Silver Creek Preserve is my personal favorite spot on earth! Birding, world class fishing and canoeing are a few of the enjoyable things to do there, and now you can geocache too. The cache is about a half a mile hike from the visitors center. This cache could be a snowshoe trek in the winter and a little harder to find if there is LOTS of snow. Please stay on the trail till you are due east of the cache and be aware that there could be moose around. Don't forget to check out the Visitor Center while you're there.
Each year, the preserve draws visitors from all 50 states and more than a dozen countries. The fly fishing is legendary, of course, but the preserve offers many other outdoor activities.
Flowing at the base of the Picabo Hills, this high-desert spring-fed creek attracts an abundance of wildlife including eagles, hawks, songbirds, waterfowl, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, deer and elk. Silver Creek's globally unique aquatic ecosystem features one of the highest densities of stream insects in North America, which supports the world-class fishery.
As many as 150 species of birds have been identified along the self-guided nature trail, which begins at the preserve visitor center. The Conservancy owns 883 acres along Silver Creek and has protected more than 9,500 acres through conservation easements, making this one of the most successful private stream conservation efforts ever undertaken for public benefit.
Cache contains a first to find POCK (optics kit), a "Racketeer" geocoin, mini brass bell, pink cancer awareness bracelet, some pill container keychains and a few other little goodies.