+_Wolverine Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 The highest placed cache I've found is GCX9DZ -- around 11,500 feet. There's another one nearby I didn't do which is around 11,600 feet. I do plan on doing this one --> GC16QMT, GC2BTQV and GC659F this summer (I live 15 min away from Pikes Peak!) and they are around 14000 feet. Is there another cache that is higher in elevation? Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) The highest placed cache I've found is GCX9DZ -- around 11,500 feet. There's another one nearby I didn't do which is around 11,600 feet. I do plan on doing this one --> GC16QMT, GC2BTQV and GC659F this summer (I live 15 min away from Pikes Peak!) and they are around 14000 feet. Is there another cache that is higher in elevation? There is one on the International Space Station (http://coord.info/GC1BE91), and one on top of Mt. Everest (http://coord.info/GC2BX63) Edited March 30, 2011 by Andronicus Quote Link to comment
+G & C Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 There can't be one any higher in the contiguous 48 than this one: GC75C3 Peak-A-Boo Mt. Whitney We're headed up for that one this summer. Just waiting on the lottery results! Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 There are several as I recall from a thread several years ago. Mt Whitney in California has a few caches. My highest one is about 10,800 feet and my lowest around 700 feet. Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) There are several as I recall from a thread several years ago. Mt Whitney in California has a few caches. My highest one is about 10,800 feet and my lowest around 700 feet. That is a cool stat that should be added to the stats page. May be difficult to do though. My lowest is about 16m (52 feet) (http://coord.info/GC17J19), highest is 2785m (9137 feet) (http://coord.info/GC1EMB5). Edited March 30, 2011 by Andronicus Quote Link to comment
+_Wolverine Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Nice.. I see Mt. Whitney is about 300-400 feet higher than Pikes Peak.. and the one on Mt. Everest is 5000M or about 16,000 feet.. with the Int'l Space cache, which is about 250 miles high or about 1.3 million feet high which I'm sure I'll never achieve... LOL! Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Here is the highest elevation that I've ever scored a find...I think. Google Earth says it's at 11,800 feet. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Here is the highest elevation that I've ever scored a find...I think. Google Earth says it's at 11,800 feet. This is probably my highest find. Somewhere around 11,500'. I've been up Mt. Bierstadt and Pikes Peak, but there are no caches on Bierstadt (wilderness area) and there weren't any the last time I was up Pikes. Quote Link to comment
+jsarche Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Since you're in Colorado, you should check out this bookmark list: http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=3aa50bdd-f2b0-4abf-900d-bc6d5f0e5642 It shows the highest 100 caches in the state, and is maintained by the owner of GC1ZAZG, a challenge cache called High in Colorado. A fair number of 14ers have caches on them, and there are many caches higher than 12,000 feet around our state. Have fun! Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I'm pretty sure most of Tahosa's hides are at 14K+. I suspect he'd win some sort of prize for greatest total elevation. Quote Link to comment
+_Wolverine Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Here is the highest elevation that I've ever scored a find...I think. Google Earth says it's at 11,800 feet. This is probably my highest find. Somewhere around 11,500'. I've been up Mt. Bierstadt and Pikes Peak, but there are no caches on Bierstadt (wilderness area) and there weren't any the last time I was up Pikes. There are actually 4 caches up Pikes Peak -- GC659F (virtual), which was placed in 2002, GC16QMT placed in 2007, GC2BTQV which is newer, placed in 2010 and GC1HYJT (multi cache) placed in 2008. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I'm pretty sure most of Tahosa's hides are at 14K+. I suspect he'd win some sort of prize for greatest total elevation. No, Tahosa's hides were remote but not necessarily high elevation. High is relative here since our lowest elevation is 3317 along the border with Nebraska. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Here is the highest elevation that I've ever scored a find...I think. Google Earth says it's at 11,800 feet. This is probably my highest find. Somewhere around 11,500'. I've been up Mt. Bierstadt and Pikes Peak, but there are no caches on Bierstadt (wilderness area) and there weren't any the last time I was up Pikes. There are actually 4 caches up Pikes Peak -- GC659F (virtual), which was placed in 2002, GC16QMT placed in 2007, GC2BTQV which is newer, placed in 2010 and GC1HYJT (multi cache) placed in 2008. I was there before 2007 and I don't do virtuals. Quote Link to comment
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