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Traditional Cache Devil's Oak
A  cache by Don_J       Hidden: 10/3/2006  
Size: Size: Small (Small)      Difficulty: 2 out of 5      Terrain: 3 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  []
In California, United States

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*NOTE: The Cache description was updated on 10/25/08


I have placed five caches in Devil's Canyon, in the Chatsworth area.

Devil's Wash
Devil's Diversion

Devil's Oak
Devil's Gate
Devil's Canyon

Please see Devil's Canyon for Additional Waypoints, and trail Map.

There are several ways into the canyon, but things have become difficult because of a construction project at the head of the canyon that has the traditional way blocked. The best way now is to park on Poema Place, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd, just before the guard shack to Indian Hills Estates. Check in with the guard and they will allow you access. Follow the green line on the west side of the road to the trail head. At the trailhead, you want to go down to the right, not up to the left.

Once in the canyon, you will go south about 100 feet to pickup Devil's Wash, and then north for the others. The last cache is a little over 3 miles from the car and about 400' in a very gradual elevation gain. Trail is wide and good the whole way with several creek crossings. Parts of the trail are through a wide dry wash, so the middle of a rainstorm may not be the best time to do this.

WATCH OUT FOR POISON OAK. It is abundant. There is none on, or over the trail, and there is none anywhere near the caches. If this changes, please let me know. There is no reason for anyone to come into contact with it, as long as they keep their eyes open.


Devil's Oak is a cammoed, medium sized spice container. Bring a pen. GPS signal is iffy, but it should be obvious as to which oak this is named after. 



Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

Pbhagrepybpxjvfr jbhyq or gur orfg nccebnpu. (Decrypted Hints)




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 October 18 by erik (6874 found)
The area has really bounced back from the devastating fire. Cheers.

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 October 17 by Cairngorm (283 found)
Real difficulty with this one. For one thing my map shows the trail way east of where it is now. For another, the GPS was bouncy and encouraged me to search around the wrong tree. It was on the way home I looked again and found it easily. It's a strange game.

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 June 21 by lapetus (276 found)
Got a few foxtails on this one. TFTC

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 January 18 by TerryDad2 (1126 found)
This is a great mtn bike ride up the canyon. A few burned trees are across the trail here and there and the wind really kicked up once in a while. It was wonderful. Happy to have clean replacement logs to sign. TFTC.

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 October 25, 2008 by Don_J (3238 found)
This caches was destroyed by the Sesnon Fire. It has been replaced by a similar container.

If there was PO in the area, it's all ash.


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Current time: 11/22/2009 12:02:49 PM
Last Updated: 10/24/2009 4:32:49 PM
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