 September 2, 2009 by Cachleru (208 found)
This one should be called Heart Attack Hill. I didn't use the back way in so climed the face of the hill. My wife waited at the bottom poised to dial 911 in the event that I stroked out on my way up. I made it. I found it. Enjoyed the great vistas from the top. I didn't take anything or leave anything and signed the log. Thanks for a neat hide and an excuse to exercise this 67 year old body.
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August 20, 2009 by ctbrokaw (3 found)
Found it! Cloudy and rainy, so I couldn't enjoy the view, guess I'll have to come back some other day, but it was still fun driving to the top. No, I didn't even try the obvious way, I used online maps and satellite imagery to find the back way, which was still difficult, but possible. At the top, I found three other trials, so I took them each in turn, and no, none of them were easy (but all of them were fun). TNLN TFTC
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 August 8, 2009 by victorymike (2975 found)
Day 8 of our U.P. caching/backpacking/camping/4-wheeling/kayaking trip. After backpacking for 5 and 1/2 days in the Porkies we finally made it back to the Jeep and drove towards Houghton. The one cache I had on my mind was the South Range Kame earthcache. We parked my Jeep at the bottom and climbed up the backside. I should have just driven my rig to the top...but the hike wasn't too long. Once at the top we hiked down the 2-track and at the tee I spotted a ziploc bag on the ground. It contained a single piece of paper...the travel bug information sheet for the Oldest Active Michigan Caches" travel bug. Hmmm. I remembered that the Brain Hill cache was nearby. After getting the information for the South Range Kame earthcache we came back to the area and I started looking where I remembered finding the Brain Hill Cache on August 9th of 2005 (didn't have coordinates for it). Bingo! Found it. I was rather impressed with myself. The cache is still in great condition. I put the travel bug sheet/Ziploc into the cache, which may have been a mistake as it was replaced and has already continued on its mission. I hope that whomever takes the sheet and baggie looks it up online and realizes that the travel bug is fine and has moved on. We took the Insanity peg game (which we all played at some point during the rest of our U.P. trip) and left $2 (I didn't bring my caching bag with me, as I only expected to hit the earthcache). Then we took a few pictures of the great view before hiking down the Southerly side, which was covered in ripe thimbleberries and raspberries...mmmmm! The view, as always, was spectacular.
victorymike Mike Landis
Pirates of the Woods
Mini-Goddess
Ann Arbor, MI
16 days, 40 caches, 1931.7 miles driven/28 miles backpacked, and 120 gallons of gas
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August 8, 2009 by TheMinorProphet (18 found)
Fun find. The trip to the top is pretty amazing. Lots of stops to look at the view and catch the breath. Beautiful trip!
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August 8, 2009 by FredGSanford (187 found)
The travel bug is no longer in this cache (which is too bad cause I was looking forward to moving downstate...)
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August 8, 2009 by FredGSanford (187 found)
#100! Intense climb to the top. I've seen this hill forever from the top of Quincy Hill - it's great to finally be on the other side looking back. On our way back down, some guy showed up in an old military jalopy. For a minute, it looked like he was going to try to make it up as far as he could (fat chance!) Fortunately, common sense prevailed and he went on his way. TFTC!
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August 6, 2009 by GeoHuntin' Jake (1025 found)
Woof!
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August 6, 2009 by PumpkinOneA (4498 found)
Bounus another cache since we are already up here.TFTC!
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August 6, 2009 by hamgran (5072 found)
This is one of the oldest (if not THE oldest) caches I've done. Nice to see the original logbook still in it.
Thanks,
- hamgran
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July 1, 2009 by SVSUman (35 found)
Really fun climb to the top for my wife and I. We also got to use our new geo-walking sticks in the process. Great view and we had the hill top to our selves.
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 July 1, 2009 by SVSUman (35 found)
Found the cache with no problem. However, 4 days of solid UP rain have caused the cache to get wet. Dumped out about an 1/8 inch of water from the container. The log book was in a plastic bag and was a little damp so it will need a good drying out before it becomes moldy. Also, no travel bug was present as I had hoped to pick it up and take it back to the LP with me.
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June 11, 2009 by eclectasy (416 found)
On vac--glad I was up for the hike. TFTC TNLN SL
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May 30, 2009 by the al (55 found)
Found a long time ago. If you have any kind of off road thing bring it.
