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Can I Geocache in the winter?


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I live in the northeast of the United States. Needless to say there's a lot of snow around. Is it possible to go geocaching in winter conditions? Are some caches winterized? Do cache owners remove the caches before the snow? Would I have better luck with urban caches in the winter?

 

Lots of folks in the same winter conditions continue caching. The key is research. Check out if a cache has been found during the current conditions. If a cache is on the ground or below the snow level, then some snow removal might be needed to find it. Snowshoes might also come in handy. Be prepared to find frozen caches.

 

I don't know of any cache owners who remove their caches for winter.

 

Check out this recent thread about caching in winter:

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=317616

 

 

 

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I live in the northeast of the United States. Needless to say there's a lot of snow around. Is it possible to go geocaching in winter conditions? Are some caches winterized? Do cache owners remove the caches before the snow? Would I have better luck with urban caches in the winter?

 

Lots of folks in the same winter conditions continue caching. The key is research. Check out if a cache has been found during the current conditions. If a cache is on the ground or below the snow level, then some snow removal might be needed to find it. Snowshoes might also come in handy. Be prepared to find frozen caches.

 

I don't know of any cache owners who remove their caches for winter.

 

Check out this recent thread about caching in winter:

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=317616

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There was about 3 inches of snow on the ground this morning, plus fresh snow coming down, and I still managed to find about a dozen caches in the woods today.

 

So yes, go geocaching in the winter! You'll find some cache owners make theirs winter accessible, which usually but not always means it's off the ground. Once you have a foot of snow or more then ground level caches become harder. But I managed to dig through 3 feet of snow in years past in the middle of the Adirondack park to find a film can, because I needed the cache to fill in an empty spot in my calendar.

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Winter is a great time to go caching. Head for the woods!

 

No bugs. No blistering energy-sapping heat. Hardly any burrs. Less muggles. All the leaves down can make some caches easier to spot. Sometimes you get lucky and there are footprints to follow. Even without the leaves, the trees cut down on the wind a lot.

 

Caches on the ground can be harder to spot but that's compensated by the ones that are off the ground are much easier to spot.

 

If a cache is rain proof, it's pretty much winter proof, too.

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Two winters ago we were in the Canadian Rockies as I was in the area on business. We did a lovely hike to a waterfall, though spikes below the shoes would have been a real advantage, went to the continental divide virtual, for which we had to dig out the survey marker from knee deep snow (mind you, we found it in the 4th hole) and did a few other caches that required quite a bit of snow shifting, including our first and only skirt lifter :anitongue: Basically: yes it works, and it's a lot of fun.

 

This year here in Denmark the temperatures have so far remained quite a bit above freezing. Too much rain keeps us inside for most of the time. That's certainly no fun!

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I live in the northeast of the United States. Needless to say there's a lot of snow around. Is it possible to go geocaching in winter conditions? Are some caches winterized? Do cache owners remove the caches before the snow? Would I have better luck with urban caches in the winter?

 

Yes, yes you can. Its not hard. I've done it in Canada. Caching in the rain is worse than this... You just have to get used to it!!

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