+LaPaglia Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 How do you try to find a cache that you know is buried under snow? We get a lot of snow in Colorado and Im looking for suggestions. Lapaglia Muga Muchu (forget yourself, focus) Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Read the clue. "At the base of the tree" is a good one. You can probably find it and even retrieve it. "Under the leaves" at the base of a tree means you won't even be able to chisel it out. Quote Link to comment
+Bilder Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 We get some snow up here as well. Using a pole as a probe is a good idea. If the cache is embedded in the ice, you may as well wait till spring. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have never been lost. Been awful confused for a few days, but never lost! N61.12.041 W149.43.734 Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Just follow someone else's footprints to it! pika waving Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by carleenp:Just follow someone else's footprints to it! More often than not this hits the nail right on the head! Other than that, I've found that even in the snow it's good to look for a bunch of sticks piled together....maybe they don't do that in Colorado, though. Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 CYBret's Geocaching Page Quote Link to comment
+LaPaglia Posted October 22, 2003 Author Share Posted October 22, 2003 when the sticks are under 6 feet of snow, its hard to see them. I hid a cache once that was under 11 feet of snow for 4 months. but it did stay dry Lapaglia Muga Muchu (forget yourself, focus) Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I still haven't been back to find Mondo's Turnpike. It was covered in snow last time I was there. Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+yumitori Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I often use a hiking staff or something similiar, not just for snow but leaves and such. Gentle probing will sound different when you hit the container. Ron/yumitori --- Remember what the dormouse said... Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 At first i just poke at what looks "likely". Eventually 2 hours later, i will have dug everything up...or if snow is forecasted for the next day, i just start diggin right away and the new snow covers it all up. "The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator." - Louis Pasteur Quote Link to comment
+geospotter Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I did a cache recently where the hider put a very small piece of ribbon over the spot where the cache is. It doesn't really give the location away since you can't see it unless you are right on it. Once snow falls it will make it possible to continue to find the cache. They mentioned the ribbon in their hint. I thought is was a nice touch. Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by carleenp:Just follow someone else's footprints to it! Do not trust on footprints - geocachers in far north are specialists in making false footprints Quote Link to comment
+4agers Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 How well do the little disposable cameras hold up in the cold? Quote Link to comment
+Ttepee Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Well we better get ready for the snow. I just got back from grabbing a quick one in Fahnestock State Park in southern NY and when I came out of the woods it was snowing like crazy! btw...disposable cameras hold up good in caches so long as they're waterproof.. photographers generally store film in the fridge to extend life. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by 4agers:How well do the little disposable cameras hold up in the cold? Very well, actually. It is the heat you need to worry about. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote Link to comment
McKenzie Clan Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 If you find the cache container, but can't open it or get it out due to ice, is it still a find?? Scott Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by McKenzie Clan:If you find the cache container, but can't open it or get it out due to ice, is it still a find?? Email the placer (they're the ones who'd delete it if they don't approve). They'll also know how valid that is on a case-by-case basis (IE, their cache). For myself, I hold signing the logbook as my claim to a find unless plundered or equivalent, but some placers have ''virtual'' equivalents if a cache is in a muggle-prone area or the like. If finders emailed me that they found it but it was frozen shut I'd encourage them to log a find if they made a valid attempt at chiselling it open with a rock! Heh.. Enjoy, Randy Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Lapaglia:How do you try to find a cache that you know is buried under snow? We get a lot of snow in Colorado and Im looking for suggestions. Isn't that what urban micros are for? -- perl -MMIME::Base64 -e "print decode_base64('SU1BR0VTIFJFTU9WRUQgQlkgT1ZFUkJFQVJJTkcgQURNSU5T')" Quote Link to comment
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