Most difficult terrain hide?

[+goosefraba1]

Just wondering what your most difficult terrain hide is. Do you have pics? If not, what has been your hardest terrain find?

 

I just placed a cache that changes 210 ft in elvation with about an average of a 40 degree slope... poison ivy... thorns... no trail... and slick spots.

[+Jeep_Dog]

GC11MQ0 is the most difficult terrain find for me. It was breathtaking, in many ways.

 

This is the approximate walking route to reach the cache which we took (nevermind the drive to get there!):

 

 

This is a sample of the terrain:

 

 

And finally, the last 500 feet of the expedition (that "thing" at the peak is me - I got a bit ahead of my caching buddy for the day):

 

 

(edit - fixed one of the picture links)

Edited July 16, 2009 by Jeep_Dog

[knowschad]

Oh oh... here's that 40 degree slope thing again!

 

While I have found a number of 5 star terrain caches, most of them are that because they are on islands and require a boat. But I have found a few with well-deserved 4.5 & 5 star terrain ratings, the most memorable of which was Kitchen Cove Cache in Winonah, MN

 

I see that you are from Ohio. I hope this doesn't affect your new hide!

Edited July 16, 2009 by knowschad

[+goosefraba1]

Wow... I havn't heard that news. I guess that I would have put off that hour long hike to place the cache way up on that ridge yesterday had I known. Hmmm.... I guess that it is a good thing that I live within close proximity of ky and wv. It would really bum me out if that got rid of woods hides. It's funny that they let atv's up in the woods to create a path of destruction, but we can't hide a plastic container out of sight in those same woods. Not to mention all of the trash that people on atv's leave behind. Does the state legislature not have better things to debate than geocaching. What ever happened to "bailouts" and "economy" debates.

[+Harry Dolphin]

 

Furby and Finley bagging Mount Monroe.

 

Early in my geocaching career, my sister and I hiked the Presi Traverse. It took us two days, and about 4000' of climb to get this far from Crawford Notch. For a 1/5 Virtual! Much easier if you hike down from Mountain Washington, but that's still a 1000' climb. It took us another two days to finish the Presi Traverse.

[+StarBrand]

The only photo I have really doesn't shoe the terrain..

 

Wildcat is my highest terrain rated hide.

 

Link to a TOPO: http://www.mytopo.com/maps.cfm?mtlat=41.69...3.6557&z=15

[stcroix2]

Not at all sure this qualifies, but you "start" your hike up to our cache at 11,200' then hike for 3 miles, gain altitude to 13,898' and within a hundred yards, the lucky hikers will find our cache

 

Horseshoe Summit Cabin Cache

 

Horseshoe Summit Cabin Cache

 

And by fellow Coloradans' hiking standards "Ain't nutt'n unless it's a fourteener!"

Edited July 17, 2009 by stcroix2

[knowschad]

Not at all sure this qualifies, but you "start" your hike up to our cache at 11,200' then hike for 3 miles, gain altitude to 13,898' and within a hundred yards, the lucky hikers will find our cache

 

Horseshoe Summit Cabin Cache

 

Horseshoe Summit Cabin Cache

 

And by fellow Coloradans' hiking standards "Ain't nutt'n unless it's a fourteener!"

 

No 4x4 roads leading closer? A 3 mile hike at 11K - almost 14K is the only way? If so... wow!

 

I am very familiar with the San Juans, having lived in the 4 corners area for 7 years, but there are very few areas there that you can't get to near with a 4WD, no matter how awesome they are.

[stcroix2]

Not at all sure this qualifies, but you "start" your hike up to our cache at 11,200' then hike for 3 miles, gain altitude to 13,898' and within a hundred yards, the lucky hikers will find our cache

 

Horseshoe Summit Cabin Cache

 

Horseshoe Summit Cabin Cache

 

And by fellow Coloradans' hiking standards "Ain't nutt'n unless it's a fourteener!"

 

No 4x4 roads leading closer? A 3 mile hike at 11K - almost 14K is the only way? If so... wow!

 

I am very familiar with the San Juans, having lived in the 4 corners area for 7 years, but there are very few areas there that you can't get to near with a 4WD, no matter how awesome they are.

You can take an ambitious 4x4 up to the saddle between Peerless Mountain, and Horseshoe Mountain. In fact we encountered a Nissan 4 Runner coming down, on our hike up. And there were 2 ATV's on the way up as we descended. Nearby, Mt. Bross is considered a "hike" even though it is accessible by 4x4's and ATV's.

 

We hike it

[AZcachemeister]

The top of this crag.

 

 

How it got found the first time.

 

[+Kit Fox]

My single hardest terrain cache is The Last Flight of the Hercules

 

It took yesterday's finders 36 hours to complete the Journey.

 

[Tahosa and Sons]

Take your pick. I do have a few out there that are not too easy, but are a lot of fun.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...00-767ee0d0fccc

Edited July 21, 2009 by Tahosa and Sons

[+fizzymagic]

Here's mine:

About 20 feet underwater. Visibility is usually about 3 feet. It's a 5-star terrain. Trust me.

[+DragonsWest]

GCG79W Room With A View

 

My first cache and placed when I think the range of difficulty was up to 4 stars, so mine probably requires a slight update. Depending upon the approach it can be brutal or just a nice tough hike. The day I planted it was very hot and the gravel on the fire road sucking at my wheels until my chain snapped (fortunately I had a chain tool and a spare link kit and was on my way again.) I think elevation is only a couple thousand feet, but the West Ridge Trail from Waddell Beach can make this a Death March. See some of the logs and pictures to get an idea what some have thought of this. I still love the views.

Edited July 21, 2009 by DragonsWest