Lightning Strike Traditional Cache
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size: 
(regular)
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About an
hour and a half up and about an hour down should be about average
hiking time for this cache.
This is a spectacular location near the base of Ripple
Mountain.
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From the Kootenay Pass parking lot the road is permanently closed
and deactivated up to the Ripple Ridge trailhead. You may drive a
couple hundred metres up the road to a small parking area away from
the hi-way. The road is a nice half hour walk. When you reach the
upper Park Boundary you will need to turn right onto Ripple Ridge
Trail . Another half hour will bring you to the cache. Once at
“Lightning Strike” please do not attempt any dangerous
shortcuts as that would boost the terrain rating to a solid 5. As
for any backcountry hike.... be prepared for anything. The upper
reaches of the trail can be easy to lose in spots but being a ridge
walk keeps it straight forward enough.The terrain rating of 4
reflects only the last few metres through the boulder field.
(Alternate access to the trailhead I will leave for the offroaders
to figure out. It is a maze of logging roads back there and none of
my maps can agree on where they are situated.)
This cache is very low on swag ... just a roll of black tape and
hand warmers in case you need them.
Congratulations to the Kootenay Pirates for their
10,000th find !
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ng gur onfr bs n pyhzc bs 6 be 7 terra gerrf.
Ghpxrq vagb n yvggyr pnir jurer gur fha arire fuvarf naq gur pnpur unf n guva syng ebpx ba gbc bs vg.
Vg'f ba gur yrsg fvqr bs gerr pyhzc jura ybbxvat onpx naq hc gbjneq gur urnqjnyy.
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