CCCNP – The TreeFern Cave
Caution: the cache is NOT above the waterfall.
THE CACHE IS AT THE COORDINATES LISTED UNDER ADDITIONAL WAYPOINTS. I am planning to archive this series and replace each cache. Until I do that this spring, the caches will remain as they are except that the actual coordinates for each cache will be posted as an additional waypoint.
The actual coordinates for this cache are also in the cache container for CCCNP - The Waterfall.
The CCCNP series contains 8 caches which must be found in order. The only one of the 8 that is at the posted coordinates is the first one, Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve.
The CCCNP Series:
1. Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve
2. CCCNP - The Waterfall
3. CCCNP - The TreeFern Cave
4. CCCNP - The Nars' (Narrows)
5. CCCNP - The Bottleneck Cache
6. CCCNP - The Pancake Boulders
7. CCCNP - The Sedum Boulders
8. CCCNP - The Balancing Boulders
CCCNP – The Tree Fern Cave
The Tree Fern Cave is a large rock shelter beneath a pair of wet-weather waterfalls. A bog with sphagnum and Polytrichum mosses, native orchids and other wildflowers (in season) is found above the shelter. The west-facing rock shelter is named for a fossil from the Coal Age, a “scale tree” bark impression, which can be seen in the roof of the cave. The stacked stones in the shelter are recent work of young campers, not authentic archeological features. Camping is no longer allowed in any rock shelter or cave on the Preserve. Populations of a rare wildflower, French’s shooting star, and rare filmy ferns inhabit the rim of the floor of the shelter.
The cache is a small camouflaged lock-n-lock that is hidden within 2 feet of the trail. It contains a log and the coordinates for the fourth cache in the series, CCCNP - The Nars' (Narrows)