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Deer Butte LOT Traditional Geocache

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PMOGUY: After 14 years of geocaching I am done. Caching has become a game of numbers.... Last I checked the number of caches on the planet have exceeded 3 million. 3 million plus caches .... a vast majority of them placed solely for a smiley. When I began caching it was an adventure and caches had a payoff, a cool destination or journey to the cache and also a "smiley". Now most cachers waddle from their vehicles stamp or sign the log on power trails and are off to the next WTF cache... Walk? Bushwhack. rarely... Yes there are still some decent caches out there but GC admin is in it for the $$$ so they promote and allow caches that are nothing but geotrash littering the landscape clogging the search engines with their numbers. By the time I owe for my annual premium member dues all my caches will be archived. Laziness and greed have destroyed a once fun sport.

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Hidden : 7/17/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A .33 mile scramble up the hill to the top. Expect to scramble up a moderately steep slope lots of downed trees and no trail. The top is over grown but the cache site has good views of the Cascade mountains and Linton Lake. You can hear the waterfalls to the south if you listen!

 

 


Deer Butte Lookout was according to the history books a crows nest type lookout used in the 1920's and abandoned in the 1930's. I found some hand dug holes at the site but not much else. I did not explore to the west along the ridge too far and I placed the cache near the elevation location taken from the maps which I also did not find and physical marker at. It makes for a good hike and view though and if you do find some lookout remnants I'd love to hear about it!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)