If you're on the way to my Folding Mountain cache and find this one you've climbed Half The Elevation Gain already. However, if you're on the way to the Folding Summit cache you've only climbed less than a third of the height.
The cache is located on the slopes of Folding Mountain immediately south of Highway 16 west of the town of Hinton. Parking is available at the Folding Mountain rest stop off the west bound lanes of Hwy 16. The trail head is at N 53º 14.448 W 117º 47.217' on the south side of the highway and is well marked with a yellow hiker sign. Be careful crossing the highway!
The trail is well maintained by local users and is marked at regular intervals. It ascends through heavy tree cover up the west side of the ridge from the highway. Grades are moderate to steep so be prepared for a bit of a workout and be sure to bring water.
GPS reception is little spotty but the cache coordinates given are an averaged waypoint with 300 readings and an EPE of 5.2 metres. The cache is in a 35mm film canister and only contains a log book. The cache is anchored in place and cannot be removed. Please only remove the lid to log the cache. Please bring your own pencil and TNLNSL.
If you find this one I hope you'll continue on to my Folding Mountain, Folding Ridge View, Crown Royal On The 'Rocks', Jumble, On The Way To The Summit, Almost There and Folding Summit caches and also find the First Views, That'll put a SPRING in your step!! and YE OLDE WINE CELLARcaches.
If you do go to the summit you can also bag a find for the Brass Cap Cache. You'll be looking for a "Brass Cap" survey benchmark at N 53° 12.760 W 117° 42.286. This cache is a roving virtual so don't be surprised that the coordinates on the cache page don't match but logging of previous caps is permitted.
Here's a list of all my caches in the Hinton area.
EXPECT DEEP SNOW DURING THE WINTER MONTHS