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Stoney Lookout Mountain Summit Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/14/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Come find a geocache on top of another one of Banff's most popular summits!

This small Lock-and-Lock geocache container is located atop the 1,868 meter (6,129 foot) summit of Stoney Lookout Mountain.  The marked hiking trail to the summit is a 4.2 kilometer return trip with an elevation gain of 190 meters. This should take no longer than 2 or 3 hours for individuals of any ability.


Stoney Squaw Mountain from the Bow Valley:

Ernest Ingersoll wrote in his 1892 "Canadian Guide Book" that the mountain takes its name "from the traditional story that some years ago a brave old Assiniboine woman sustained her husband, who lay sick for several months in their lodge at its base, by hunting upon its top and sides, where there are open glades which still form favourite spring feeding-places for the big-horn or mountain sheep." The name became official in 1922. The adjacent Cascade Mountain used to be referred to as Stoney Chief, though this name is now largely defunct.

There is plenty of parking at the Norquay ski hill parking lot. The trailhead is located near the parking lot. Additional coordinates for parking and the trailhead have been provided.

Good luck, please stay on the marked trails at all times, and don't forget your camera! Visit the related webpage for the trail conditions. This geocache was placed with permission from Parks Canada.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)