Snow Annoys Me!

[greyhounder]

It’s probably because I’m still new to this, but I’m finding that the snow is making it hard for me to find caches. I’m not logging them as Did Not Finds (should I?) because I know they are there, there’s just too much snow and I’m too wimpy to go digging!!!! Today I started out towards Malone’s Big Cache, but when my foot went into the snow up to my knee, I turned right back around. And last week I went to The Hidden Pyramids…. and even though I know I was right at the right spot, I couldn’t find the cache. I didn’t want to go digging up the snow and make it look really obvious that someone was “doing something.”

I want Spring now!

Does anyone have any good advice for caching in snow? Right now, I’m just going to do a lot of virtual caches (I like them a lot too, so it’s just fine by me!)

Bec

[Cheesehead Dave]

I would log it as a “not find” just because it will give other cachers a warning that the snow may be too deep in that area and could save them an unnecessary trip. Remember… there isn’t a special place in Heaven set aside for geocachers without a “no find” so don’t be ashamed to log it as such.

My little bit of “cheating” advice for snow caching: wait until someone else finds it, then see if you can follow their footprints to the cache.

Otherwise, a cache that is in a hollow log that is obvious in July may be so covered in January, that you can’t even see the log!

(Edited for atrocious grammar…)

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[sbukosky]

Dave said it very nicely. Unless someone mentions on the cache page that it is winter friendly, you often will be frustrated. I was on one last weekend that I had a hard time finding. Because of a few inches of snow cover, it was blended into all the other snow. With no snow it would have stood out like blaze orange in the middle of an open field!

The last few winters since geocaching started has found little snow in much of the state. I started in December and found many through the winter. This winter has been more snowy so I spend more time wishing for a thaw. Patience!

[Ray]

Steve Johnson is right that Dave johnson is right [For Blazing Saddle fans].

Come to the event caches in the winter. Teaming-up with other cachers will increase you odds of finding these “buried” treasures. You may find someone who has found the cache before the white stuf hit natures fan.

Whe have temporarily disabled our caches that are not winter cacher friendly.

If you can’t find a cache, log a not found with the reason you couldn’t find it or at least a description of how far you went in your attempt to locate it. This may bring you some valuable advice from other cachers or hints from the cache owner. If may also save another cacher a trip for nothing.
~tb

[Mama Fishcacher]

Yeah – what they all said! Following another’s tracks sure does make the difficulty level go down! (That is, if the other person *did* find it, hee hee!)

~mama fishcacher

[greyhounder]

Thanks everybody — I’ll log my foiled attempts. I’ve just got to get past that “failure” feeling, you know? I had such good luck on my firts 4 attempts.

And as an aside — I’ve interested a few of my greyhound friends in geocaching. For some reason, I knew that people obsesseed with this particular breed of dog would be just as likely to get involved in geocaching….

Bec

[The Snail]

You know this might seem a bit strange… but there are several new caches in my area that I won’t attempt while there is snow on the ground. Alot of the logs say “I followed the tracks straight to the cache.” For me half the fun is bouncing off the trees and falling over stumps in search of a cache. I don’t think I’d want to follow someones footsteps directly toward the hide.

And shame on all of you who think this is a good thing!

[greyhounder]

although if you’re following my footprints, you might just be going nowhere!!!!

Bec

[Geotrippers]

Last year, my rule of thumb was no micros. This year, I have went for everything but with a 50-75% micro success rate. If I was just starting at caching, I would concentrate on the ammo box caches just to keep the frustration level down. Our Rest and Read cache is very easy as well as Pelishek’s Toybox II and the nearby Leaving Clinton.

I enjoy the winter caches because there are less chores to ignore at home and it’s an easy way to keep the winter weight off. Just stay away from the micros, dress warm and pick and choose the easy ones.

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[kbraband]

I like snow.

[Cheesehead Dave]

quote:

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Originally posted by kbraband:
I like snow.

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Yeah, I saw the picture. Did you ever go back and rescue poor Brian or is he still out there shivering?

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