Geocaching in the snow

[+Geodoggy]

I live in Western New York. Pretty soon the snow will be here. I just got into caching this past Spring.

Do people still plant caches this time of year? I'd be more than willing to strap on the snowshoes and head out.

 

Cache as cache can.

[+benjamin921]

I do most of mine in the snow.

Makes for a fun day.

[MTET]

So I asked this question not long ago and got some good responses. You may want to check them out.

When it snows

 

Throw the pumpkin at the tree, unless you think that pumpkin holds your destiny.

[+briansnat]

I found a cache in western NY last winter with about 2 feet of fresh snow on the ground. It was an easy find because of its hiding place. Some caches will be easy to find, while others will be nearly impossible with snow on the ground, so it all depends on the individual cache.

 

"Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing" - Helen Keller

[+Alan2]

Found a adult female Deer tick crawling on me last weekend after caching the Palisades, NJ last weekend.

 

Snow = no ticks

 

Can't wait.

 

Alan

[+worldtraveler]

Many of the cache containers in Canada are attached to trees about 4 feet above ground level using bungee cords so you don't have to dig them out when the snow falls. They can also easily be raised higher if necessary.

 

The drawback (or advantage, depending on how you view it) is the obvious trail left by the previous finders until it snows again.

 

Worldtraveler

[+sbell111]

Of course, you get so much lake effect snow in WNY that these tracks will probably be quickly covered.

[tatoeba]

I was wondering how you guys could geocache in the snow? Besides the first one who finds the cache it should be pretty easy for the others to follow the trail in the last few feet.

Unless you also create fake trails that take the lazy geocachers nowwhere!

 

Legendeo game is still in Beta!

[+sbell111]

Of course, you have to remember that most caches don't get daily visitors (except when they're new).

[+Dekaner]

I have a number of caches in the WNY area and I plan to keep on caching and placing regardless of the season.

 

I will admit that it will be difficult to find good hiding spots on the ground, but that just means I need to get more creative.

 

I think overall the frequency of hides may go down, but the thought and care that will go up. You'll get higher quality, lower quantity, but in the end I think that's better anyway.

 

On a related note ... I emailed you about snowshoes!

 

- Dekaner of Team KKF2A

[+Olar]

quote:

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Originally posted by worldtraveler:

Many of the cache containers in Canada are attached to trees about 4 feet above ground level using bungee cords so you don't have to dig them out when the snow falls.

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And we also carry snowshoes or cross-country skiis year round!!!

Bungee cords 4 feet above ground........give me a break. I can just see pulling on one to get a cache loose. The headlines the next day would read, "Geocacher killed by Tupperware Projectile".

 

Oops! Better go and shovel the driveway before the morning. Olar

 

[+worldtraveler]

quote:

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Originally posted by Olar:

...Bungee cords 4 feet above ground........give me a break...

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Not sure if you're making a joke or doubting what I said, but here's just one of several I've found. It even tells you in the description.

 

Still don't believe me? Go find it! Or this. Or this.

 

Worldtraveler

 

[This message was edited by worldtraveler on October 18, 2002 at 06:36 AM.]

 

[This message was edited by worldtraveler on October 18, 2002 at 06:39 AM.]

[+SteveL]

us cachers here in San Diego might have to put on a sweater! Burrr!

 

Actually, we have mountains not far from us, such as Palomar (you know, where that big telescope is) that can get several feet, so you can surf and sled in the same day!

 

SteveL

 

Wherever you go, there you are.

[+DirtRunner]

Yea, I can imagine that the snow will make it easier to locate caches by the tracks being produced, but it isn't so different from the late summer in the overgrowth...People make just as noticable tracks in them and I even found a cache that way without using my GPS.

 

Hey, where people go, evidence will be left.

 

DirtRunner.

 

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