Must do caches in Edmonton?

[+lagrac]

I'm going to be visiting Alberta in July to attend the BAD Event, and besides Alberta's two oldest caches, are there any "must do" caches in the Edmonton area?

 

I love Challenge Caches, wherigos, EarthCaches, and Chirps.

 

Thanks for the help!!

[+hurleyanne]

Whenever anyone asks about caching in Edmonton I can't resist gushing about the caches of jbeck2. They are all puzzle caches, but fun to solve (usually pretty tricky) and the containers are great too! There are lots of great ravine parks in Edmonton, so you can do a lot of caching in the city that feels like you're out in the bush.

 

Also, there is a Geocaching Edmonton forum you should look up - they would be better able to tell you the good caches in their area.

 

Maybe see you in July!

[+mwellman]

I'm going to be visiting Alberta in July to attend the BAD Event, and besides Alberta's two oldest caches, are there any "must do" caches in the Edmonton area?

 

I love Challenge Caches, wherigos, EarthCaches, and Chirps.

 

Thanks for the help!!

Hi lagrac!

 

Welcome to Edmonton where there are many great caches for you to find. Just pick a park or a ravine and off you go. There are also the favorite points or this link to a bookmark of Edmonton's favorite caches: http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=c127580c-f678-4741-a440-822bf5e2605f by Canadian Rockies. The Edmontonians love puzzles so take the time now to solve some.

Edited March 7, 2011 by mwellman

[Andronicus]

Whenever you are in Alberta, you should try to find a few of the Brass Caps (see http://coord.info/GC43F3 and http://members.shaw.ca/brasscaps/

[+lagrac]

Whenever you are in Alberta, you should try to find a few of the Brass Caps (see http://coord.info/GC43F3 and http://members.shaw.ca/brasscaps/

 

It is funny that you mention that virt. It is on the agenda. I like the concept and I love virtual 's

[+Viajero Perdido]

You could set up a PQ centered on Edmonton, don't actually run it, click Preview, then click the column heading for Favorites.

 

That'll give you a list of local hides with the most favorite points. Should be a good start.

[Dr. John Rae]

Here's a shameless plug for 3 very under-used caches - they are not as hard as they look, and all are in scenic areas!

 

Ron Jeremy's Terrain Cache http://coord.info/GCJ80E

Ron Jeremy's Picture Cache http://coord.info/GCJ88D

Ron Jeremy's Scenic Drive Cache http://coord.info/GCJJVK

 

Other favourites are:

 

GC1Z2AX See der Deck?

GC1J89X Little Jack Horner

GC15EMV Rose Red

GC2A59F Yes Virginia there really is a Geocache.

GC1F9TK between a rock and a hard place

GC14J9 Lil' Mama's City Hall Sculpture Tour

GC16NAJ The Vortex

GC1HPN8 Bella's Haunted House

GC29MHB Thems the Brakes

GC1D1NZ Murder on the EY&P Express

GCYAGN The wheels on the bus

GC1G18V Muchias- The Friendly Dwarf

[Andronicus]

Just remembered another one that was Very Fun

Log Into It by Viajero Perdido. That may have been the most fun cache I have done to date. It is kind of like a letterbox, but is listed as a "Unknown Cache".

[+mrcanoehead224]

Whenever you are in Alberta, you should try to find a few of the Brass Caps (see http://coord.info/GC43F3 and http://members.shaw.ca/brasscaps/

It is funny that you mention that virt. It is on the agenda. I like the concept and I love virtual 's

On the topic of virts... can't forget this one, First Post, can't visit a provincial capital without attempting this series.

Also, you probably won't have to go as far as Edmonton to get the Brass Cap Cache, just saying...

 

Just remembered another one that was Very Fun

Log Into It by Viajero Perdido. That may have been the most fun cache I have done to date. It is kind of like a letterbox, but is listed as a "Unknown Cache".

Thanks for the tip J, I'll be up there in a couple of weeks.

 

I also enjoyed the RockWalk tour downtown a couple of years ago. There's two EarthCaches (GC19JJW & GC19JJT), I only got one done but plan to do the other next month.

[+Viajero Perdido]

Just remembered another one that was Very Fun.

Log Into It by Viajero Perdido. That may have been the most fun cache I have done to date. It is kind of like a letterbox, but is listed as a "Unknown Cache".

Thanks for the kind words!

 

If anybody finds the location inconvenient, I also have five "Walk in the Woods" caches in the lower Mill Creek Ravine, just across the river from downtown, that all follow pretty much the same format. My favorite is the original one.

 

In the same ravine is a Wherigo/puzzle two-fer by Kbrunog (a puzzle master; try anything by him), which might be worth a go. I haven't done it myself since I don't have the hardware, but it sounds like fun.

Edited April 20, 2011 by Viajero Perdido

[+mrcanoehead224]

If anybody finds the location inconvenient, I also have five "Walk in the Woods" caches in the lower Mill Creek Ravine, just across the river from downtown, that all follow pretty much the same format. My favorite is the original one.

Thanks VP, I forgot about that one. As I'll be downtown anyway, I think I'll head there instead (and make it a little less lonely). I'm sure the suggested parking is only a block or two from my sister's first place in Edmonton. I'm sure I've even walked this trail, albeit many years ago.

Edited April 21, 2011 by mrcanoehead224