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May 15, 2009 by Gurnee Glenn (3076 found)
I let Garmin take me to the cache and I think it resulted in a longer than necessary hike but I enjoyed it. Nice view from on top. TFTC
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April 28, 2009 by The Burch Crew (3184 found)
Caching the UP the Insane way....the only way I know!!! Thanks for the fun!!
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April 28, 2009 by Frardog (749 found)
Found with pairomedicchick, The Burch Crew, Fishing0023, and Wolverine Warriors. During my first U.P. caching trip. I agree with pairomedicchick on this one cold. SL TFTC
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April 28, 2009 by pairomedicchick (5682 found)
Out on the 2009 ICP UP+ tour, with TBC, Fish, Frardog, and Wolverine Warriors. Check your sanity at the bridge! This one was definitely on the TO DO list for this trip, but then we got here and saw how much snow was on the ground, and where we'd end up parking. Ah well, you gotta do... A nice chilly walk but all worth it to have one of the oldest in MI done. TFTC!
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April 28, 2009 by Wolverine Warriors (4777 found)
Found this cache with PairomedicChick, The Burch Crew, Fishing0023, and Frardog. We spent the weekend on Mackinac Island and then decided to road trip the U.P. and even add Wisconsin and Minnesota. We added all the U.P. counties and delorme pages. We climbed the highest point in Michigan and got the cache up there. We did the western most and northern most cache and we even got a FTF on the northern shore of the U.P. It was a great trip with an incredible group of cachers that included our 4000th and 4100th finds and over 200 hundred caches found. We had a great hike to the cache and couldn't believe how much snow was still on the hill. It was very scenic once we finally reached the top. TNLN SL TFTC!
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April 28, 2009 by fishing0023 (3230 found)
start we need a few pages in the lp for the delorme challenge
and then
we are heading to Mackinac island for the spring fling event
and after the event on the island
we are going to find a few caches in the up wisconson and minnisota
ok a few caches ummm
this is an ICP trip ya ok close too 200 smiles for some of the bunch
we visited several virts and earthcaches
WATERFALLS my fav
went to the most western cache in mi and the most northernalso went to mount arvon the highest point in mi so we also found the highest cache in mi i only got to go swimming in a creek one time during the trip
but i did take a shower at scott falls (brrrrrr cold) i THINK the trip lasted 10 days???
just kidding other high points of the trip
4 people in ff's sleeping bag
hmmmm sounds fun
AND WARM
a pole dance????
and im sure if you look
you can find a pic of me and team ????? in the
GOVERNORS APT. at the (GRAND HOTEL)
sorry cant tell who it is this would be my second tour through the up
and i had a great time thanx to
pomc
ww
tbc
frardog extra thanx go to
GVSU4MSU
TOMCAT
extrA thANx To
Team GEo chEf (ICP)fish
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October 12, 2008 by thoreauberon (32 found)
Had a nice hike up the hill, What a great view, we went further on our hike to find some cool abandoned pioneer houses in the area!
Took a PathTag - my first one!
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October 11, 2008 by coffee & tea (1101 found)
Coffee found this one I stayed below. On a 3 day weekend of caching in all 15 counties in the U.P.# 31 of 50 Houghton Co.
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August 25, 2008 by Cyclops (6100 found)
I found this cache on day 4 of 5 of my UP trip. Now that walk got my heart pounding. TN, left a sig pencil and a "Golden Cyclops" path tag. TFTC
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August 16, 2008 by sheba1217 (239 found)
(#182) finally figured out how to get out to this one, just not good at following directions i guess. traded TBs
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July 19, 2008 by Team Motivated (74 found)
forgot to log TB
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July 19, 2008 by Team Motivated (74 found)
Found it a very nice climb. Messy and damp inside sould be cleaned out. Left travel bug
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July 17, 2008 by Gimli's Hoard (1275 found)
Very nice hike to cache! A little humid today after the rain last night... Found a piece of float copper on the way up.... BONUS! TN, L lnt.org card, SL TFTC! Gotta go home and check out how old this cache is in the geocaching world...
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July 16, 2008 by PassingWind (2488 found)
Cool! Had a fun hike up on a very humid day, great for bugs and fungi. As noted the cache contents are wet from a leak or condensation and no TB's. Nice to see an oldie still hangin on.
Thanks for the cache!
