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12/04/2006 at 2:59 am #1767219
@Trudy & the beast wrote:
➡ This should be a help:
http://www.snowtracks.com
Select “Wisconsin” at the right
Then select “snow cover map” at the right😆 Team Deejay showed great humor when they took the highground at Bonita vista al mar:
… 3 no-finds (including a virtual!!)…
Many other cachers would have posted the find and waited for my objection 🙄
Cool map. I think it’s a few days behind though. It shows Kenosha with < 1 inch of snow. I just spent 2 days clearing 17 inches of snow!
Any idea how often they update the map?
12/04/2006 at 3:24 am #1767220I’m actually getting kind of excited about doing some snowshoeing caching this year. My wife gave me a pair of Atlas last year Christmas and I didn’t get to use them all that much CZ of my heart surgery last. Feb. We didn’t have all that much snow either up here until late.
Most of the caches I put out are winter friendly and I have plans for a few others that snow shoes or skies will help get ya to them.
12/04/2006 at 12:33 pm #1767221@tyedyeskyguy wrote:
@Trudy & the beast wrote:
➡ This should be a help:
http://www.snowtracks.com
Select “Wisconsin” at the right
Then select “snow cover map” at the right😆 Team Deejay showed great humor when they took the highground at Bonita vista al mar:
… 3 no-finds (including a virtual!!)…
Many other cachers would have posted the find and waited for my objection 🙄
Cool map. I think it’s a few days behind though. It shows Kenosha with < 1 inch of snow. I just spent 2 days clearing 17 inches of snow!
Any idea how often they update the map?
The map is interactive; you reset it. use the options at the left, then redraw the map for the options you have selected. Time is real military time (zulu); that is GMT in the 24 hr format or CST + 6 hours.
I see about 8-12 inches on the ground in Racine right now.
12/04/2006 at 3:36 pm #1767222Night caching in December will take one through towns like Keil where the street decorations will dazzle even the Scrugiest. 😀
12/04/2006 at 9:28 pm #1767223@Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu wrote:
Oh yeah… and after it gets REALLY cold out there you can go for stuff like these and you shouldn’t need a boat. Just make sure the ice is think enough!!!!!!!!!!
Ahh, the rivers are already starting to get a glaze on them. Maybe this is the year I finally cross Carpe’ Cache’ off my list!
Oh – I hope I didn’t just jinx myself! 😯
12/05/2006 at 7:17 am #1767224Went out today and had a wonderful time hunting caches in the snow. I will say that it makes some of the Forest locale Park hunts more challenging and tiring. Quite a workout hiking a couple miles through 10 to 12″ of snow and drifts up to 2′. I did have fun being able to take a shortcut across a frozen swamp area. Was hard to find some as the snow covers even better then falling leaves. Not to mention, never really knowing whether or not they are on the ground adds another difficult element. Does the Available in Winter attribute mean the cache is not on the ground?? And if it is not on the ground, how high off of the ground qualifies?? OK, so I’m rambling here.
Anyways had a great time and overdressed. By the time I got done hiking through 12″ of snow I was sweating like crazy. Of course it was dark and I was walking rather briskly to get back to the car cause I had other things yet to do in the evening.
12/05/2006 at 7:41 pm #1767225@knoffer wrote:
Does the Available in Winter attribute mean the cache is not on the ground?? And if it is not on the ground, how high off of the ground qualifies??
Depends on the cache hider, but typically, yes, it does mean off the ground (sometimes inside of a tree or something).
Bec
12/05/2006 at 9:08 pm #1767226@LightningBugs Mum wrote:
@Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu wrote:
Oh yeah… and after it gets REALLY cold out there you can go for stuff like these and you shouldn’t need a boat. Just make sure the ice is think enough!!!!!!!!!!
Yup, sure works better when you use it right! 😆 Thanks
Ahh, the rivers are already starting to get a glaze on them. Maybe this is the year I finally cross Carpe’ Cache’ off my list!
Oh – I hope I didn’t just jinx myself! 😯
12/05/2006 at 9:08 pm #1767227No tics or mosquitos either! I cached all winter last year, but this year looks to be a bit more challenging with the new snow. Makes me rethink my hides – will make them more winter friendly in the future if possible. 😀
12/05/2006 at 11:31 pm #1767228cross country ski trails offer great access to a number of geocaches in this area. Just be aware that if you are hoofing it, please stay off of to the side of the trail, especially if it has been groomed. This is my first winter geocaching — the latest snowfall has made for some challenges!
12/06/2006 at 4:16 am #1767229Went out and grabbed some night caches tonight in the snow and saw a wolf running along the shore of Lake Michigan. Very cool.
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