I Love the Stilly #4.5 - The Fish's Way Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/31/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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In the tradition of AnalogDog's I Love the Stilly series that we have adopted, here is the addition of one of our favorite places, on the South Fork of the Stillaguamish.

This cache is a bit upstream from the first three caches of this series. It's actually about 1.5 miles on the north side of the town of Granite Falls. This has been one of our favorite places to visit and a good place to stretch our legs during the drive out after a day of geocaching up the Mountain Loop Highway.

The Granite Falls Fishway was built in 1954 and consists of a 580' fishway connecting the top and bottom parts of river on either side of the falls via a 240' tunnel, allowing salmon to swim past the falls to spawn upstream.

We love visiting the fishway just about any time of the year. We're especially fond of being there during times of high water. Such an amazing amount of water passes over these falls then that it sometimes fills the fish ladder with so much water that it comes out the grates at the top. You can get some idea of how much water is flowing down the river by visiting USGS Real-Time Water Data for USGS 12161000 SF Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls, WA. Sometimes there are technical rock climbers on the cliffs across the river. Several nylon anchors are visible around some of the trees near the top.

About the cache:
  • This is a replacement cache for GCVTHW, which wasn't too far away.
  • You are searching for a Lock 'n' Lock container. The 30 cal ammo box was stolen and a plastic box left in its place! Please make every effort to close the box completely. It helps keep the contents dry.
  • Do not go beyond the chain link fence (very dangerous!!) or past the "NO TRESPASSING" signs.
  • Muggles do frequent the area, particularly when the weather is nice, so keep an eye out for them.
  • Just in case, bring your own writing instrument. If there are not appropriate marks in this cache, your online log may be deleted without warning.


As always, please let me know if there is a problem with the cache, and have fun!

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