Caches can be
all around you,
in the simplest
of places.
This just in:
Helena offers a special GeoTour with
38 caches that feature the best highlights of the city.
Caches take the tourist or participant to the Helena
National Forest, the Elkhorn Ghost Town, the heights of
MacDonald Pass, and sites of the 1864 Gold Rush. Some
restaurants and lodges will offer discounts to tourists. If
you find 25, you get a token of recognition.
Go to Geocaching.com and locate the Helena Montana
GeoTour. Or, go to helenamt.com/geotour to find out
where the caches are placed. You may also contact Heidi
O'Brien at the Helena Tourism Alliance, 406-449-1270.
kens in your pocket for
Each log entry included the date and the
Other resources:
trading, as some larger
finder's call sign. We added ours to the
Geocaching Montana Facebook Page
caches include treasure
bottom of the list. After rolling the paper
MontanaGeocachers.com
added by previous visitors.
back up and placing the cache exactly as we
You can take one, leave one.
found it, Larry pulled out his GPS for details on
As always, though, come with a
the next hide.
spirit of adventure.
"You don't have to buy a top-of-the-line GPS," Larry
"You've got to let your mind wander and
explains. "But it is the backbone of the game." For the
not get too focused on what or where you think it might
unending entertainment it provides, Geocaching requires
be," Larry explains. Indeed, that day, we found logs hidden
little equipment. Besides a GPS, all you need is an Interwithin all sorts of creative containers, including: a plastic
net connection and transportation. Larry offers a few adsquirrel, hewn log, drilled-out rock, a cow bone, and — well,
ditional tips: buy a GPS that downloads coordinates from
I don't want to give it all away. Thanks to one, inspired
the official Geocaching Web site, www.geocaching.com.
hider — call sign "MTKiwi" — we enjoyed three hours of
Bring along tweezers for the tightest caches. Always have
Montana's beauty mingled with child-like wanderlust.
a pen ready, or pencil if it's winter. Stash a few small to-
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