves a near-vertical climb to the mouth in the cave in the face of the waterfall which emerges from the cave. The trek once inside the cave is less than a quarter-mile, but is, of course, spelunking. There is a cold wind of about 20 mph which blows from the cave mouth at all times, and that wind velocity increases quite a bit in the narrower tunnels and squeezes!

I done some looking into on this cache. The topos and other maps really do the rating justice. I may be out this way next summer. I would love to snag that cache!