GC4ZQKG Long Trail Shortcut (Traditional Cache) in Vermont, United States created by DJ and CAL

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GC4ZQKG ▼

A cache by DJ and CAL Message this owner

Hidden : 3/6/2014

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A small container hidden near road.

There was limited parking for 1 vehicle when I stopped in Feb.

The Green Mountain Club is working on building a suspension bridge to cross the Winooski River.
The resulting structure will be a 224-foot suspension bridge, the longest bridge on the Long Trail, and twice as long as the GMC’s bridge over the Lamoille River in Johnson.
There will still be a couple of short sections of road in the new route, but the 3.5 miles of road walk has been reduced to a few hundred yards.

The new footbridge will enable hikers to follow the rocky spine of Bamforth Ridge for most of its length. Below Spruce Knob, which overlooks the Winooski Valley, the trail’s new route will veer westward, angling down toward River Road in Duxbury. But instead of following that road, it will cross it and enter a new section, through fern-filled meadows along the riverbank, eventually reaching the new GMC bridge, and then crossing to the river’s north bank.
There, the trail will cross three further barriers – a grade crossing will be built to get hikers over tracks owned by Rail America (Amtrak), then Route 2 will be crossed, and hikers will proceed under Interstate 89 via the Bolton Notch Road underpass.
The new route follows the Notch Road for a short way, then angles steeply past the West Bolton cliffs and up the west side of Stimson Mountain. It will turn north from there and rejoin the present Long Trail on the flank of Bolton Mountain.

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)