Mike (TheTechCacher) has been caching since the sport began, but did not get into serious caching until the last year (after an almost 10 year hiatus). He mainly hunts city caches (either at night or during lunchtime), but has an amazing amount of energy and has done some of the most challenging hiking caches (The W, Mosca Peak, etc). He is known to frequest the east mountain trails and as such is the tenth team (along with wolf11469) to complete the Sandia Trailmaster Series.
Mike said his favorite trail is the North Mystery Trail so the cache to honor his trailmaster completion is in this area. The cache is about 2.5 miles from the shown parking and can be reached in about an hour going at my pokey to moderate pace following the T195 in the diamond markers on trees along the trail. Head north from the parking area and take the upper trail up hill; this trail makes a right angle turn (left) at about 0.3 miles and continues uphill another 0.3 or so miles.
Once you get to 7800 ft the trail levels off staying between 7800 to 7900 ft elevation all the way to the cache. You will pass by several caches on your way to this cache and on your return, about halfway back, you can drop down into the valley to the east and pick up another string of caches.
Alternately, for a bit longer hike with different views/caches, you can take hwy 165 "the back road to Placitas" to park and come from the north down the NMT/FT(195) to this cache. While placing the cache, I saw two pairs of hikers out with their dogs on this pleasant trail.
Cache starts off with some small hiking gear. Cache is west of trail about 50 ft from tree with diamond cut (but no trail name).
*** Congrats to thoehn and cyclegreen for FTF!!! ***