Lost Creek Cache Traditional Cache
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This cache is located in the most remote part of the Green Mountain State Forest. It can be attempted on foot or mountain bike. Some off-road/off-trail travel will be required to reach the cache if you pick the wrong starting point.
Your problem is finding the best starting point and the correct route to the cache. Six possible starting points are the Gold Creek trailhead on Lake Tahuyeh Road, the Green Mountain Campground (on summer weekends), the Wildcat Lake trailhead on Holly Road, Rock Quarry Road (GM-4) just west of the Wildcat lake trailhead, Lebers Lane off of Northlake Way (if no logging is underway), and GM-5 off of Wildcat Lake Road near the east end of Wildcat Lake. GM-5 will take you across the 623 acre parcel of forest land recently purchased by Kitsap County from Port Blakely Tree Farms. The Lebers Lane approach will take you through forest land recently sold by Port Blakely Tree Farms to a private party. Hopefully the new owner will leave that area open to hikers and mountain bikers. Observe posted signs.
Whatever approach you take, respect private property and don't even think of venturing into the Bremerton watershed -- they take trespassing very seriously. As in many other quests, the shortest path may not be the best.
Plan on as much as an eight-mile hike round trip and 3 to 4 hours enroute if you don't get lost along the way. On a mountain bike you can cut the time in half even if you're way out of shape like I am. Elevation at the cache site is 1215'.
This is a traditional, functional ammo can cache. Initial contents are logbook, pencils, pen, water, first aid kit, flashlight, spare AA batteries, emergency candles, butane lighter, emergency blanket, and a fan to cool you off after your climb to the cache site.
In addition to your trusty GPS receiver and a healthy desire to hike or bike in the hills, a topographic map and a compass may come in handy on your trek. The Wildcat Lake topo map doesn't show all existing roads. Google Earth is a better source of topographic information.
You should also pick up a DNR map of the Green Mountain State Forest if one is available at the trailhead. That map shows most but not all of the roads and trails in the State Forest. A high-resolution scanned image of the DNR map is available on my Gold Mountain Trail Guide website here:
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On the trail you should also carry water and whatever emergency gear and supplies you would take on a typical day hike. Cell phones do not work at most lower elevations of the Green Mountain State Forest but should work well near the cache site.
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