@gotta run wrote:
Congratulations!
The 4S caches are on the “winter list” of ours and another 5-star crazed cacher here, and the benefit of these is that at least we don’t need an ice drill.
However, even though these two are “available in winter,” it looks like that availability lessens considerably with every inch of snow…correct??? 😯
The SSSS’s. Yes, no matter how cold and frozen the waterway the ice in the marsh will be rotten and the potential is always there to break through. ALL of us who have ventured out in frozen conditions have found ourselves ankle, waist and even chest high in frigid and smelly swamp water.
Best advice is a pair of waders, no matter what season. Winter does afford you the opportunity to get closer to these caches with fewer incidents than does summer. That’s not to say it’s a breeze as they range in treachery depending on approach and luck. Both will be snow covered and both may be difficult to spot under large amounts of snow – but I think they are both findable with less than a foot of accumulation. I would also STRONGLY suggest not going after either of them SOLO. And, be sure to have a full charge on your cell phone just in case you need to call the Medivac.
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