PASSINGWIND
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June 1, 2008 by WPee & mapp (572 found)
As usual we managed to take the WRONG way to the cache. We used a track that only went half way up the hill and we had to bush whack the rest of the way. But once up there the view was terrific. It was one of the clearest days I've seen in the UP. Unfortunately NEITHER of the bugs listed as being in this cache are really there. The UP Counties TB info sheet is there but nothing else. A plastic goal tag from the "oldest caches TB" was also in the cache but both dog tags are gone. The cache container and the log are both damp. Both plastic baggies had holes in them and I didn't have any new one with me. Cache could use some owner maintenance. TN SL TFTC
#457
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 May 26, 2008 by aukebaybetty (0 found)
we were unable to locateplease provide waypoints email to aukebaybetty@alaska.net by May 28
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May 3, 2008 by Lost Scouts (2719 found)
Hello
Could the next cacher that visits this cache please let us know if our Travel Bug "Oldest Active Michigan Caches", that was dropped into here on 7/24/07, is still in the cache or not. You might have to dig deep, as we think its on the bottom of the cache. Thanks :)
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April 26, 2008 by andylphoto (87 found)
This was an interesting one. I've been watching this for a while, wanting to do it. As far as I can tell, it's the oldest active cache in the Upper Peninsula, so I wanted to hit it for that reason.We had to walk a bit over a half mile from where we could drive with the car. Very muddy & snowy, but I had my daughter (12) & niece (7), and they were up for the challenge. We took a meandering route up the side of the hill--the road still had packed snow, so it was actually harder going. The route we took also served to keep us out of the wind. Coordinates were right on, so we walked right up to it. Signed the log quickly. Took toy car & a hair clip, Left 2 magnets. The innards were a little damp. If it hadn't been a cold, windy, snowy day, I might have tried to dry it out a bit better. We took the easy way down--right down the cleared area on the northeast side. Much easier than going up! TFTC.
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April 2, 2008 by Snips (3 found)
:)
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September 7, 2007 by thefoolandhisqueen (1789 found)
Superior Tour 2007 Day #8, Cache #15 (#99 overall)This is our new oldest cache found. I believe there are only two older left in the state. It was double nice that we got two smilies for making the climb up the hill. We also saw "our" travel bug, the michigan county one, though we don't own it, we traveled with it for some time, saw it in Marquette, and now we saw it here. I see that it is almost done with it's counties now. Good luck little buddy.
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August 12, 2007 by The "CHIEF" (418 found)
Quite the view from at the top, but boy did we have to work for this one. Wear some good sturdy shoes and bring some water!!
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July 30, 2007 by Billhill-93 (170 found)
Billhill-93 Found with Grandson Jordan Got the old heart pumping pretty good on this one TNLN TFTC
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July 24, 2007 by Meeces_Pieces (26 found)
Worth the hike!
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July 24, 2007 by Lost Scouts (2719 found)
Camping in Da UP for a week, and decided we couldn't return home until we found this cache, and the near by Earth Cache. Thanks for bringing us "UP" here...Left a Green Jeep called Sleeping Deer Mountain. TN S/L
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July 24, 2007 by BSA Troop 161 (91 found)
Found with Lost Scouts and Meeses Pieces
Left TB "Oldest Active Michigan Caches" Took nothingVery nice hike up the hill
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June 24, 2007 by Catcrew (386 found)
Well, we drove to within 450 of this cache, but without the 4X4 we had, it wouldn't have been possible. We had an awesome time on the top of this one. It was a beautiful day, with a nice view. TNLNSL. TFTC!!!!
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June 8, 2007 by yoopersnowman (43 found)
Great adventure and a nice workout. We found the cache without much trouble. It was a pleasant evening with a nice breeze which kept the bugs away and the temp was about 60 degrees. Found it with my wife, son, and niece.
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May 26, 2007 by drazzi (23 found)
Walked around in a 40 foot radius of the waypoint. Did not find the cache. Awesome view, though!
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April 30, 2007 by SpringStar (23 found)
Went up with RFAM4 to find this one. TN, left silver car. TFTC!
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March 25, 2007 by kc8nuh (93 found)
We came, we saw, we decided there was still WAY too much snow unless you have snowshoes. Enterprising souls without snowshoes beware and good luck. :)
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February 24, 2007 by beedubs03 (75 found)
Nice Cache, and a nice hike. I wish more caches had a challengiing hike like this one. Great View, and great snowshoe adventure up. On a side note, the homeade snowshoe trails throughout the area are great, kept up by locals I'm sure.
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September 3, 2006 by Dave Sarazin (219 found)
sweet hike. I'm way out of shape!. T - monster L - wristband, and wire insulator from an old mining building from 1901.
