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GEE HAW MAZE Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This geocache is on private land but is easily accessible from the main road. It is far easier to access in summer than in winter, just because the GEE HAW dog-training maze is not kept open in winter months so if you try to go there without snowshoes at this time, you will need to be ready to battle the snow. The barrel is suspended in a tree in the only place in the maze at which four path junctions intersect.


The easiest way to access the maze is via the front yard car-park of Enontekiö's largest sleddog farm (where the 'Howling Huskies' Traditional Geocache can also be found). You can park your car in the customer carpark in daylight hours but please do not enter the farm itself (which is behind a separated gated and enfenced enclosure) without a guide.

Huskies need to be trained as puppies so they can pull sledges effectively. For example, to get them to start pulling, the command is "Let's go" / "Hike".

To make them slow before you put down the brake down and use the command 'stop', you should use the command "Whoa" (pronounced "Whoarrrh").

To find the co-ordinates for the cache you need to discover the 2 three-letter commands that tell the dogs to turn left ( a b c ) or right ( d e f ). These terms are standard across the dog-sledging world. Find these words and you can turn the real letters into numbers alphabetically.

For example: the letters in "Let's Go" have the values 12 5 20 19 7 15.

Find the ( a b c ) & ( d e f ) words and you should be able to work out that the cache is at:-
N 68 2 (d-e) . (a+b)(f-b) (b+c-a-d) E 023 33. (e-f) (a) (2e-f)

NB: The above is a simple puzzle as opposed to a full mathematics equation.

You can check your answers to this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

The Geocache can be approached from the W, N (challenging) or S across both public and private (Husky Farm) land. The easiest approach is from the south since it is possible to park in the farm's customer carpark, follow a signed path towards the farm and then enter the maze just outside the farm's main gates (which are kept closed 24/7). Please restrict access to working hours (i.e. between 9.30am and 7pm) since it isn't much fun to have to run to the farm to check on the dogs if they suddenly start barking unexpectedly in the middle of the night! :) Note that in winter you might find it an advantage to have snow shoes to reach the cache as the powder snow can be a metre or so deep in this region.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur znmr vf ybpngrq whfg bhgfvqr gur sebag tngr bs gur tngrq snez. Sbyybj gur znva genvy gb gur snez (p. 200z), ragre gur znmr, sbyybj gur gur unaq-envyrq cnguf jvguva gur jbbq naq oenapu yrsg ng bar bs gur svefg vagrefrpgvbaf. Jura lbh svaq n 4-jnl vagrefrpgvba bs cnguf, ybbx hc. Uvag: Unatvat.

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)