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Stumped Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/25/2025
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


After reading the comments from recent cache finders I have upgraded the difficulty ratiing due to the short but steep off-trail climb to GZ.

To get to this cache, park on the gravel lot at the snow gate near mile post 10 on Larch Mt. Rd. Head downhill past the (probably) closed brown gate. Walk about 180 feet and find a trail heading into the woods on the left. Follow this for about a tenth of a mile and you will then be on an old logging road that’s not on any maps I know of. Turn left, downhill to find your quarry.  The way is cleared of logs and brush so this should be a nice easy hike through the forest. Follow your GPS to find the cache.

This cache is about 75 feet south and uphill of the old logging road/trail you came in on and GZ, the cedar stump, is easily visible in the open forest. The obvious springboard notch the old-time loggers used to secure their perch as they laboriously hand sawed these giant ancient trees is still there after probably a hundred years or more. Possibly much more.  Cedar stumps like this seem to last forever once sawn down and there are many hundreds like this in the area. 

Enjoy.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur Pnpur vf va n ubyybj pneirq vagb gur hcuvyy fvqr bs gur fghzc naq pnzbhsyntrq jvgu n frpgvba bs zngpuvat jbbq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)