Black Butte-y
A
cache
by MtnMike
Hidden:
5/29/2004
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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2.5 Mile Hike that step for step has the best vistas of any trail I
have traveled. Life's not about how many breaths you take, but
about how many moments you have that take your breath away. This
cache will leave you breathless.
Famed naturalist John Muir called it Muir's Peak in the 1800's.
Later it was called Wintoon Butte, Cone Mountain and now Black
Butte.
Black Butte is a steep nearly treeless dome of hornblende
andesite. It was formed about 10,000 years ago at about the same
time as Shastina Crater on Mt. Shasta. A large crater first
developed at the base of Mt. Shasta. Soon, very thick magma began
to issue from the crater. Four successive eruptions of material
with the consistency of cookie dough were forced above the crater
rim. As the flow cooled, internal stress caused the lava to break
into chunks that rolled down the side of the dome. Remnants of the
solid core can be seen as crags near the summit. At the summit you
will find the foundation of a fire lookout built in the 1930's and
rebuilt in 1963. It operated until 1973 and was moved in 1975.
Route: 2 miles from the stop sign at Everitt Memorial Highway
(near high school) turn left. Stay on the dirt road for 2.5 miles,
following arrows on trees. Where the road crosses under the power
line, go left for .5 miles. The parking lot is at N41 22.356 W122
20.432.
Cache is ammo box and you will have to scramble a bit to find
it. Best accessed from NW side of the Lookout foundation. It is
also a rather easy scramble if you go over the SE corner of the
foundation, walk out about 50 feet and access the less challenging
rocks to get to the cache.
Contains:
FTF Bandana
Train Whistle
Sticky Ball
Lizard
Shrek 2 Cards and case
Uno mini-card game
Smiley glow-in-dark ball
Flag Button
2 Mini Slide Whistles
Super Ball
Duct Tape
If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun.
Carpe Diem, Carpe Geocachiem. . .MtnMike
Additional Hints (
Decrypt
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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
 January Coat on Black Butte
Hard to believe this was hiked just three weeks ago. Taken January 2005
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 October 3 by Kristy_ (181 found)
thanks
[view this log] | October 3 by opticalfx (145 found)
Cold and Windy. Good hide. TNLNSL
[view this log] | October 2 by chinookcapt (1133 found)
Well we finally made it to the top and the wind was howling and the air was cold but still a great place for a cache. Just under 2 hours up and about half an hour at the top to get the cache and take some great pics and then an hour to walk down. Thanks for the cache.
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| September 26 by MusketMann (358 found)
After months of delay, the weekend we finally made it there was lots of smoke from the area's forest fires spoiling the view. Made the hike anyway to drop off a TB I'd wanted to put here since I found it when I started GCing. Mrs Musketmann and I made it to the top in about 2 1/2 hours. The first third of the trail through the trees is nice, then it opens up and becomes more rocky as you climb. We're glad we didn't have to haul building materials up this thing. After scrambling into the ruins of the old lookout we started to look for the cache. THIS IS NOT FOR THOSE OF US AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!!!!! I carefully crawled, using four points of contact, down over the rocks, thousands of feet above a sheer drop to the freeway below, and tried to squeeze into every crevice I could find. Found the cache, then had to return for the geocoin drop. This cache did take my breath away, but not just from the views! The coin calls for perservance, and this cache demands it, both in the hike up, and in getting to the cache. I'll try to post some photos later. TFTC, it was worth it.[This entry was edited by MusketMann on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 9:49:43 PM.]
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| September 7 by TeamTRM (23 found)
Found the cache with no problem thanks to the great clues, no gps needed. Third time up to the summit- but first time looking for the geo cache. Took a coin and left a Mexican peso. Wrote in the log book. Lots of room for more entries. There were a lot of people out hiking today. Also found a message in a bottle about ten feet below the lookout.
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Current time: 11/22/2009 2:10:19 AM
Last Updated: 10/8/2009 6:12:29 PM
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