Please note: There is no cache at the posted co-ordinates.
To find the cache, please follow the instructions below!
To find this cache you will need to split up into two teams and
have some form of communication between the teams. Some suggestions
are:
- Texting (Email, SMS, MSN, etc.)
- Cellphone voice call
- FRS Radios
- Flashlight signaling (Morse code, different colors, waving,
etc.)
- Yelling
After agreeing on a method of communication, one team should
head down the left trailhead at N 43° 35.062 W 079° 58.229 and the
other team should head down the right trailhead at N 43° 35.087 W
079° 58.195.
In just over 200m down the trails each team will reach the first
of the three stages of reflectors. Stage 1 has brown reflectors
(which look orange under direct light but are brown up close),
stage 2 has white reflectors and stage 3 has orange reflectors. The
three stages can be visited in any order but both teams colours
must match when doing the following procedure.
First look for two vertical reflectors of the required colour
next to the trail. These are there just to help you locate the
stage. Step a couple of meters off the trail toward the direction
of the other team and look for three vertical reflectors near the
trail and three horizontal reflectors further in. Stand as close to
the vertical reflectors as possible.
Now here comes the fun part. Communicate to the other team that
you are ready and shine your flashlight at the horizontal
reflectors. When the other team does the same determine if the tree
they are illuminating is to the left, center or right of the tree
you're pointing at. Keep track of this information for the final
calculation.
After you do this for all 3 stages you will have 6 pieces of
information, 3 from the left trail and 3 from the right trail. Look
up your answers in the tables below. This will give you 6 sets of
north and west corrections that you must add or subtract from the
posted coordinates. This will give you the location of the
final.
Depending on where you determine the final is you can continue
down the trails as they join up eventually or go back to the
trailheads and continue on from there. The final is about 100m from
a trail.
Keep an eye out for poison ivy as some has been spotted in the
area. Watch your footing as the trails are rocky in places and may
be slippery depending on the weather.
Left Trail
Brown |
White |
Orange |
Left |
Center |
Right |
Left |
Center |
Right |
Left |
Center |
Right |
N +0.050
W +0.100 |
N -0.066
W +0.053 |
N +0.080
W -0.222 |
N -0.050
W +0.009 |
N +0.063
W +0.056 |
N +0.032
W -0.044 |
N +0.001
W +0.121 |
N +0.095
W +0.162 |
N +0.005
W -0.006 |
Right Trail
Brown |
White |
Orange |
Left |
Center |
Right |
Left |
Center |
Right |
Left |
Center |
Right |
N -0.151
W -0.071 |
N +0.060
W -0.055 |
N +0.091
W +0.088 |
N +0.015
W +0.085 |
N -0.001
W -0.033 |
N -0.052
W +0.112 |
N +0.050
W +0.023 |
N -0.175
W +0.081 |
N +0.012
W +0.042 |