FriendlyForager: I decided to archive this after my maintenance visit yesterday turned up no trace of this container ( a 6 gallon wine bucket) . It is possible that it is buried under fallen trees or snow. I will visit again when the snow is gone to clean up any remnants i find. In any case I would not want geocachers to make this climb this winter only to experience a DNF so the best solution is to archive and open up the area for the placement of a cache that is winter friendly.