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GC167J1

Traditional Cache Grandpa Den's Ponderosa Grove
A  cache by Reedizzle       Hidden: 9/25/2007  
Size: Size: Small (Small)      Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5      Terrain: 1.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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

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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.


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)

ebpxf ng onfr bs YNETR CBAQREBFN (Decrypted Hints)




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 September 12 by Crazydcrane (21 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 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 by Jeeptj98 (16 found)
The coordinates are not accurate. Tried looking for a while with no luck

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 July 3 by tuxxj (1072 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 by repsman42 (166 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: 11/22/2009 4:49:34 AM
Last Updated: 9/13/2009 4:45:24 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum

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