Squaw Valley USA Opens Geocaching on the Upper Mountain

[Squaw Valley USA] August 26, 2011 – Squaw Valley USA announces the opening of geocaching on the resort’s upper mountain. As of August 19, Geocachers can ride Squaw Valley’s scenic Cable Car up to High Camp, el. 8200 feet, to find ten caches hidden among the mountain’s peaks. Geocaching is free with a Cable Car ticket and GPS units are available for rent at the High Camp retail store for $10 per day.

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which participants use a GPS (global positioning system) handheld device to locate more than 430,000 caches or treasure boxes, hidden around the world on all seven continents including Antarctica. These caches contain small treasures, usually toys or other little trinkets.

“We are very excited to bring geocaching to Squaw Valley,” said Mike Livak, Squaw Valley’s senior vice president. “Geocaching offers yet one more way to experience Squaw’s inspiring mountain terrain and scenic lake views for people of all ages—be they experienced cachers or families looking for a fun activity.”

Squaw Valley’s caches are rustic-looking ammo cans containing a logbook and small prizes. In the log book, cachers can see who has come before them and log their own names and comments about their search. Geocachers are asked to follow the general caching rule of “take-a-trinket, leave-a-trinket.”

Geocaching is only open during Cable Car hours of operation. The Cable Car runs daily from 10:40 a.m. to 5 p.m. August 21 through September 5, 2011. The Cable Car will only operate on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:40 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 10 through September 25, 2011. Cable Car tickets are $29 for adults, $22 for youth and seniors and $12 for children 12 and under.

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