Dem Bones Multi-Cache
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This is a 4 stage multi cache. Mount Fernie Provincial Park is the starting point. Find #1 and additional coordinates will take you to a fairly steep mountain bike trail where you will be challanged to find the rest.
Mount Fernie Provincial Park is the location for our first geocache hide. Our grand kids joined us on the walk along one of the many bike/hiking trails in the Fernie area and helped with the cache placement. The caches are located along Dem Bones. This is the classic straight up and straight down winding single-track trail.
Nathan’s stump is a short walk up from the level park locale, and Quinton’s lair is also short distance further on and is an ideal spot as well.
Keen eyes and daylight will help; just follow your GPS unit.
The following information is taken from the Fernie Mountain Bike Club website, as placed on the web for cyclists’ information; however, it is relevant for anyone who hikes the mountains, it pertains to this hike and to any hike in mountain terrain in much of BC. For more information on this and other trails in the Fernie area visit the Club’s website at www.bikefernie.ca
Bear Aware
Mountain biking is becoming increasingly popular in the Rocky Mountains, and with this popularity comes both added risk and increased responsibility. Mountain biking is dangerous due to the fact that the bikes move both fast and quiet. Also, the nature of the activity requires that most of the cyclists attention is on balance and control, and less is available for watching for bears. Cyclists need to take a more active approach to being bear aware. Here are some tips.
• Use a noise maker on your bike, such as bells. You need to make noise, especially because bikes move very fast and exceedingly quiet. Bells are a start, but using your voice is an even better noise maker.
• Carry Bear Spray and ensure that it is readily accessible.
• Watch for bear signs. If you suspect a bear may be in the area (based on food plants or signs), leave the area if possible, or at the very least, make an excessive amount of noise.
• Avoid riding downhill at a high rate of speed. Should a bear suddenly appear, you will have less opportunity to react if you are moving quickly. This is especially true on winding hills where bears may be feeding around the next corner.
• Avoid riding trails that are lined with seasonal food sources. This includes trails that pass through avalanche slopes in the spring, as well as those that go through patches of buffaloberry in August and early September.
• Ride in groups. This will increase your noise level, and also ensure that there will be someone to assist you if necessary.
For more information about preventing and handling encounters with bears you are encouraged to view the movie "Staying Safe in Bear Country" which is available for public viewing at the Fernie Chamber of Commerce free of charge.
Bear Aware Fernie
www.bearaware.bc.ca
Original cache contents:
Fernie 2004 Centennial pin
City of Cranbrok pin
RCMP NWT pin
City of Regina pin
and a butterfly pin
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Xrrc evtug ng gur ragenapr fvta.
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