Anchorage Area 25’s

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Sarah Pace (RSPace)

By GeoFootstomper and Dogliest

If you are like most geocachers, you’re probably on the hunt to spot your own 25 in the wild, in order to qualify for the new Where’s 25? – Locationless Cache that was recently announced. Dogliest and GeoFootstomper put together this helpful guide on where to find a few different 25s in the Anchorage area. Take your pick, grab a selfie, and log a rare Locationless Cache type.

GeoFootstomper poses next to Club 25, at the corner of 4th Ave. and D St.

Any number of roads have a 25 mph speed limit. This one is on the Anchorage Hillside.

A sneaky 25 nested in a sign on the Anchorage Hillside

From: https://geocachingak25.blogspot.com/

February President’s Corner

Posted on February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 by Sarah Pace (RSPace)

By Emily Accipiter Stewart (eaccipi)

Well, GeocacheAlaska! Members, I think I can say it was a successful winter for finding geocaches that would normally be hidden under 4 feet of snow. I often struggle with caching in the winter because of how hard it is to get to some of the more trail-based ones, but this was a good year for exploring our parks while the snow level wasn’t too high.

With the upcoming cuts to the federal budget affecting a lot of our park organizations we need to make sure we are doing our part as geocachers to help preserve our game board (the Earth), and working to make sure that our caches are making our public lands better – not worse.

For those that are interested in hiding under our Alaska State Park permit, there are rules that need to be followed in order for us to keep our permit. Not following these guidelines, can potentially ruin our chances at renewing the permit, which would mean we would have to have all geocaches in the Alaska State Parks removed. We’ve got a lot of park land here and I love how accessible it is to geocaching while hiking here – I love looking at my map of smiley faces and remembering the fun trails I’ve hiked to get them. To find the qualifications to hide under GeocacheAlaska!’s Alaska State Park Permit, please reach out at contact@GeocacheAlaska.org or visit

https://geocachealaska.proboards.com/thread/2913/alaska-state-parks-permit-2021

As we start to enter the warmer season, start thinking about the maintenance you want to do to your caches and how you can help the geocaches that you come across.

Make sure that your logbooks are dry and ready for signatures.
Make sure that the container is fully sealed and it’s not easy for water to get in.
Make sure that there is no food or other illegal items .
Have some identifiable feature on the geocache or logbook whether it’s the GC code a contact email address for anyone to reach out to for questions or a Geocaching handle that someone can be reached at if a park Ranger finds your geocache they need to be able to get in touch with you about it.
Be sure to log Needs Maintenance on caches that aren’t in good shape so owners can make repairs.
If it’s too hard for you to maintain your geocache, or you no longer want to, feel free to archive it so that way a new geocache can be hidden in that space, continuing the adventure and fun for years to come!

Let’s make sure that we have quality geocaches so we can have quality experiences.

See you on the trails,

Emily Accipiter Stewart

eaccipi

Upcoming Events and Souvenirs

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Sarah Pace (RSPace)

Upcoming Events

March 14 – GCB2FZB 2025 PI Day Celebration Event Cache (Anchorage)

March 22 – GCB39FR A Toast to Davidaknz! Event Cache (Juneau)

March 23 – GCB2H5W 12TH ANNUAL MARCH BIRTHDAY FLASH MOB Event Cache (Anchorage)

March 27 – GCB3GG8 Let’s create some events together (Anchorage)

Upcoming Souvenirs:

Cache In Trash Out, Season 1: March 1–May 31
(Log a CITO event to qualify)

Pi-Day: March 14
(log a Mystery Cache to qualify)

March Equinox: March 20-23
(log any three geocaches or events to qualify)

Geocache in your Pajamas Day: April 16
(log any geocache or event to qualify. Don’t forget to wear your bunny slippers!)

Willow Winter Carnival

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Sarah Pace (RSPace)

Temperatures hovered around zero degrees on a recent Saturday as a group of Geocachers traveled north to the Willow Community Center to help with the annual Willow Winter Carnival, and to be ambassadors for Geocaching in a community that loves their outdoor activities. Dressed to help guide attendees through a course of four ammo cans hidden around the park for the day, we arrived to the discovery that our booth was unexpectedly indoors! After ditching excess layers of outerwear, we spent the day introducing people to Geocaching, as well as how to use a GPS device to navigate. We spoke to families, kids, Scout leaders, teachers, residents, tourists, and even a few former Geocachers who were excited to jump back into the game. Several people borrowed a GPS and braved the cold to complete the day-course, earning a prize then they returned to warm up. We also enjoyed the diverse entertainment that the main multipurpose room offered, from a percussion and mamba ensemble, to a steel drum group, and even a demonstration of various Native Youth Olympic events. As always, it was a great event to be a part of!