The Fall And Leaves Falling Makes Caching Hard.

[+RockyRiver]

I hate going after a cache and no one else has been there in awhile and leaves blanket everything. If its a micro cache it makes it that much more difficult.

I'm not tring to sound like a cry baby, but 1 to 2 hours trying to find a cache

after you are at the proper longitude and latitude is a long time to have to look

in my opinion. I have found with Micro caches that sometimes while raking the leaves back you bury the cache itself even deeper. I was trying to find a cache today and was disappointed in myself and the situation after not finding it in an hours time. I will return leaf blower in hand in a week or two.

[+robert]

What a cry baby.

 

Seriously, though, you're right. You can figure the difficulty to get upped a bit during the fall because of the leaves, especially if the cache is a micro and if it's hidden on the ground. if it's not on the ground it gets a lot easier! There's one near here that's in a tree, and you can see it from 500 feet away if you know where to look!

 

Good luck with the cache.

[mortonfox]

I haven't found leaves to be as much of a problem as snow. Experience will tell you what the most common hiding spots to check are.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

I am not sure what its like caching right now with leaves, they're all covered up with snow.

[+Huntnlady]

Imagine those people finding caches on the ground right now with 4-6 inches of snow on top! That should really put it into perspective for you.

[+Johnnie Stalkers]

The Fall And Leaves Falling Makes Caching Hard.

 

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

[+sbell111]

I had a few DNFs in Floriida that I'me sure were due to excessive tropical plant refuse (dead palm fronds, et al).

 

I wish we would get some snow here in middle Tennessee. It's currently almost 75 degrees.

[+Renegade Knight]

I just hid one so it could be found when there is snow on the ground. I'm not able to hunt for the few local caches i've not done yet because of all the snow.

[solohiker]

The leaves in the trees make the search more difficult than the leaves on the ground my son. -- solohiker

[+epeefencer]

I too have had a difficult time in finding some caches that are obscured by the falling leaves, makes it more difficult to be sure but then if it were laying out in the open it wouldn't be much of a challange.

[+Kealia]

The leaves in the trees make the search more difficult than the leaves on the ground my son. -- solohiker

Preach on!

 

Here among the redwoods we're definitely more concerned with the leaves on the trees than the ones on the ground.

 

Give me a clear ski and a pile of leaves anyday!

[+clearpath]

I hate going after a cache and no one else has been there in awhile and leaves blanket everything. If its a micro cache it makes it that much more difficult.

I'm not tring to sound like a cry baby, but 1 to 2 hours trying to find a cache

after you are at the proper longitude and latitude is a long time to have to look

in my opinion. I have found with Micro caches that sometimes while raking the leaves back you bury the cache itself even deeper. I was trying to find a cache today and was disappointed in myself and the situation after not finding it in an hours time. I will return leaf blower in hand in a week or two.

I know just how you feel. I spent over an hour looking for a micro, yesterday, in a large rock field completely covered with leaves. I finally gave up looking thinking that I somehow covered it up even more than before I got there. I'll wait and see if someone else finds it, then I'll swoop in and find it as well.