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Z Challenge: < 1 KM Hike 50 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/2/2024
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This is a challenge cache for those who have found 50 caches with the attribute of: < 1 KM

The geocache container for this challenge IS located at the given coordinates. This is a challenge cache to find 50 cahes with the < 1 KM attribute. The attrubute is for caches that are short hikes, which a lot of caches are, but the attribute is not checked in a lot of those that would quaiify. 1 kilometer is about .6 of a mile. This cache is about .4 miles from the trailhead, so it is appropriate to have that attribute checked for this cache.

There are many choices to which trail to take to get to the top of the hill here. The shortest approach from the trailhead is the Midline Trail. However, ths park has lots of caches in it now, so you might prefer another route. This is about 30 feet from  the first cache that I or anyone placed in this park in 2010, before all of the bike trails were made. The city made the ski trails in 2010. The bike trails were put in later by COBRA.

Here is the description that I wrote from the now archived cache in this location:

Located in Eau Claire's Park With No Name. This is land the city bought in the 80s for park land, but have not had the funds to develop. Recently the city has been in here and cut a trail and has done some surveying, but this park probably will not be developed for several years.

There is plenty of room for more caches in this park. I put two new ones in the Park With No Name in hopes that cachers looking for a great place to hide a few caches will use this great park for new caches.

The city's plan is to buy one of the residences on Highway F to eventually build a road into the park and a parking lot. Until they buy the land for the road access, there are two places to enter the park which the city is using since it is a large park.

The cache is a 9 inch round black plastic container in the crotch of a 4 trunk tree. The difficulty rating is for the challenge. The rating for the actual geocache is 2/2.

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jvagre sevraqyl 4 gehax gerr.

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)