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Puntra Indren (3264m) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/18/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is located at the old cable car station of Puntra Indren which was abandoned in the early 90's. You have a splendid view over the Bors and Indren glaciers and all the surrounding mountains. The old station is also the start of "La Balma", a classic freeride route. It can be reached very easily in summer and winter from Gressonney as well as from Alagna via the new Punta Indren cable car which was opened in 2009. Some very good information about the cable car history can be found here (in german) and here (in english)

Nonetheless this is high alpine terrain. The cache is not at the new Punta Indren top station! You need to walk over a glacier / snow fields in the summer and ski off-piste in the winter.  In winter better bring a shovel. If there is a lot of snow you might not find the cache.

A note on cache maintenance: The owner is regularly in the area for climbing and skiing. Feel free to check the maintenance history of our caches in the Zermatt, Aosta and Provence-Alpes area. See also our history of found caches in the Alps. In addition a Mountain Guide from Gressoney is informed about the cache and can assist if the need arises.


A nice interactive Panorama picture of the area can be found here: here

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ebbs - haqre furrg zrgny - frr fcbvyre

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)