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Rock Hopping to Parlee Brook Falls Traditional Cache

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Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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A hike thru the woods about 700m takes you to a nice set of 3 falls and the clearest water I've ever seen!

Thorns
Not available year-round Wading Dangerous area - use caution Some Climbing (No special equipment required)
Steep Hike
Off-trail Hiking Required Swimming Nearby Mud!
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From Sussex head out towards Poley Mountain. Before Poley you'll see Parlee Brook Road on your right. Take it around 6.2kms (the final two thirds will be dirt road). At 6.2kms Parlee Brook road ends and it splits into two roads - Donaldson Rd to the right and Walker Settlement Rd. to the left. Park here. You will see a trail extending between these two roads where Parlee Brook Road would continue on if it did. This trail follows the river for about 100m. Now it's time to rock hop for a half a km or so until you reach the first large falls at N45 38.272 W65 23.734 (after that you may need to take a path in the woods to the left for a bit then back to rock hopping again). Alternatively you can whack your way thru the woods about 20 m to the left of the river the whole way - keeping the river in sight so you don't get off track (Red Witch and Annie don't recommend this way as they ended up getting off track and felt too lost to continue on.) After the big falls continue another 50m or so and you'll see another smaller falls. 50 more metres and another small falls. Continue on a bit further and look up on your left for the cache. It is a plastic bottle. The cache is under the roots of a tree.

There is no trail for this one and rock hopping or tree whacking is not for everyone. The falls are nice though if you decide to make the hike in. With a trail 700m normally would only take 15minutes. Count on at least 30-40 minutes since you need to make a trail yourself. Don't give up. :->

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)