By The Bluestone

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Located along the beautiful Bluestone River, a part of Pipestem State Park.

The Cache container is a Rubbermaid container with an official GEOCACHE sticker on the lid. This cache contains items that could be used while visiting the state park. For this Cache there are multiple ways of getting to the site. You can hike or you can ride on the Pipestem Tram Way. The hike is a tremendous hike going in both directions and you would need to use the Canyon River Trail at the top of the hill which turns into the River Trail once you get into the canyon. The decent is 1097 feet so plan on an all day adventure if hiking this one. It will be a very strenuous hike coming back out. The other method is the tram. You catch the tram down the hill at the tram station located at the Canyon Rim Center, this downhill ride is at no charge but there will be a charge to ride it back out. Price being: adults $3.50, children 5 - 12 $2.50, 4 and under free. If you find that the satellite reception comes and goes one sure spot that it will come in is at the River Gauge station along the trail, this is a cement building on the right where the river depth can be measured. Elevation 1578 feet. River trailhead starts:N 37.32.368;W 081.00.540.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
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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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The starting point of the River Trail.....
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Great place to cool off those tired puppies!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cache Logs

October 22 by LeslieJon (202 found) This was a great excuse to hike along the river on a fantastic fall day---temp about 70. Found without much trouble. T Cancer Awareness TB L clip and a strap. [view this log]

October 5 by Scook (2590 found) We're spending a few nights at the Mountain Creek Lodge, so I decided to do this cache. It was a great late afternoon walk to the cache. When got to the closest spot, I was still 150 feet from ground zero.I walk towards that direction, away from the river, not towards it. I searched for a while in that spot and then walked where the clue indicated.Since at the river's edge, I was 250 feet from the cache location I searched for over 100 foot both upstream and downstream. I never found any sign of a cache. The last few finders must have incredible caching skills to locate a cache where the coordinates are that far off.... The hike along the Bluestone was still the trip, as is the vew from the lodge. [view this log]

September 18 by DrMemory (244 found) Wow! What a great cache! We've spent many hours in Pipestem, but never made it to this part of this trail. Some great sight seeing, and lots of wildlife. Deer posed for us! Took the tram down, and walked the trail to stay dry. We were amazed the Garmin 76CSx took us right to within 20 ft of it. It lost coverage a couple times on the trail but was right on when we got there. Re-hid just as we found it. Cache in good shape. T WV Lottery coin L two TBs SL TFTC!!! BTW, the tram price has gone up... $5/adult [This entry was edited by DrMemory on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 7:22:45 AM.] [view this log] McKeever Lodge

August 1 by jen4dar (350 found) Found it on our wedding anniversary while camping out over night at the campground. We have wanted to find this one for some time now since it is only 10 miles from our home coordinates in Cool Ridge. We took the tram which made it easier since we had to carry our 11 month old daughter to the cache. She was asleep when we arrived at ground zero. We have been on this great trail before but not on this part. We found the cache without difficulty. It was dry, intact and full of stuff. We left some pirates gold that we bought in Key West this summer and a wooden coin. Took a cent pin and signed the log. Rehid the cache as found. Thanks for bringing us to this part of the trail. Happy caching. TFTC jen4dar Cool Ridge WV [view this log]

July 22 by cpwatkins1 (1 found) This was our first one, but it was worth the adventure. We hiked in but it was getting late in the day and took the tram out which made for a good trip. If you hike either way, remember that the river crossing can be 18" deep or more depending on the circumstances and recent weather. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 10:49:35 AM
Last Updated: 10/22/2009 1:05:03 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum