Ooper's Cache
A cache by Tozainamboku & Brainerd Hidden: 9/13/2003
Size:  (Regular) Difficulty: Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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This cache will take you on a wonderful hike to the
top of Mt. Cahuenga in Griffith Park. This peak is the highest
summit in the Hollywood Hills.
Bring plenty of water and hiking boots/shoes on this trek to the
summit. The various hikes are not treacherous, but they are long
and have vertical gains from 660 to 1,310 feet.
There are many ways to the summit. Here are 5 routes from which
you may choose.
- From the South by Southeast (least
difficult):
- Option #1: This will take you on a
paved fire road up to Mt. Lee. There you can stop to look at the
backside of the Hollywood Sign and grab the Hollywood
Views cache. The last third of a mile to Ooper's cache is on a
single-track path. You will not need to scramble on this path, but
the drop-off in one section is fairly dramatic. The trail head is
through an arched doorway and the coordinates are N34 07.817 W118
19.154. Parking is available on the downhill side of the street
just before you reach the trail head. A one-way hike to the cache
is about 2.1 miles. The vertical gain is about 660'.
- Option #2: This will take you on a
dirt fire road up to Mt. Lee. There you can stop to look at the
backside of the Hollywood Sign and grab the Hollywood
Views cache. The last third of a mile to Ooper's cache is on a
single-track path. You will not need to scramble on this path, but
the drop-off in one section is fairly dramatic. The trail head is
up a horse path. Parking is available at N34 07.744 W118 18.888. A
one-way hike to the cache is about 2.3 miles. The vertical gain is
about 900'.
- Option #3: This is the longest, but
most 'cacheable' route. It will take you on a dirt fire road up to
Mt. Lee. On your way you can grab the Batman's
Cave, Slumbo's
Broken Heart, and Cub
Scout 351 caches. Then at the top of Mt. Lee you can stop to
look at the backside of the Hollywood Sign and grab the Hollywood
Views cache. The last third of a mile to Ooper's cache is on a
single-track path. You will not need to scramble on this path, but
the drop-off in one section is fairly dramatic. Parking is
available at N34 07.499 W118 18.821. If that lot is full, turn
around and go back a tenth of a mile to N34 07.364 W118 18.933. A
one-way hike to the cache is about 3.5 miles. The vertical gain is
about 1,160'.
- From the West (medium
difficultly): From this direction on the path to the cache
you will see some great 'aerial' views of the Hollywood Reservoir.
The trail is clear with and mostly free of overgrowth. It follows a
rocky single-track trail that switchbacks (.25miles to the cache)
up to a ridge then follows the ridgeline to the summit. Parking is
available at N34 07.911 W118 20.273. Walk up Wonder View Drive to
the trail head. A one-way hike to the cache is about 1.45 miles.
The vertical gain is about 915'. (From the West is
Brainerd's favorite route to the cache).
- From the North (most
difficult): Coming from Jacks
View - The Last Bro cache. It is a steep climb on on overgrown
trails from Forest Lawn Drive past Jacks
View and up to the ridge. Parking is available at N34 08.824
W118 19.923. The trail head is just 200' to the East. A one-way
hike to the cache is about 1.6 miles. The vertical gain is about
1,310'.
The cache was placed by both
Tozainamboku and
Brainerd. It was named in memory of Brainerd's 14-year-old cat,
Ooper,
who passed away on July 4, 2003. When placing the cache, Brainerd
spread his ashes at the summit. Fear not -- the ashes are NOT in
the cache container!
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DETAILS: The cache is
located at an altitude of 1,810 feet. The cache container is a 50
caliber ammo box. The original contents of this cache are/were: A
bunch of cat and dog toys, a tape measure with a torpedo level,
some of
Strapped for Cache's army men, a small fan, a badge holder, and
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
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January 1 by pianofab (523 found) There were a couple muggles at my arrival but they left almost immediately so I was able to sign and drop a TB undisturbed. Really nice views from here today.
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December 27, 2009 by w_bovine (3776 found) Out to pound the trails with adventurers4. Here's to Ooper! May he run through fields of catnip for all eternity! 
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December 27, 2009 by adventurers4 (441 found) This is a great cache on a great trail. thanks for the hide!
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August 10, 2009 by dbir (1114 found) Nice spot for a short rest while on my way to the final location of DOOWYLLOH. Thanks.
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April 18, 2009 by Lounging_at_Walden (366 found) Ooper's cache is doing great! I was going to call the famous guy listed -- and grab the $100 he mentioned in his log, but someone beat me to the cache, errrr, cash first. --- J
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 10:02:20 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:02 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/1/2010 5:57:49 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (1:57 AM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum