Geocaching trail marker tape

[+puddlejumper44]

I hike in areas that are popular for hiking, ATVing, and horseback riding so there are multiple colours of trail marking tape all over the place. I am thinking of placing a couple of caches that would require hiking on and of logging roads to different trails in order to find the caches. Has anyone found/made/invented geocaching tape? I was thinking of green and white tape with "geocaching.com" printed on it or maybe just a very unusual colour of tape so that it wouldn't blend in with all the others.

Thanks for the help.

[+niraD]

Or based on the geocaching.com logo, maybe stripes of yellow, green, blue, and orange...

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

I hike in areas that are popular for hiking, ATVing, and horseback riding so there are multiple colours of trail marking tape all over the place. I am thinking of placing a couple of caches that would require hiking on and of logging roads to different trails in order to find the caches. Has anyone found/made/invented geocaching tape? I was thinking of green and white tape with "geocaching.com" printed on it or maybe just a very unusual colour of tape so that it wouldn't blend in with all the others.

Thanks for the help.

 

Why do you even need tape? We should all be carrying our GPSr, so just use the Additional Waypoint feature, and provide the waypoints for the spots you need to navigate to (such as trail heads for the side trails).

 

When a person does a pocket query, they all come along with the final waypoint.

[+wiseye]

We don't need more geo trash waving in the breeze. GPS, notes on cache page,additional waypoints or (gasp!) have them look at a map should get them near ground zero. Route finding should be at least part of the game.

[+briansnat]

Not sure why you would need tape. Isn't the entire point of the sport to use your GPS to find caches?

[+Team Dromomania]

Actually, a weather sticky tape with "GEOCACHING.COM" would be nice. Just peel off what you need and apply to your container. It should be cheaper than stickers.

[AZcachemeister]

Echoing previous sentiments here.

The waypoints in my GPSr should supersede any need for marking tape.

 

Unless, of course, the GPS reception is REALLY bad, in which case a well-written description should cover it.

[+ras_oscar]

I'm working on a group of caches in a wooded preservation area with a whole network of trails. The trail that points to the cache isn't necessarailly the correct one due to twists and turns, rivers, streams, swamps, private land. etc. The caching rtrails are marked with babyfood jar lids painted blue and nailed to trees. Halpful adjunct to the coords, especially in spots where the trail was less distinct due to many possible paths. And no, it didn't diminish my caching experience in the least.

[+Tequila]

I'm working on a group of caches in a wooded preservation area with a whole network of trails. The trail that points to the cache isn't necessarailly the correct one due to twists and turns, rivers, streams, swamps, private land. etc. The caching rtrails are marked with babyfood jar lids painted blue and nailed to trees. Halpful adjunct to the coords, especially in spots where the trail was less distinct due to many possible paths. And no, it didn't diminish my caching experience in the least.

 

You nailed baby food jar lids to trees????????????????????????????????????

 

Isn't that a violation of the guidelines?? Not to mention destructive to trees?

 

 

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[savant9]

Worldcaching sells some, but like others i feel it shouldn't be needed in most cases on a trail. It has been used in the past while at a large event where it was tied to the antennas of all the vehicles attending so we could identify other cachers while out in the sticks.

[+ras_oscar]

I nailed nothing to the trees, its a series I am searching for. Also, not clear to me whether the Co put up the lids or merely used an existing trail marker system. During the hunt we found many lids that had fallen to the ground. We collected them and disposed of them without disturbing any functional markers.

[+kunarion]

Halpful adjunct to the coords, especially in spots where the trail was less distinct due to many possible paths.

Some kind of marker would be welcome in places with lots of winding trails. Occasionally I'm in a park where the trail heads off one way, GyPSy points the other. Through the bushes, onto another trail. With some direction, I could avoid bushwacking.

 

But a little sign, something like fire-tacks, might be more suitable than tape. Or just include better info in cache descriptions.

Edited September 26, 2010 by kunarion

[+puddlejumper44]

OK, I hear ya!! I guess I'll have to learn how to make waypoints. I've only had my GPS (Garmin Dakota 20)for about 10 days and it lends itself so well to geocaching that I haven't had to learn many of the features. Hopefully a GPS course I'm taking next weekend will increase my knowledge level. Or, I could just spend more time reading the manual instead of going out geocaching...yeah, that'll happen.

[+SwineFlew]

I'm working on a group of caches in a wooded preservation area with a whole network of trails. The trail that points to the cache isn't necessarailly the correct one due to twists and turns, rivers, streams, swamps, private land. etc. The caching rtrails are marked with babyfood jar lids painted blue and nailed to trees. Halpful adjunct to the coords, especially in spots where the trail was less distinct due to many possible paths. And no, it didn't diminish my caching experience in the least.

 

You nailed baby food jar lids to trees????????????????????????????????????

 

Isn't that a violation of the guidelines?? Not to mention destructive to trees?

 

 

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No worse than fire-tacks for night caches.

Edited September 27, 2010 by SwineFlew