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September 1, 2006 by figgy n fitz (348 found)
TFTC, wow what a climb nice veiw, TNLNSL
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August 13, 2006 by woosk (123 found)
Been meaning to get this one for a while now and today was the day to do it. I certainly underestimated the hill climb, and didnt bring any water which made it even that much more challenging. The view was awesome. TFTC, TNLN.
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July 28, 2006 by kycottontop (188 found)
A rugged climb for a good view. Took insecr repellant, left gorilla. The road to the right is labelled Sirra Road. TFTCSL
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July 28, 2006 by KYrockhound (302 found)
You're not kidding about steep. You can see this area from Quincy Mine area. Lwft quartz crystal and soy pencil, took beads. TFTCSL.
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July 11, 2006 by brummelbear (4691 found)
Rattrak and I talked about completing the UP counties challenge by Linda Magoo. We discussed the plan of attack. Three days and fifteen counties.TNLNSL.....I did slip, stumble, and sweat my way up. I had to believe I would make it and I did. Probably would have been a little easier if I had worn my hiking shoes. Thanks for keeping this oldest in the county cache up and running.
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July 11, 2006 by Rattrak (5910 found)
Found your cache while on a beautiful trip around the U.P. with my good friend Brummelbear. This being the oldest cache in the county we just had to come and visit. 4th oldest active cache in the state. A sentimental Favorite on our journey to cache each county of the U.P. Love the great views all around. I have heard of this cache and can now claim the find. Thanks for keeping this great adventure alive! TFTC
#1437
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May 6, 2006 by snowflower722 (539 found)
It started raining when we were near the top of the hill. What a hike ! Saw a couple of 4 wheelers coming up as we were going down the trail. T: nothing L: white rose TFTC snowflower & PJ
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May 3, 2006 by cgsp (76 found)
Great hike! we went a little out of the way...but with the help of the gps got right back on track. lovely view! (Left ballons and grego farm wood...took splash ball)
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April 26, 2006 by atlantis shuttle commander (804 found)
what a climb- TFTC
Took the CITO container and did some clean up on the way out, made a small dent in the damage
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April 22, 2006 by mhyslop (6 found)
Found it without too much trouble. Quite a climb, and the earlier comment about avoiding gunfire held true for us, too: lots of lead flying in the vicinity.
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April 19, 2006 by The Geo Jakes (21 found)
Took a bike from Houghton...a little long with wind, but a nice hike in. Thanks for the Cache
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April 19, 2006 by RxMan387 (410 found)
An oldie. Been meaning to do this one for a while.
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October 23, 2005 by KDSS (37 found)
Nice workout and wonderful view. Braved the gunfire from various target shooters and made it to the cache without any causalties. Took TB, left hair clip and bug guard packet. TFTC. KDSS reps Mark, Dave, Kathy, Trina, Cari.
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October 16, 2005 by rfam4 (11 found)
What a workout! (but worth every breath!) L:mardi gras beads, TB, hair clip, baggie. TN
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September 16, 2005 by drstan00 (34 found)
Our last find for the night, didn't think it would be too hard to find. We didn't have problems once we got to the hiding spot but getting there was tiring.You weren't kidding when you said it was steep. Left mini-car and California quarter. Took eagle pin.
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August 31, 2005 by K&F Enterprises (370 found)
Wow! What a hike. I went straight up the hill just to the left of the track. Almost stepped on a hornets nest.TNLN
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August 19, 2005 by 2Trolls (56 found)
What a hike!!!! Had our Michigan Tech son with us and he is definitely hooked now.
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August 18, 2005 by JoeAmerica (17 found)
Loooong hike up the hill, but a spectacular view once you got up there.
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August 9, 2005 by victorymike (2975 found)
0740 I parked and slept nearby and sought this cache out first thing in the morning. Nice and cool way to start the day. Easy find thanks to great coordinates. The cache is in great shape. I took a spool of dental floss and left a chainmail keychain that I made. Found a "I Helped Clean Metro Beach" button in the cache...cool. I have cached in Metro Beach several times. I left it for another lucky cacher. This cache has been on my to do list ever since my first trip to the U.P. 2 years ago (also in August). I drove by it last year on my trip in August, too. This Year...WooHOO. I found it!
victorymike
Mike Landis
Garmin eMap
Ann Arbor, MI
1710th find
Day 5 of 7 of my U.P. Cache-A-Thon
The day my glasses sank to the bottom of Torch Lake.
