Geocaching Guides and Trips
Trips
The main objective for our hike was to climb up to the top of Tamarack Peak and find a geocache located there. The first part of the hike is on a 4 wheel drive road. At some point you have to leave the road and go straight up to the top. Fortunately, there is no bushwacking required. Just good lungs. At the top you have great views of the Mt Rose Wilderness...
Almaden Quicksilver is cache central. There must be more than 50 caches here that will take a number of separate visits to find. Today I took the mt bike to cover more territory. Along with finding a bunch of caches this route took me to some old mining facilities. Lots of nice views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and of the numerous McMansions of Almaden Valley. Among the wildlife I saw was...
Since there were 2 new goecaches in this area I was excited to go on a hike. I was less excited about the weather as it was much colder than usual. Some snow was even reported on nearby hills. When I reached Skyline Blvd it was only 38°F. I followed the Grabtown Gulch, Borden Hatch Mill, Bald Knob, Irish Ridge trails to a big old growth redwood tree at the beginning of...
Went out with Andy to do some geocaching up the Granite Chief and Pacific Crest Trails. After finding the 2 caches we headed to High Camp and took the tram down. Officially, you are supposed to pay $10 for the trip down. But if you don't hesitate just walk onto the tram. Keeping a phone to your ear might help. There are at least 4 caches along this route.The last section on...
