 Grandpa Den's Ponderosa Grove
A cache by Reedizzle Hidden: 9/25/2007
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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My Great Grandfather was Dennis Bowthorpe. He worked a lot up Big
Cottonwood Canyon in his younger years. He would haul freight up
the canyon and bring ore down the canyon. He was responsible for
building the road up Silver Fork Canyon to the Alta Tunnel mine. He
was also responsible for something else that most people
don’t even notice about the canyon. If you are familiar with
Big Cottonwood Canyon, you will notice that there aren’t any
Ponderosa Pine trees in the entire canyon. However, in a little
gulch just below the Mill D North Fork trailhead is a grove of
Ponderosa Pines that my Great Grandfather planted over 100 years
ago. I guess he just wanted to see if they would grow there and
sure enough they did.
June 9, 2008 - I am surprised that no one can find this. I don't
think that it is a hard cache. It might be hidden quite well but I
think that my hint should narrow it down a lot. The cache is doing
great. I'll update the coordinates but they were only off by 15
feet or so. I also made the difficulty listing for this higher but
it is right off the road and shouldn't be too hard. Good Luck.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
ebpxf ng onfr bs YNETR CBAQREBFN(Decrypted Hints)
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 September 12, 2009 by Crazydcrane (23 found)
This game is supposed to be fun. Placing caches in the mountains REALLY requires detailed hints (like how far up the hill to look) because the GPS 'bounces' so much, really! Looking and not finding is not so fun. I had just hiked 7.5 miles; I was out of water; I spent hours looking for caches that I could not find; and I'm old. I found the biggest diameter trees and searched down to the smallest, no luck. Thanks for the cache anyway.
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August 29, 2009 by Ulrike1981 (47 found)
We spent 30 minutes searching the entire area around the coordinates but didn't find it. Turned over every rock, locked up and down low...no luck. Any additional hints?
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July 14, 2009 by Jeeptj98 (16 found)
The coordinates are not accurate. Tried looking for a while with no luck
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 July 3, 2009 by tuxxj (1136 found)
Mtntech and I went out exploring and caching with his new Iphone. He made the find after I walked by it, twice. TFTC SL
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June 27, 2009 by repsman42 (238 found)
Visiting family in Midvale. Went out with family. After all five of us searched for a very long time, and we were almost unaminous to give it up, my son in law Scot got it!
SL T TB L wooden cross and coin
TFTH
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 10:01:05 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:01 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 9/13/2009 9:45:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time (4:45 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
