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The Bolton Potholes Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 7/29/2011
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache replaced 7/22/2012. Newly installed guardrails prevent parking near the cache site. There is a small parking lot at the bottom of the road.

This little cache is down a moderately steep path just upstream from one of nature's wonderful works of art. On a nice summer day, muggles will be plentiful. Please be sure to return the cache exactly as you found it. Enjoy!


The Bolton Potholes has been called one of the most beautiful swimming holes in New England. Here, Joiner Brook falls a vertical distance of about 50 feet through several falls separated by round pools carved out of solid rock by the movement of water and sand.

Joiner Brook drains a significant portion of the mountain that hosts the four-season Bolton Valley Resort. The Brook is subject to large changes in water flow with rainfall and/or melting snow. As little as a quarter inch of rain can bring the water levels up from comfortable to very hazardous. When the water is high, the currents can be deadly, make no mistake.

If you choose to enter the water, do so with care and advance knowledge of where the rocks may lie beneath the surface. There are very nice shallows at the top and bottom of the falls, the lower featuring a small family friendly beach area.

If you decide to stay and enjoy the area, some good Geocacher CITO would be greatly appreciated.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[If this one is taken by high water, as was its predecessor, we will have much bigger problems than Irene left behind.] Vs vg jnf n fanxr, vg pbhyq ovgr ln! Cyrnfr or tragyr. Ab rkprffvir sbepr erdhverq. Jbbs!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)