tsproing Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I'm pretty new to geocaching. I just got my GPS for Christmas and am finally doing geocaching on my own. I found a few this summer with family. We have a bunch of snow on the ground now. Is this perhaps a bad time to start? So far I have 1 DNF that I think is because of snow. So tell me, how much harder does snow make geocaching, on average? Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Depends on the depth of the snow. Sometimes freezing temps trap a cache or keep it closed. Also, how popular is the cache? Real popular ones may be easier, you can follow the tracks. Quote Link to comment
+Shifty Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Unless you are hunting after i find a snow cache. I always spend extra extra time making false tracks. Quote Link to comment
codeman3 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 It also depends on the wind and if the snow is drifting against the cache and covering it up and if it is a micro on the ground, with a clear film canaster, hahaha good luck with that Quote Link to comment
+kayakclimber Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 There was just a ton of snow in my area and I went out Saturday geocaching. I looked for five and found none. Hoping that was just because of the snow. Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Snow will make finding some caches harder, but might make some easier. Last August I spent 45 minutes battling mosquitoes as I went around in circles in a patch of woods, with my GPS almost useless because of the dense tree cover, with a DNF in the end. This past winter I went back. There was snow on the ground that flattened all the nasty thorny little plants that I got snagged on the first time around, and the leafless trees did not interfere with reception at all -- and I walked right up to the cache with no searching at all. (Luckily for me, it was hidden about two feet up off the ground -- if it had been a ground-level cache, I might have had some trouble.) Quote Link to comment
+teald024 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 I agree with 'the hermit crabs.' It all depends on the cache. I had 2 DNF's for a cache last summer/fall. It seems that the dense leave cover above, heavy brush and leaves on the ground make it impossible for me to see. Once the snow came, it make it easy to spot the large pile of sticks/leaves the cache was under. The camo'ed box might also stand out more against the (generally) white snow. I would imagine that micros in the woods would be difficult in the snow if placed at ground level. The couple I have done were hidden above snow level. teald024 Quote Link to comment
+wheeldoctor Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) Practice makes perfect. Anytime you have a chance to go caching is a good time to go. I've been doing quite a bit of snow caching lately since I live in Wisconsin. I found a cache this past weeked that I am most proud of so far. It was a waterproof microcache match container that was fully encased in a big chunk of ice. I broke it loose when poking a big stick in between rocks; (actually my wife found it after I went by), but still, wintertime caches make for a challenge. Have fun! wheeldoctor Edited March 7, 2006 by wheeldoctor Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 The winter is my favorite time to geocache. Snow presents additional challenges, but caches still can be found in the snow. I've found caches under as many as 3 feet of snow. It takes some experience, some intuition and some luck. Quote Link to comment
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