Long time campers but geocaching newbies

[Griegox]

E & I and hopefully our golden Jakey will be traveling north to Glacier Lodge, which is in the Sierras above the town of Big Pine Ca. in a couple of weeks. We are new to geocaching and are looking forward to finding some caches along the way. We were both suprised to find only a couple caches hidden in this area with the exception of those placed by serious mountain climbers. We've decided to place our own cache for campers to find without making a trek to the top of a glacier. Any tips on placing caches in the mountains?

[sacrawf]

Some of the first caches we found were on mountian hikes while camping with our popup. One of the caches was memorable for the rewarding views it took us to.  Another of the caches was memorable for how hard we had to work to get both a disappointing cache and location. Of course, we would much prefer more of the first type.  Make sure that if you aren't local to be able to maintain the cache regularly that you have someone nearby who can.

E & I and hopefully our golden Jakey will be traveling north to Glacier Lodge, which is in the Sierras above the town of Big Pine Ca. in a couple of weeks. We are new to geocaching and are looking forward to finding some caches along the way. We were both suprised to find only a couple caches hidden in this area with the exception of those placed by serious mountain climbers. We've decided to place our own cache for campers to find without making a trek to the top of a glacier. Any tips on placing caches in the mountains?

[beacher]

You will soon discover that the most frustrating thing about geocaching, (next to not finding a cache), is finding a non-maintained cache.

That's one of the reasons that there are so few caches in secluded areas.

After traveling hundreds of miles, and spending hours to arrive at, and finally find a cache, only to find that the container is empty or damaged is very anti-climactic.

For that reason it's best to install caches locally, or to make VERY good arrangements for someone local to maintain it.  Or, you can make it a point to visit the cache every few weeks!