Welcome to Lost Lake. Our family has been going camping at Lost Lake for 30 years, and has some terrific memories. One of my favorite trails at Lost Lake is the Old Growth Forest Trail. This cache can be found by visiting the signs along the trail and counting some items at each location. There may be additional signs on the trail, but they are not necessary to complete the cache. Signal along the trail is spotty because of all the large trees, so I’ve included strong hints, but please only use them if absolutely necessary. It will really give it away.You can start at either end of the trail. Begin and end trail heads are at:
Begin
N 45 29.587
W 121 49.055
End
N 45 29.070
W 121 48.781.
Begin to end of the trail 3/4 of a mile.
The entire trail is wheel chair accessible, although the cache is not. I will list the locations you have to hit along the trail in order from Begin to End, but you could certainly do them in any order. I’ve included the coordinates, although they are probably not necessary if you just do them in order.
1st Sign - Winter Storm Watching
N45 29.546
W121 48.922
How many paragraphs are on the sign?
Answer = A
2nd Sign – New Life
N45 29.483
W121 48.899
How many words in the title of the sign?
Answer = B
3rd Sign – More Water
N45 29.444
W 121 48.875
How many items on the sign have their genus classification latin name shown?
Answer = C
4th Sign – Large Old Trees
N45 29.375
W121 48.853
How many feet are they over your head? Divide the number by 10.
Answer = D
5th Sign – Highways & Picnic Tables
N45 29.255
W121 48.815
What animal is pictured? Count the number of letters in the animal’s name.
Answer = E.
6th Sign - Hanging Gardens
N45 29.198
W121 48.787
How many million needles can a single Old Growth Douglas Fir Tree have? Divide by 10.
Answer = F
7th Sign & 8th Down Dead Wood & Forest B & B
N45 29.172
W121 48.789
There’s a quotation on one of the signs here. How many words are in the quotation?
Answer = G
9th Sign - Woodpeckers
N45 29.105
W 121 48.771
How many animals are pictured on this sign?
Answer = H
10th Sign – Old Growth Forest Trail
N45 29.071
W121 48.779
There’s a quotation on this sign. How many letters in the last name of the person who is quoted?
Divide that by 10.
Answer = I
J = D + F + I
K = (A x 100) + (C x 10)
L = (H x 10) + B
M = (G x 65) - E
Final cache can be found at
N45 J.K
W121 L.M