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High or Low, No One Knows Multi-Cache

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BentonTheWildman: The squirrels win. First the branch that this cache was on fell to the ground, and now there's an active mammal nest in the immediate vicinity of the fallen branch (so we don't want people sticking their hands into dark places). And indeed, the cache was gone. Watch for High Or Low II in the next few months!

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Hidden : 5/6/2015
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Well, the Water Dog trail network is pretty well saturated with geocaches, so it's time to move on to the other side of Ralston. There are some pretty interesting trails out here on Sugarloaf, if you like steep and grassy!


This is a simple one-two multi-cache, and the final location is a short hike from the first location. Actually, we placed it intending for it to be a traditional, but then noticed all those numbers at the trailhead, so why not make use of them.

Find signs at the specified coordinates. No, not the one on the gate, and no, not the cougar warning; other signs.
 - A "CLOSED" sign has a municipal code number: AB-CD-EFG
 - That same sign has a phone number: HJK-LMNP
 - Another sign has three mileages, in order: Q.R, S.T, and U.V
 - Add 1 to E, add 1 to F, add 1 to J
 - Final coords are: N 37 HC.EJK  W 122 AT.VFR
 - Checksum for all fifteen final coords digits is 62

Misc warnings:
Poison oak - It's around, for sure, but avoidable (via the route we took anyway).
Ticks - I've visited the site four times now without seeing a tick; however, there are tall grasses, so if ticks are in season (typically Springtime), you'll definitely want to check for them.
Small kids - See terrain rating; this cache is not for small kids (it was placed by a 7-year-old, but you know, he's a wildman).
We didn't do anything that we thought was unsafe, and you shouldn't either. EDIT in mid-2017: The tree branch where this used to be hidden went and broke right off, so be advised that this tree is NOT safe to do any kind of serious climbing on, and serious climbing is not needed to get to the cache container.

Congratulations to gooseville for the FTF!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nf gur greenva engvat vzcyvrf, guvf jnf bevtvanyyl cynprq (naq fbzrgvzrf ercynprq) va gur gerr. Ubjrire, guvf pnpur pbagnvare unf n ybat uvfgbel bs trggvat xabpxrq bhg bs gur gerr ng enaqbz gvzrf ol n fdhveery, jub nccneragyl qvqa'g yvxr guvf pnpur cynprzrag. Rkprcg gung, abj, jubyr ragver gerr oenapu unf oebxra bss bs gur gerr. Fb, vg'f abj... fbzrjurer, znlor whfg n yvggyr uvtu, be ybj, be va orgjrra.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)