Completing this caching challenge will take time, hard work and many miles of traveling. MsSkarlet and I love finding geocaches at fire lookout towers and do a lot of mountain range caching. We have driven to many of the caches that would qualify for this challenge in our Jeep Rubicon as some areas are better accessed by high clearance 4-wheel drive vehicles. If you are working on the
Oregon Fire Tower Challenge you probably have claimed caches that also meet requirements for this challenge. To qualify for the Oregon Elevation Challenge you will need 56 caches in all. You must have:
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 0 to 50 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 50 to 999 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 1000 to 1999 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 2000 to 2999 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 3000 to 3999 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 4000 to 4999 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 5000 to 5999 feet
- 6 caches in the elevation range from 6000 to 6999 feet
- 4 caches in the elevation range from 7000 to 7999 feet
- 2 caches in the elevation range from 8000 to 8999 feet
- 2 caches in the elevation range from 9000 feet and over
To check your elevation you can use your GPSr, Google Earth, or a GSAK macro. AND ALL THE CACHES MUST BE IN OREGON. Found and placed caches count. You must bookmark them so I can check them. Okay I hate to do this but you do need to qualify before you go get it.
Please remember to go prepared as many of these caches are out in the wilderness and you might be the only one around for miles!!!!! We drove within 60 feet of the cache. You will need a high clearance rig to get to this cache and 4-wheel drive would be nice too. The last .2 mile gets really steep so some may what to hike the last .2 miles.