+worstcaster Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Has anybody else been out doing spring maintenance? Spring has been a little inconsistent in my area. I disabled 2 on my caches because they were still under a foot on snow, but was comfortable wearing a t shirt when I walked down the trail. Parksville Rail Trail Beaver Adding to Dam Busy Beaver Beaver Dinner Table Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Spring?! Around here we'll be having summer-like weather this weekend! ...but then, this little corner of the Great White North never gets very white, nor is it very north. It is great, though... Edited April 17, 2015 by The A-Team Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Spring?! Around here we'll be having summer-like weather this weekend! ...but then, this little corner of the Great White North never gets very white, nor is it very north. It is great, though... That is just not fair... An ex from Quebec and fishing the Salmon & Black river in NY, just assumed all you guys get it similar. Edited April 17, 2015 by cerberus1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Last of the snow and ice evaporated away last Tuesday, now dealing with wearing muck boots a bit. I have a paddle-to I wanted to check on since the air temp's nice, but sinking to your hips in muck isn't part of this guy's maintenance plan. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Spring?! Around here we'll be having summer-like weather this weekend! ...but then, this little corner of the Great White North never gets very white, nor is it very north. It is great, though... That is just not fair... Yeah, but there are downsides. Due to the unusually good weather we had over the winter, the snowpack up in the mountains is significantly lower than normal. In some cases, local ski hills never got enough snow to open and some were completely bare by February. With only a fraction of the normal snowpack, the amount of runoff throughout the summer and fall will be proportionately lower and could mean droughts, poor salmon returns due to low river levels, and a more intense forest fire season. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Getting back onto the topic of maintenance... I think most of my caches are in generally good shape (nobody has reported any problems), but there are a few that I know either have minor issues that need to be checked, or have impending issues (ie. log almost full). I hope to get out over the next few weekends to deal with these. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Spring?! Around here we'll be having summer-like weather this weekend! ...but then, this little corner of the Great White North never gets very white, nor is it very north. It is great, though... That is just not fair... Yeah, but there are downsides. Due to the unusually good weather we had over the winter, the snowpack up in the mountains is significantly lower than normal. In some cases, local ski hills never got enough snow to open and some were completely bare by February. With only a fraction of the normal snowpack, the amount of runoff throughout the summer and fall will be proportionately lower and could mean droughts, poor salmon returns due to low river levels, and a more intense forest fire season. Exactly. I'm enjoying the spring so much, but I'm dreading the summer. It's going to be really hot. The Cascades had so little snow this year, it's going to affect our water big time. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I did a bunch of cache maintenance in February, because it was such an early spring here. But I need to go out and do a bit more, as a couple of my caches suddenly went missing recently (one of them I need to order a new container online). The last time I went caching was last weekend, it's so beautiful here right now. It's the best caching window of the year. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 It's the best caching window of the year. I was just thinking that recently too. It's that nice happy medium where it's neither too hot nor too cold - great hiking weather. Also, when driving on unpaved roads, the ground is just damp enough to keep the dust down, but not so wet as to be muddy. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 It's the best caching window of the year. I was just thinking that recently too. It's that nice happy medium where it's neither too hot nor too cold - great hiking weather. Also, when driving on unpaved roads, the ground is just damp enough to keep the dust down, but not so wet as to be muddy. Yup. And the bonus is all the flowers. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Spring? What Spring? We haven't had a winter. This state needs Smokey the Bear to stand guard this summer. Quote Link to comment
+ByronForestPreserve Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I generally have to get out in the spring to do a maintenance run even if the recent logs say everything is fine...our restoration crew doesn't know where all of my caches are, and occasionally one gets caught in a prescribed burn. I found one a few days ago melted into a pile of plastic slag, but had thought ahead and had a replacement ready to go. Fortunately it didn't have any trackables in it. (Honestly that's the only one I've ever lost to fire, but I check 'em anyhow.) As for the best caching window...agreed! Decent weather and no growth yet. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Replacing a few logs as I go. Most are OK, but with micro caches in particular you need to keep on top of them. These three shouldn't be much of a bother, once they are in place. Just painted up and getting ready to go. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Springtime maintenance around here (Minnesota) often means making sure the container is covered up well enough. In the winter, many cachers simply toss snow over the cache to conceal it, leaving the cache totally exposed in the spring. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Springtime maintenance around here (Minnesota) often means making sure the container is covered up well enough. In the winter, many cachers simply toss snow over the cache to conceal it, leaving the cache totally exposed in the spring. I had to laugh when I was winter caching in Michigan - hangers completely exposed - as if deciduous trees would have that nice cloak of green all year. I'd perhaps worry more about any which may have been distorted or cracked had they spent the winter frozen in a pooling of water. Quote Link to comment
+justintim1999 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Looking at the first picture gives me the chills. I was working on a series of caches all winter long here in the Northeast. That snow covered trail looks eerily like the one I snowshoed up one to many times. Can't tell you how many times I stopped and staired at the little round bare patches at the base of the trees and said "when?" Quote Link to comment
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