Welcome back to The Wilderness Center's Geocaching Club winter event!!
Will we have an early spring? Will the groundhog see its shadow and hibernate us all for 6 more weeks? It's anyone's guess. Come to The Wilderness Center on Feb 4 for our annual night hike as we anticipate the arrival of spring or the reality of more winter weather.
We are happy to host another evening of winter hiking and caching. The geocaching club has hidden brand new caches on all the trails at The Wilderness Center. This will be the only time night caching is allowed on the trails.
We will not be utilizing the Interpretive Building. All activities will be outdoors. There are restrooms available at the back porch of the main building.
The Lakeview Shelter will serve as our gathering place and will have an event logsheet, trackable exchange basket, maps, and a list of the new caches with coordinates (available at 6pm) should you need to manually enter them into a gps.
Caches will publish live at approximately 6pm. You have 3 hours to hike on one or all the trails. The property is generally not open after dark, and we ask you be off the trails by 9.
By request of the Wilderness Center, we are being asked to use red filtered flashlights when out hiking. TWC is making an effort to reduce light pollution and eliminate night blindness for animals. This is not a requirement, but a request to contribute to the efforts of TWC towards conservation. Please consider bringing or using this feature if you have one. If we are lucky, there will be a blanket of fresh snow and a bright moon making perfect conditions to see in the dark without the use of artificial light.
Hot chocolate, coffee, and water will be provided. Donations of cookies/brownies/finger foods to share are welcome and much appreciated! There will be a 50/50 drawing to help offset the expenses and we will have door prizes! When you are done hiking the trails, please feel free to come back inside the shelter and join us for refreshments.