I was hiking south along the West Ridge trail after finding some
new caches along the ridge.
When I came upon this small trail going out further along the ridge
rather than down, which was where the main trail was going.
So I thought what the heck let's take a look. What I found was a
great view looking down Gorge right at the Lollipop Tree.
When I was taking a rafting guide class they told us when you
are rafting and can see the Lollipop Tree you are entering the
Gorge.
Well this is it! You are sitting right over mile 15 of the 20 mile
run on the South Fork.
Below this point are such fun places like Fowlers Rock, Haystack
Canyon, Satan's Cesspool, Son of Satan, Bouncing Rock, Hospital Bar
and Recovery room. If you haven't rafted the South Fork I highly
recommend it.
The cache is a 4.5" x 4.5" x 9.5" tin visible from the correct
angle.
The junction from the main trail to that small trail I mentioned
above is located at N 38° 48.056', W 120° 59.122'.
Trailhead and parking For Cronan Ranch are available in the
vicinity of N 38° 49.621', W 120° 59.353'.
The American River
Conservancy have an online
Trail Map for the Cronan Ranch area.
Please log your find or no find online so I will know how the
cache is doing.
If you feel my coordinates are off please post your coordinates
with your log.
So I can make adjustments if necessary.
No more boring log entries.
Hey folks how about leaving a log entry that tells me something
about finding this geocache or about your day of geocaching? We are
all guilty of the old cut and paste but how about something more
than "Good cache TNLNSL TFTC" on 10+ caches in one day? We cache
owners like to hear about your experiences. It gives us a feeling
of being there when we can't be, how the cache is doing, and it
lets us get to know you in a virtual kind of way. That doesn't mean
it has to be long just not boring.
Remember the cache owners and anyone with a watch on the cache
will read your log, how about making it interesting.
We Thank You.