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Puzzled on the East Bay Hills Trail Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/3/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Puzzled on the East Bay Hills Trail



Park at the posted coordinates, the road in is usually plowed during the winter. Travel the trail to gather the required information on the signage, when you get to the intersection, stay straight to do the trail counter-clockwise. PLEASE replace as found. Once found and logged, just continue on the trail to get back to the intersection and out.This is one of the best trails about to snowshoe. Total hike is approx. 3.5 km. Have fun and enjoy the great outdoors. Note : it might be good to use "grippers" on boots for traction and take a scraper in the event the signs are ice covered.
Writing utensil requited.

N45 59.ABC W60 22.DEF


A .......... a continuous turnover of plant nutrients and rich ground vegetation of ferns, ______, and shrubs.
7 - grasses, 8 - mosses, 9 - herbs, 0 - fungi

B The Old Fallen ___________.
1 - Red Maple, 4 - Sugar Maple, 7 - Hemlock, 9 - Rock Maple

C The abandoned fields were soon to be invaded by ________ and spruce.
0 - fir, 2 - poplars, 7 - alders, 9 - pines

D To The Big _________.
0 - Hemlocks, 1 - Sugar Maples, 8 - Beeches, 9 - Birches

E The ________ and yellow birch can be distinguished by the bark of their stems.
0 - beech, 2 - maple, 5 - white, 8 - paper

F With the rise of industrial Cape Breton, large hardwood trees were also felled and sold as __________ to reinforce the coal mines ............
0 - supports, 2 - blocks, 5 - planks, 8 - timber

Checksum : A+B+C+D+E+F = 35

     

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oebxra gerr fghzc, jevgr-hc furrg erdhverq, JS

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)