Newbee (to LC) questions:

[Green Achers]

1- Why does The Year's Top have 2023, yet has this year’s (2024) data?
2- What makes a cache a “Backcountry” cache?
3- Is “First Day Finder” anyone that finds a cache on the day it’s published?
4- Can these cache lists be mapped (or at least show the mileage away from me)?

[Green Achers]

I’m surprised that no one has answered any of my questions yet. Don’t be shy!

[Corfman Clan]

Hi,

Here's my answers.

• For the year's top, there are two links. Currently, "Year's Top Cachers Leaderboard" for 2024, and "2023" for last year.
• For the backcountry leaderboards, a cache must have at least five cache points.
• "First Day Finder" is for everyone that finds a cache on the first day it is found, which is not necessarily the day it is published.
• Currently the cache lists cannot be mapped, nor can they show the mileage away from your home location. Though you can get the distances of caches nearby to another cache.

A lot of this information can be found in the knowledge book.

[Green Achers]

Thank you!
BoGA

[Green Achers]

[*]For the backcountry leaderboards, a cache must have at least five cache points.
knowledge book.

What 5 points? How are the points decided? I know the backcountry cache can be next to a paved road, and I got a cache that took 3 hours of off road trails that wasn’t a backcountry cache. It makes no sense.

[Corfman Clan]

What 5 points? How are the points decided? I know the backcountry cache can be next to a paved road, and I got a cache that took 3 hours of off road trails that wasn’t a backcountry cache. It makes no sense.

See the Knowledge Book Scoring Details for how caches are scored in LonelyCache. In a nutshell, a cache's points are 100 points per year divided by the number of finds.

[Green Achers]

What 5 points? How are the points decided? I know the backcountry cache can be next to a paved road, and I got a cache that took 3 hours of off road trails that wasn’t a backcountry cache. It makes no sense.

See the Knowledge Book Scoring Details for how caches are scored in LonelyCache. In a nutshell, a cache's points are 100 points per year divided by the number of finds.

I have read the book of knowledge (cover to cover) and you know what it says about defining Backcountry Caches? It’s literally says they have to be "qualifying caches." It never says what that qualification is, but it does talk say "For a cache to qualify, it must be worth at least five cache points.” Does a cache in SFO Airport become a “Backcountry Cache” when it goes without being found for 18 days (lo nely caches are worth 100 points per year so every 3.65 days they gain another point)

Again I ask, what points are being considered because it can’t be any of the defined Points: Achilles Points; Challenge Points; Current Cache Points; First Day Find Points; Next Find Cache Points; and Total Cache Points.

To further demonstrate this, there are Backcountry Caches on paved roads, that there are non-qualifying caches that are 2+ hours of driving off-road. This honestly boggles the mind of anyone trying to understand the logic being used.

[Corfman Clan]

Did you read my last reply here? I believe it covers most of your questions, if not all of them. When I mention cache points, I mean, current cache points.

If you have questions about how a specific cache is scored you can ask here, or on the LonelyCache cache page, expand the "Show cache point calculation details" link.