Difference between revisions of "Difficulty and Terrain Ratings"

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Caches at Geocaching.com are rated between 1 (easiest) and 5 (most difficult) on two criteria: terrain and difficulty.

The terrain rating lets you know what the trip to the cache location is going to be like:

1: handicapped accessible
2
3
4
5: requires specialized equipment (for example, SCUBA or rock-climbing gear, a boat, or a 4WD vehicle) and the skill to use it.

The difficulty rating lets you know what the search is going to be like once you get to ground zero:

In the case of a puzzle cache, the difficulty rating also reflects the challenge of solving the puzzle to obtain the actual coordinates.

ClayJar's Geocache Rating System - fill in the data and submit the form, and it spits out a rating.
TechBlazer's Geocache Rating Calculator - fill in the data and submit the form, and it spits out a rating.
What do the different ratings mean, and how should I rate the cache I placed? in Markwell's FAQ Update.
Handicaching provides a cache accessibility rating system with much more detail than a 1-star or 1.5-star rating can provide.

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 * [http://www.techblazer.com/geocache-rating-calculator.php TechBlazer's Geocache Rating Calculator] - fill in the data and submit the form, and it spits out a rating.
 * [http://www.markwell.us/geofaq.htm#Ratings What do the different ratings mean, and how should I rate the cache I placed?] in Markwell's FAQ Update.
+* [http://www.handicaching.com/ Handicaching] provides a cache accessibility rating system with much more detail than a 1-star or 1.5-star rating can provide.