'69 steps' Traditional Cache
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A short walk along a track and then up a winding set of stone steps. to a viewpoint with excellent views over Loch Ness.
Parking is avaliable at a small parking area at N57 22.690 W004 23.564 - there is room here for 3 cars if they are neatly parked, please do so, thank you.
Follow the track from the parking spot for about a mile to the base of the steps (just before the track crosses under the powerlines for the second time, waymarker post with 4 red bars to your right (partly hidden by gorse bush)
After a short, steepish climb you emerge into a clearing above a rocky outcrop with spectacular views to the west, south and east over Loch Ness.
Original Cache contents (a standard small size tupperware container) : Tape measure, playing cards, Batteries, Bubbles, Mini Highlighters
Options for extending your visit:
For those Keen to make a day of it-
The many waymarked trails within Abriachan Community Forest and the adjacent woodland Trust property www.abriachan.org.uk
or For those in mind of something more relaxing-
A visit to the interesting Garden and Plant Nursery at the foot of the hill
It is possible to follow footpaths from here to 'the Grey Mares Tail' cache.
Thank you to Abriachan Forest Trust as landowner for permission to place this cache
Additional Hints
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