This is a U.S. Dept of the Interior earthquake research
benchmark just off the new Mummy Mountain trail. Just a
little bit south of here the trail takes you within 10 ft. of a
sheer 50 ft. cliff with a stunning view of the "Mendoza Ranch
Secret Trailhead" (GC1PBNP) and the "In Memory of the N7383A
Passengers" (GC1PBXR) caches.
As you can see this is a research benchmark, and I was hoping it
would be a two-for-one deal, but the benchmark isn't listed and I
haven't figured what needs to be done to get it into the index.
When this cache was placed it wasn't even a trail yet, just a
series of red flags and stones marking the route. I was alerted and
led to this trail by my friend Curt, one of the many park
volunteers. Reading through the proposed master plan for the
Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch county park you discover that the
trail name will be the Mummy Mountain Trail and is part of
the phase 3 trail building effort. It will be somewhat difficult to
get to this cache initially and the terrain difficulty reflects
that. When the trail is finished the difficulty will be bumped
down. It's best to head west on the Mendoza Ranch Trail and when
you approach the crest of the grassy ridge then head up the ridge
towards the cache. You should have nothing but grassland to
approach this cache.