A while ago BilboB put out the caches
DOH! and
No Paine, No Gain.
In the description he gave parking coords to be at the end of
Prospect Street in Northfield. Not knowing any better I followed
his suggestion and used the Paine Mountain Trail to reach the two
caches. It was, by the way, a wonderful hike.
I later learned that others have found a different, some what
closer to the top, parking spot. Wait a minute! That’s not fair!
You're all missing something!
So we placed this cache for 2 reasons:
- We don’t want anyone to miss the beginning of the Paine
Mountain Trail (for those who missed it the first time
up
)
- This will be a great companion cache on your way to No Paine,
No Gain and DOH! (for those who have yet to make the
hike
)
Yes, you should park at the top of Prospect Street, but don’t
block the gate, and head off to the trailhead and then on to stage
one of this cache.
This is a 3 stage multi, first 2 stages are micros, the final is
a regular of the lock-n-lock type. All stages are winter friendly.
The final is near a beaver pond, we didn’t spot any beavers while
we were there, but we did see 3 sets of geese prints in the snow as
they followed the trail for the last 100 meters to the pond, looked
pretty funny.
The hike itself is 2.4 km (one way) and will get you half way to
the top of Paine Mountain. The stages are not that far off the
trail, so there isn't really any bushwhacking involved.
When putting in the containers we think they will be "summer"
accessible! As we placed the final we had a nice spot and when we
checked the snow depth we were standing on at least 3’ of snow! We
needed to make a small adjustment to make sure it will be reachable
when all the snow is gone!