One feature that’s easy to spot is the trail this cache is hidden beside. Simply called the Incline Railway Trail, it takes you on the route of the old Shields Incline Railway. In the logging industry, an incline railway is a method used to haul felled trees out of the deep woods and carry them to a mill or a flume. A stationary steam engine uses a cable system to pull rail cars up and down a modestly-sloped railway track. Here on Hollyburn, logs were brought down the hillside to a flume fed by water from the Shields Dam. If you look closely as you walk the trail you might still be able to see some of the rail spikes, or railroad ties.
If you’d like a self-guided tour of Hollyburn Ridge and the old logging operations, you can either download the following brochures or pick them up at West Vancouver Municipal Hall (Fulton Ave @ 17th St). Lawson Creek Heritage Walk; Brothers Creek Forestry Heritage Walk (or download them here: Lawson Creek Heritage Walk and here: Brothers Creek Forestry Heritage Walk).
The container is a camo-ed peanut butter jar so there will be a bit of room for small trade items. There is no need to step very far off the trail to make the grab. Please rehide the cache as you found it, or better.