Hogback Traditional Cache
sumo cyclist: At age 84 I am unable to hike or bike up there any more.
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Up a steep fire road
The defining characteristics of a hogback is a steep dip slope that is greater than 30° - 40° with a near symmetric slope on each ridge face. Hogbacks get their name because they resemble the high, knobby spines between the shoulders of a hog. Usually the term is used when a ridge has roughly the same slope on both sides. This may have been a true hogback on the mountain before the railroad made a cut through the upper edge it. In this case Hogback Fire Road is a single ridge face road that connects a public parking lot, across from the Mountain home Inn on Panoramic Highway, with the Railroad Grade above. This is the shortest and most direct way to the cache but there are also other access locations and trails from below and above that lead to Railroad Grade. It is quite steep on the upper section where good hiking or walking shoes are recommended. The cache is located, on what is probably the knoll of the hogback, at the intersection of Hogback Fire Road and the Railroad Grade. The hint below is a true spoiler,
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nobhg gra srrg cnfg svefg znqebar naq haqre n ybt