I hate MIST's. Everyone hates MIST's. Even most Micro-In-Spruce-Tree descriptions somehow reflect the CO's distaste of them. I have a particular aversion to them, being 6'4". The problem is, most MIST's are hanging from, and so are below, a branch. Searching for it from a high vantage can often be fruitless. In fact, I often find MIST's suddenly when, after a long search on my feet, I decide to get on my knees and look up.
This cache aims to provide a new angle on the classic MIST. Not only placing the cache at a greater height, but also situating the container ABOVE the branch. This will favour really tall people. It is possible to see the cache for those of only average height, but the view angle gets wider the taller you make yourself. The infographic below outlines some methods that could be useful in finding the cache. The container is a bison tube, inside a man-made 'enclosure'.
Parking is across the street in the strip mall or from the neighbourhood on Range Way. The cache is tagged as not available in winter as it is on top of the branch, so likely to be covered in snow, as well as on a slope which would be dangerous icy. However, the more nimble And patient can attempt it if they take care of the tree branches.
If the cache become too easy from some errant defoliation, we will likely move the cache somewhere else. There are 3 hints included below. New Calgary Parks rules dictate that the hints remove all doubt from the location of a cache... But that's no fun. The second and third hints take some elementary level decoding in order to able to 'reveal' hints independantly. Challenge yourself and try to use as few clues as you can, then post how many you used!