1st of 21 (and 1 DNFs) today
55th of 112 (with 18 DNFs) entire trip
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August 9, 2005 by KD's (159 found)
Wow. What a hike! Found this cache about 7:30 p.m. Took a chain and a golf ball. Left a sparkly pen and a kirby key chain.
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August 6, 2005 by florida location folks (1212 found)
Well as usual, we took the hard way to find the cache. Went straight up the exposed area from the parking lot which was a MAJOR effort. Found the cache. Then found a less steep trail that winds around and comes down to parking lot on the extreme west end. Enjoyed thimbleberries and raspberries on the way down. Glad this was the first cache of day. Legs are not what they once were. TFTC
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June 24, 2005 by Kirbert (1044 found)
Yeah, the climb was a workout.Some nimnul left a couple of lemon drops inside the cache. They were in one of the three baggies, but the baggies all had holes (people keep putting pens and pencils inside the baggies), so when they melted into a sticky gooey mess they not only ruined everything in that baggie but everything outside of baggies and much of what was in the other baggies as well. I definitely didn't bring enough stuff to perform a complete cleanup, but I managed quite a bit. I discarded two baggies and cleaned up the third with a wetnap found inside the cache. I discarded several trade items, included a fake compass (second I've found this trip. Why would anyone, even the Chinese, bother to make a fake compass? The needle is see-through, there's no magnetism involved and neither end is marked North. I would have thrown this thing away even if it hadn't been all sticky and gooey), some used lottery tickets (what good are those, anyway?), a key fob, some other stuff -- and of course the offending lemon drops. Installed one new baggie from my supply. Cleaned out the inside of the container and the other trade items as best I could before the wetnap gave out. TOOK: a piece of cord LEFT: a shower cap Installed a new pen. I had once considered exactly this type of container for caches. They're pretty much bomb-proof, and nearly as durable as an ammo can. But the cost of the rubber plug was a bit much, especially after I found out I could get huge plastic screw-top pepper jars from my local grocery store for free.
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June 19, 2005 by Timberline Echoes (5050 found)
What a great place to put a cache... We enjoyed the hike, well worth it just for the view. There are two bags of goodies in the cache and one has something all gooey and melted in it. We did not have anything with us to clean it up with. We did take the Cow's Bug TB.
TNLN SL
Timberline Echoes
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June 9, 2005 by FatManTracking (187 found)
This is a bit of a climb but the Fatman made it!!! Nice view...Like the pvc cache. Left UP TB TFTC
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March 11, 2005 by Harmon & Teri (2 found)
Wow! This was definitely a great first Geocache experience! That was a steep climb, but the snowshoes sure helped (even with those, we kept sliding down in the really steep spots)! It was snowing and 27F when we reached the cache around 13:30. Spectacular view! Took a keychain that looks like a shock absorber, and left hand-warmers. Will post photos when they are developed. Thanks Tim & Sandy- we are officially hooked! Harmon & Teri[This entry was edited by Harmon & Teri on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 10:42:05 AM.]
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November 6, 2004 by sweetlife (3874 found)
Wow was this a very steep hill, we took our neice to this one, she is 4 1/2 and she just loves to go geaocaching(which she calls them treasure hunting or looking for treasure boxes) this was our first one to start the day our with. We TNLNSL/TFTC
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November 6, 2004 by masscityfinn (223 found)
What a steep hill! Didn't think anyone could axually climb up there! First find of the day!Left pkg. tissues took nail cleaner. thanks 4 the cache
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October 25, 2004 by Cowsmith (634 found)
WOW! What a climb. We had tried this one twice before and turned back for a couple of different reasons. This time we made it. Does it make us old because we wonder why anyone would want to drive down that thing? Anyway... We grabbed the UFO tb to help it along. Thanks for the cache, the great view and the mud we got to drive through. Seriously...
