 Griffiths Hill Tower
A cache by Peter and Gloria Hidden: 8/23/2004
Size:  (Regular) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The coordinates above are for the sign that has the first part of
the information required to get the final coordinates for the
cache. Have fun out there! The hike should be about 1.5 miles
roundtrip.
Fire hazard travel restriction in Bird's Hill Park have been
lifted but be careful and always obey park regulations.
This cache is located in Bird's Hill Provincial Park. Don't forget
your park pass.
During the winter Chickadee Trail is a Cross-country Ski ONLY
trail. No Walking; No Dogs.
Final Coordinates are N 50° 01.X and W 096°
53.Y
X = 304 plus the elevation in meters shown for Griffiths
Hill (as shown on the sign at the starting coordinates).
OR
If the sign that has the elevation of Griffiths Hill has been
removed, there may be a brown Cross Country Ski Trails "warning"
sign about hiking & dogs. Count the numbers of M's and W's on
that sign. X = 300 times the number of W's minus 31 times
the number of M's. X can be calculated using either method.
At N 50° 01.645 & W 96° 53.835 are more signs. Y
= 785 + distance in kilometres to the Stony Mountain
Penitentiary + distance in kilometres to the Selkirk Water Tower
(as shown on the signs at the second location).
Original container was a large camouflaged pail. Original contents
are shown in a jpg below as well as log book, pencils & pencil
sharpener.July 12/06 Container is now a large ammo box
FTF prize this time was a wooden scroll-sawed wheelbarrow and an
FTF certificate (2nd jpg below).
This is our third cache. We hope you enjoy the hunt.
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For paperless geocachers, here are the Attributes:
not available for winter, poison plants!, bikes allowed, scenic
view, kid friendly, parking available, access/parking fees, dogs
allowed
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2 user(s) watching this cache.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
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Pnpur vf va n frzv pvepyr bs fvk fznyy gerrf.(Decrypted Hints)
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FTF Prize
Original Contents
92 
6 
13 
2 
2 
1 
2
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 9:03:14 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (5:03 PM GMT)
Last Updated: 11/19/2009 3:00:30 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (11:00 PM GMT)
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
