Way to Jinding
Emei Shan (named so because it is said to resemble a woman's
eyebrow) is one of the four sacred buddhist mountains of China. It
provides excellent trekking paths and lots of things to see. The
Emei area was made one of UNESCO's world heritage sites in
1996.
The cache is located about half way on the trail from Wuxiangang
to Leidonping village. The cache site is about 1600m from the sea
level. The cache box itself is a quite big lock 'n lock style
container with plenty of room for geocoins etc.
Note that the cache site is full of potential hides and the
satellite reception isn't exactly great due to the surrounding
cliffs, so I suggest you download the spoiler pictures here and
here and
have prints with you when you go searching. The bamboo stick marks
the spot and no the stick is not there anymore.
The reason it's hidden there and not some nice and easy place
along the trail is that the Emei area is full of curious monkeys
and people and I don't want to replace the cache 4 times a year
. The cache site is not on the monkey
zones and I'm pretty sure no random muggle is going to wander in to
the location of the cache.
The terrain rating of 4 reflects the long hike you're going to
have to do and partly the difficulty of reaching the cache (no
climbing equipment needed though). When searching be really
carefull while climbing on the rocks. When wet they are slippery as
ice and you could really hurt yourself.