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October 12, 2004 by NJ Smith (72 found)
Dan and I went to this cache at around 7 PM. Great hike up the hill. The colors were incredible--lots of very vibrant yellows and oranges and reds. Nice view from the top. Good little trip on probably the last really nice day before the snow comes!Nick
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October 12, 2004 by oravat (455 found)
Cool cache - good design for water-tightness too. It was an AMAZING view from this one. The beautiful oranges and yellows were great across the skyline. I could almost see my apartment in the distance! haha. TN left UFO race alum. TB, and my team card.
dan and nick
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September 26, 2004 by Bomatopa (103 found)
I knew I was in for a hike, after reading the logs, but nonetheless, we got there. I had 3 kids in tote that did very well. The view is amazing, especially with the fall colors. We grabbed the Piglet Travel Bug, a key and an apple orniment. We left a Lord of the Rings card, a matchbox card, and a compass. This one will give me sore muscles in the morning. (smile)
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September 13, 2004 by j&n (175 found)
Made it most of the way up the back of the hill with the Jeep, but ran out of traction before the top. We hiked the rest of the way, and found the cache at 7:01 PM. Took nothing; dropped off Squeaky the Piglet TB. Great view! Lousy bugs!Additional note: j picked up a nasty case of poison ivy at either this cache or the Million Marbles cache(we did them both on the same day). Beware! [This entry was edited by j&n on Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 5:15:25 PM.] [This entry was edited by j&n on Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 5:17:24 PM.]
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July 28, 2004 by Cycling Cacher (3527 found)
Came from Toivola and turned off toward target before getting to So Range. Took "promising" trails until I found myself going past the target about 0.15 mile south. Put my bike in the bushes and headed north thru the bush, crossing two trails enroute. Got to the coordinates and looked all over. Finally decrypted the final sentence of the hint and spotted the target about 30 feet from where I was searching. Great spot, and very well hidden. I took the Bud Light strap and left $2.00 for the next lucky finder. After sealing up the pipe, I discovered that I failed to put one baggie back. So I also have a Book of Psalms that I will find a new home for. Really enjoyed this hunt. Thanks!
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July 18, 2004 by Epyon_zuk (18 found)
A few friends and I decided to camp at the top of the hill last night and since I was going to be out there I grabbed the coordinates before I left.Woke up this morning early and found it. Well hidden but not that hard to find. Took nothing/left nothing, the view is even nice at night when all you can see is lights.
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July 11, 2004 by HaynesTM (14 found)
Tough climb but view made it worth it. Cache was well hidden and in good shape. Thanks!
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July 10, 2004 by DJRP (63 found)
Took the hard way to the top and the easy way down. Great view worth the stop. Thanks for the cache.
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July 10, 2004 by poops (29 found)
This was my introduction to caching, and what an introduction it was. I have very sore calves! Great view and workout. Went with Sidnaw and the rest of the gang. Had a great time.
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July 10, 2004 by sidnaw (323 found)
What a great view! The hike was tough, but we made it! Had a newbie with us who looked right at the cache spot and didn't realize what it was. She was clued in and liked it. We took a little figure and left a piggy. We liked this cache a lot. Thanks!
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July 6, 2004 by turtle and gecko (26 found)
July 6, 2004 - took Marie on her first hunt, bushwacked most of the way up the steep face - then took the easier trail down. Great view, took flag and a trash out container. (Marie almost filled it on the way out, thanks F450) Left Bud Light lanyard. Thank you Tim and Sandy for the fun climb we will always remember this cache. turtle
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June 20, 2004 by Bigtraverse and Rocky (384 found)
Beautiful morning for hiking, no bugs. Nice hill climb. TNLN Enjoyed the view. Nice cache
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June 10, 2004 by foreman450 (28 found)
Found this very scenic cache no problem. Cache made it through the winter...but there was some water in it. Whoever found it last didn't even hide it, it was sticking right out of the top of the stump. It looked like 2 people found it in February but never logged it on here. Don't you hate it when people do that? Owell...took a motorola keychain and a dive sticker which was originally mine. Left 2 cache-in trash-out cannisters.Thanks for the cache. -F450
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November 15, 2003 by chong (4 found)
Wow that's a BIG hill! Not too much difficulty in finding it. My eTrex showed that it was about 20 feet from where it actually was but it was also reading a 20 foot acuracy so go figure... On the way down IceDiesel, Dan, and Myself ran down the steep face of the hill.Now we know where the PFRC goes sledding... Took Nothing
Left Safe Diver Sticker from Hungaria cache chong
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October 22, 2003 by sneakypete (24 found)
This one was a hike and a half. I bushwacked most of the way before realizing there was a trail going up the hill. When I got there I found the cache within 10 minutes. The view was sweet. Clear day and could see for miles. We saw a bear at the bottom of the hill. It never even saw us.oops... forgot to mention we took a coin and left a Scuba sticker we took from earlier in the day.
