Winter Caching

[Team Deejay]

@rogheff wrote:

Would an ammo can hidden in the stump of an old tree, frozen in a solid block of ice also be not available? Micros on the ground aren’t the only caches that have issues in the winter.

My Winter caching kit
GPS
Palm
Compass
Warm clothes/Gloves and Hat
Boots/Gaiters/Snowshoes/Skis
Stick for probing out buried caches (metal detectors also work well)
Portable handwarmers for melting out small containers and warming batteries
Axe/Hatchet for “melting out” larger containers
Propane torch for opening Riddler caches

[-cheeto-]

Based on some comments here, I have added some text to each of my own caches reflecting the “Winter friendliness” of each.

As pointed out on this thread, the attribute currently in place has text regarding Available in Winter but many regard that as an attribute describing if the location itself (park, trail, etc) is accesible in the winter, not necessarily if the cache is findable in the winter without blow torches, axes, & shovels.

Then there are the folks who see the Winter attribute when hunting and assume that the cache cannot possibly be on the ground… and then find it on the ground. With any of those attributes just remember: caches dont always stay where they were hidden and you can always give input to the owner if you think any attribute is incorrect. Nobody’s perfect! As seldom seen would say, “always fine tunin”.

-cheeto-

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