You have a good point. I have a few caches hidden at or near ground level, and if we get snowfall like we did last year..that might take them from one star finds to nearly off the charts. The other thing to watch is when things are hidden in winter/springtime when foliage is much less compared to the middle of summer. I almost couldn’t find something in June that I hid back in January.
I try to update the difficulties as seasons change. Good reminder about wearing orange during hunting season, too.

[This message has been edited by brkster (edited 09-06-2004).]

Funny how the cache page is written depending on when the cache is placed. For example, Lowes Lake #1 Mikey’s Cache warns that a 4X4 or AWD is needed to negotiate to the parking lot. No snow, no problem and the warnings sound strange this time of year. As lover of cool and cold weather caching, I also would like to see some comment on if snow would make a cache futile to find.

What I do to help this is to first understand that most caches are ground level so snow will be a problem. Second, I check a couple maps that shows the snow depth around the state. I then head to the areas with the least snow.

Really, for the most part the snow can make finding a cache easier. Pay attention to the logs and try to do the ones that have had recent finds and little to no snow having fallen since then. Follow the tracks and you will see where the digging was done. Hard to cover that up!

i have already done a cache in mid winter and walked across the water a couple times to save huge amounts of time and walking. the cache was about 3/4 of a mile easy walking that way, it would have been a 2 mile hike through the bush otherwise.