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October 16, 2003 by ontocosta (162 found)
Quite a hike, went up the face, down the back. Both were a jont. The view was worth it!!!! Great cache. TNLN SL
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August 11, 2003 by Bumpuses (19 found)
Found it no problem. It was too snowy last time I was up there, I think the stump was buried. Climbed the hill up the back side. Took the bullet key chain and left another key chain.
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July 18, 2003 by gpslen (7 found)
Quite a hike up the hill, glad I brought some water. Awsome view of the area from up here.
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July 10, 2003 by Trash-R-Hunter (447 found)
Took more braun than brains to find this one. Beautiful view. The kids slept well after climbing for this one. The cache was worth it. Made the visit while on vacation from down below da bridge. Thanks for the find.[last edit: 7/14/2003 8:52:54 PM PST] [last edit: 7/14/2003 8:54:16 PM PST]
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July 8, 2003 by charliecache (769 found)
Hard climb, but easy find. Nice views. City employee drove me to the spot as we were pulling a travel trailer.charliecache
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July 3, 2003 by freestyle_freddy (404 found)
Did this one on a hot muggy day while in the UP for a week of caching/camping. Went up the side way & followed deer tracks going all the way up. I came down the middle of the hill climb area & there was a set of deer prints coming right down the middle of the hill climbing strip. Nice spot with a nice view. TNLN
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July 3, 2003 by Cache Recon (83 found)
What a climb! Nice view from the top. It was a very hot and muggy day for this kind of hike! Took the 1941 Copper Range check and left a Recon Team of four army men. (Almost had to drink the Bud when I got up there it was so hot)
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June 28, 2003 by The 4-Aers (43 found)
That is one STEEP hill!
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June 26, 2003 by stinkycheese (118 found)
Stinky chese found it but there has got to be an easier way up that hill. Just about blew a gasket by the time I reached the top. was tempted to take the beer but I took chipmonk picture and troll doll left a lenght of rope and a scrub brush nice view from the top
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June 18, 2003 by wilmettescot (105 found)
This was my first cache attempt. What a hike. Steve and I got to the top and had no luck. We stood around swatting bugs while decoding the very lengthy hint. Finally found it well covered.
Took a toy racing car and left two worthless French coins. What a hike.[last edit: 6/24/2003 12:16:29 PM PST] [last edit: 6/24/2003 12:58:03 PM PST]
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May 26, 2003 by poolump (2028 found)
This one was a killer for 2 fat people and a old fat dog, but well worth the hike. Found it in good shape, that's more than I can say for us. Left ammo keyring and took geospider that had been there since November of02. Thanks for the workout Poolump. Theo, & Toad
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October 1, 2002 by Humidor (230 found)
This was my first cache on my short fall color tour I decided to take. The hill near the end certainly was steep. There was a Siamese cat wandering near the cache. Thought that was odd. Took the Canadian $2 bill and left a cigar cutter.
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September 14, 2002 by northgal (144 found)
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Had a nice hike up the face of the hill. Lots of washouts but a nice trek. Once on top the cache was located. Nice woods. We took the hard coffee candy and left Emma the geo-cache spider that Dave took from a cache at Governor Dodge in Southern Wisco. She originated from Washington State. Ist cache of the weekend, camping in Copper Harbor. Claudia from St. Germain, WI &
Dave from Nekoosa, WI
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August 22, 2002 by Educ8ors (304 found)
We were in the Houghton/Hancock area to see the sights. This one sure gave us our exercise for the day, but well worth the walk. Thanks for the cache.
Educ8ors,
Jeff & Anne
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August 12, 2002 by Jeepster (1816 found)
 Found at 0920 hrs.I can remember watching motorcycle hill climbs on this hill a little over a quarter of a century ago. Somehow the hill seemed smaller then. Forget trying to find the easy way to the cache ... after you exclude the obviously, dumb approach, all of the rest are still steep. Loved the location. Took nothing. Left a keychain tape measure and our thanks for a fun morning eye opener.
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July 22, 2002 by blahginger (49 found)
Our first cache on our UP vacation. Recruited a couple of new cachers for the trip to form the informal Team Otter Lake. Found this pretty easily once we made it to the top. Great view!
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July 13, 2002 by Pete_O (61 found)
Thank you for leading me to such a nice location, the view North was wonderful. This was my first cache and it was fun reading about the others who have also visited. Amazing to see that Eric O. is still leaving his two cents in the Keweenaw! I took the Lego adventurer and left a photocopying card. Enjoy!
