The Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is a 5,794-acre rail-trail. The rail trail was originally part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad from 1909 to 1980. The trail begins at the western terminus of the trail at the Cedar Falls Trailhead near Rattlesnake Lake State Park. From there, eExplorers continue through the mountain pass into dark tunnels and over high trestles, until the landscape gives way to the amber-hued farmlands of eastern Washington. The eastern terminus is at the Tekoa trailhead at the Idaho border. Railroad buffs, will enjoy historic train depots at South Cle Elum and Kittitas along the way.
To the west of where this cache is, is one of the many trestles that are on the trail. This deck plate girder bridge was built in 1909 by the Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, PA. The bridge is just under 50 feet long and spans over Interstate 90. The bridge is known as the Renslow Trestle.
With this cache being a multi, you will need to go to the listed coordinates to obtain info to get the final coordinates. At the listed coordinates, you will find a sign that provides information on the Palouse to Cascades Trail. Look that sign over to get the info on the following questions that will give you the info needed to get the final coordinates.
A = The name of the raptor that is pictured in the bottom left of the sign. The raptor is one of the following:
Red-Tailed Hawk - A= 1
Osprey - A= 2
Prairie Falcom - A= 3
B = The bottom right picture on the is of what snake found in the region?
Pacific Gofer Snake - B= 1
Common Garter Snake - B= 2
Western Rattlesnake - B = 3
C = The first digit of the number of miles long that the Palouse to Cascades trail is.
D = The far right panel of the sign, gives info on the near services. Add the digits together for the number of miles away that Ellensburg is and make that your answer for "D".
E = What is the first digit of the number of miles away from Beverly/Schawana? Make that your answer for "E".
F = What is the 5th digit of the Park Manger's phone number? Make that the answer for "F".
The cache can be found at N 46 57.ABC W 120 18.DEF
In 2022, the WSGA turns 20 years young. To celebrate this milestone, the WSGA is hosting a 20th-anniversary GeoTour. This GeoTour will give you the opportunity to travel to all corners of the Evergreen State while you search for 140 GeoTour caches. To make it easier to tackle such a large GeoTour, each of our 7 regional chapters will host a bite-sized GeoTour consisting of 20 GeoTour caches with the entire GeoTour consisting of 140 caches. To learn more about our GeoTour, please visit the GeoTour page on our website which you can find HERE. We hope that you enjoy getting back out on the road while touring around Washington State. If you have any questions about our GeoTour, you can reach out to us via the contact tab on our website.
GEOTOUR UPDATE
The WSGA's 20th Anniversary GeoTour will end on December
31, 2024, at
11:59 PM PT.
You will only have until this date and time to find the
geocaches, post all of your logs for the digital souvenirs (if qualified), and
submit all of your passports of unique codes for the geocoins (if qualified).
There will be no exceptions.