SCAR: 17th Annual Saskatoon Cache And Release 2026
WELCOME TO THE 17th ANNUAL SASKATOON CACHE AND RELEASE 2026
This event involves hiding caches during the time leading up to the SCAR event, finding the SCAR caches over the designated 24 hour period, not the time period you see above, and then meeting up at the Floral Community Center to share SCAR stories & award prizes!
First time at SCAR? Make sure you read the rules below to get familiar how this 24-hour event goes and how you can participate.
The Hides:
Hide one or more caches between now and Saturday May 16th at midnight. Caches hidden for the event are to be placed and submitted on or before May 16th to ensure that the reviewer has sufficient time to approve all the hides.
Please include SCAR2026 in the title (e.g. My Cool Cache - SCAR2026) to facilitate searches by keyword. Please do not put a space between the word & the number.
All SCAR caches should include a note to the reviewer stating that it is placed for the SCAR event and are to be published the evening of Thursday May 21st, 24ish hours before the official kick off of the SCAR event.
Please mention on your cache page that the cache is for the SCAR event, and should not be sought out until after 5:30 pm on May 22nd.
The idea here is to give everyone time to look at the cache listings and devise their battle plans for when the hunt begins at 5:30 pm.
Guidelines for SCAR Hides:
Any and all types and sizes of caches are allowed (except Adventure lab).
All hides must be hidden within approximately 150 km of N 52° 08.062 W 106° 38.859 which is the starting point.
All hides must be made to remain permanent following the event for everyone to find at their leisure.
Feel free to include the SCAR2026 logo on your cache listings or use it in any other way you like as long as it is in a respectable manner (permission given by the logo creator).
If you plan to make your cache available only for premium members, we ask you that for the duration of the event you make them available to the public and change them to 'premium members only' status after SCAR event is over.
We appreciate it if participants hide at least one cache but it is not a requirement. If you are from out of town & want to participate in hiding, talk to local cachers about adopting or maintaining your SCAR cache. We all benefit from caches being hidden & the more that are hidden specifically for this event the more fun this 24 hour hunting marathon will be for everyone.
If you do not know how to hide a cache then please email us & we will be happy to help you hide your first cache.
The Hunt:
At 5:30pm on Friday May 22nd, all SCAR caches become fair game and the hunt begins. If your Geocaching User name includes more than one person, all members of the Geocaching User Name who are caching during the event must be at each cache together at the same time. Feel free to find as many or as few caches as you can and want.
During the hunt, please document the time of your find in the logbook to inform subsequent finders how close they are behind you. You may also want to carry a notebook to keep track of your stats over the weekend for some of the prizes at the gathering.
Please note that if you are caching with a group of cachers you all share the stats for example if your group is the first to find a cache, you all share that honour & the next group to come along will count the second to find. The hunt for the SCAR2026 event ends at 5:30pm May 23rd, 2026.
The Gathering:
At 6 pm Saturday May 23rd, we will gather for a meal to share stories and to award prizes for achievements accomplished during the event. We have again rented the Floral Community Centre just outside of Saskatoon located at N 52° 03.410 W 106° 31.020.
Supper begins around 6pm. Hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, condiments, and drinks supplied by SAGA. It is appreciated if you can please bring a side or a dessert to share.
We will start the awards portion of the evening around 7:30 pm.
You may want to bring a lawn chair.
Please note in your 'will attend' log if you intend on coming the gathering and how many will be accompanying you so we can have an idea of numbers. This also helps us secure donations from sponsors. All cachers are welcome whether or not you've participated in the rest of SCAR2026 or not. The more the merrier!
Recognition/Prizes:
Awards will be awarded for a variety of accomplishments achieved during the event. The categories include (but are not limited to):
- Cacher with the most hides (a 1-year premium membership is up for grabs!)
- Cacher with the most finds
- Cacher with the most FTFs
- Cacher with the most STFs
- Cacher with the most DNF's (If you need a hint from another cacher before finding the cache, this counts towards your DNF total)
- Most ticks found on your person
- Least sleep over the 24-hours of SCAR
There will be an assortment of items up for raffle and prizes so please bring cash.
During SCAR there are also two other events happening so please check out the event pages for those events.
SCAR2026 Dine, Cache, & Dash GCBMCBB
SCAR2026 SCAR2026 Pancake Breakfast
Post Event:
All SCAR caches should be made permanent for all cachers to find at their leisure following the event. Remember, whatever you hide you must maintain.
Now get out there, hide some caches, and cache on!