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June 17, 2002 by Peppermintpatti (1673 found)
We found this around 8:50 PM. We are visting so thought we would do our first Copper Country cache. It was quite the climb with the Mosquito's enjoying their dinner as well! A beautful view. Found the cache in good shape. Left legos and took baseball. Thanks.
Frank and Patti from TC, MI.
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May 25, 2002 by bjastifer (23 found)
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This was my second trip to this site. Had problems last fall with my GPS. Was able locate it without much trouble. This site has a beautiful view. I could see at least 20 miles up the Keweenaw. Left a baseball took two quarters.
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May 4, 2002 by Tandembiker (1769 found)
My first Copper Country Cache. Wonderful view from the hill. Found it at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Took the hard way to the cache and then my GPS took me to the wrong side of the two track. Spent about 20 minutes searching before making the find. Took screw driver and left state quarters. Thanks for challenge. Pete from Ann Arbor
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November 25, 2001 by Z (1 found)
The Z-MAN and Helen along with the dog Jack Daniels made the voyage. Found cache with my Garmin GPS III+ took me within 15 feet. Took nothing left U.S. flag, Made enteries in logbook. cache was in fine shape. I will be making and putting out some caches in the Ontonagon area this spring. Had a great trip, weather slight drizzle with fog. P.S. Jack said that hill was a piece
of cake.
Z-MAN and HELEN
oop's JACK too!!!
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September 28, 2001 by rjsteih (30 found)
Found it, the obvious (hard) way. Earned every inch of the face of that mountain. The view is spectacular. I went to Michigan Tech (for awhile) and I can't believe that nobody that I hung around with knew about the place. I did not take anything from the cache, but I did take a small rock from the top of the hill and plan on labeling it and placing it in another cache soon.rjsteih
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September 2, 2001 by TheAndersons (17 found)
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Was that you we saw when we were driving in?
I can't believe I forgot to log this for these last three weeks. Let's see if my memory serves me well... Erin, Ben, Lisa, John, TJ and Terry went and we found it pretty fun-ly. Uncle Terry located it, actually.
We left a note in the book as to what we kept and left... I know I grabbed an Australian coin to add to other coins I'm going to put in a cache I make.
Look for it in Northern California, as I'm moving there soon! :)
Peace.
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August 19, 2001 by jparker (2 found)
We went up Whealkate Bluff today as a family outing. Haven't been up there since ski season. My ten year old son Ben operated the
GPS, and having the objective of treasure certainly helped him keep his
interest in the journey. The coordinates got us to within 50 feet, and we found it about 10 minutes later. We left a funky pen and a Lego adventurer. Ann and I took an Australian coin and Benjamin picked out the slide rule. So now he and I are learning to multiply and divide with a slide rule,
something they stopped teaching the year before I hit high school Trig. What fun.(Hey Craig and Jon, that cache still smells like ski wax after your visit. I'm a bit doubtful about the condition of that Powerbar you left.
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August 8, 2001 by tombstone_sc (219 found)
Found cache early in the morning. Took hard way up to top. Wish I known about the two-track road to peak. Very hot and muggy that morning. Took inflatable globe, left a brass key chain. Found it in about 5 minutes. Great hiding place with fantastic view. Thanks for the cache.
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July 22, 2001 by Nowhere Man (354 found)
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Found at about 5:40 PM, the last on my list of sites to visit on my trip from downstate. Man, was that a hike up that hill! For once, the GPS steered me right to a cache. I found it with no help from the hint. Took the model of asteroid Eros, left an inflatable globe. Thanks, Tim & Sandy!
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May 8, 2001 by tceisele (2 found)
Just checked yesterday to make sure the cache was still there, and saw that it was a bit *too* obvious now that the snow has melted. The coordinates haven't changed, but now it is hidden better.
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April 16, 2001 by skithekeweenaw (8 found)
Found it while skiing on the crust, light, large flakes coming down. 20+ inches of snow remaining, but cache was next to the stump. Lots of loot inside. Took a keyring, left a powerbar. We know this hill be the name of Whealkate Bluff. Great view on a clear day. Craig and Jon
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April 13, 2001 by zero (0 found)
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Nice sunny afternoon, but quite a bit of snow to be walking though. Hiked to site, caught my breath, and trudged around looking for cache. Spent only a few minutes though. and was unsuccessful. Will come back with more time, and maybe with some snowshoes. Great views though; worth it just for that.
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