*NOTE: The Cache
description was updated on 10/25/08
I have placed five caches in Devil's Canyon, in the Chatsworth
area.
Congratulations to Tom (tom4props) for the FTF on all five caches
Devil's Wash
Devil's Diversion
Devil's Oak
Devil's Gate
Devil's Canyon
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.
Not long after Devil's Gate, the canyon widens out and gives way
to a more of a rolling hill type of terrain. There are several
wide, shady, grassy, (now dry) areas between the trail and
the running creek. One could lay out a blanket and have a picnic.
All I could hear was the creek and hundreds of birds. I wanted to
put the cache in one of these areas, but all of the hiding spots
are full of poison oak. Instead, I choose the other side of the
trail.
I had placed two ammo cans with identical contents in the
canyon. Both of them burned up in the Sesnon Fire of October, '08.
I had stocked both of them with items that one could use when
outdoors and said that it was okay to take what one needed. No one
did, and all that good stuff sat there for two years until it
burned up.
Now, we get the "No Frills" version. You are looking for a cammoed,
six inch round film tin with a logsheet. You will need your own
pen.
