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Look, A Goat! Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/23/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is an interesting little spot that just screamed "place a cache here!" and much to our chagrin, someone already had... so we had to keep going UP. ;)

We parked at N 44 ° 20.303 W 123 ° 33.775, which is what gave us the terrain rating of 4. (It's not very far, but it's VERY uphill.) There is a logging road that goes near the cache, but we don't know where you'd find the lower end of it.

Beware of off-road-vehicles at first (you can see their tracks near where we parked), steep slopes, thorny vines, thistles, logged-over tree bits, and possibly mud. Pretty serious bushwhacking.

You'll be looking for a snap-lock plastic container hidden completely out of sight- but in a rather geocachey-looking spot. It's got the normal sorts of trading bits.

Good luck!

Alternate cache access route! 1/2 mile east of the parking coordinates along South Fork road, there is a pullout just in front of a "campground is 4 miles ahead" sign. There is a logging road just slightly north of the pullout - the way is blocked to vehicles by a sinkhole and a large fallen log, but it is hikeable, perhaps 1.5 miles round trip (a very rough estimate). It's pretty steep in parts, and the route around the sinkhole is narrow, but is otherwise a fine hike with no bushwhacking required.

5/20/06: cache replaced.

3/29/08: fallen tree has been partially cleared and the sinkhole has been repaired, but the creek is rapidly creating a new one, so the aforementioned road may not be 'driveable' for long. Definitely not recommended for passenger vehicles.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N fghzcl inyragvar.

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)