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Katharinenschlag Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 12/29/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Longer hike to the highest summit of the Dürre Wand (1222m)


The cache is hidden near the highest point in a typical and fairly obvious hideout. The cache was hidden in winter. Although there was snow the hideout was accessible without any problems.
Take along a good map. In winter it may be a good idea to bring along snow-shoes (we were glad to have them).

One of the possible tours: The tour can be made as a roundtrip from the inn Apfelbauer (have a look at the Google-Earth-Snapshot for our track). From there you hike up via several lonesome houses (Tuft, Wegscheid, In der Grub, Schmoll, Tiefenbach, Haselbauer) to the summit of Plattenstein. There is a small hut up there (Gauermannhütte, open on weekends only, during winter-time it is closed). From there the path leads in a southwesterly direction towards Katharinenschlag (and the cache). From there continue further (southwest) until your reach the path leading downhill towards Blättertal (watch out for strangely behaving sheep there ). From there it is possible to take the longer way via Kaisereben.
We decided to take a shortcut and headed eastward towards "Im Wald". Beware, this path is not very easy to find, at least not in winter. And it is not a very smooth path either (in the upper part path and brook sort of mixed up).
This roundtrip accounts for almost 16 km.

The cache is a small Lock-Lock-Box. Initially it contained a logbook, a duck, a turquoise bird and a dinosaur. Please bring your own pen! The cache is covered with a flat stone, please do not forget to replace this stone after rehiding.

Have Fun!

German description

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