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This is one of four caches placed on the Bar-M Loop trail, which spans the distance between the Dead Horse Point turnoff (Hwy 313) and Arches National Park, just north of Moab. You can get very close to #1 and #2 on foot, mountain bike, dirt bike, ATV, 4WD, or, if the road is dry, a high-clearance 2WD vehicle. The terrain is pretty level, and not technically challenging. As of the spring of 2009, portions of the trail, including the stretch near #3 and #4, are closed to motorized vehicles.
There is also a bonus cache located on a nearby stretch of the Sovereign Trail, quite close to civilization of a sort (and parking). You'll need information from all four Bar-M&M caches to find the bonus cache, but unlike a traditional multi-cache, each of the four is a find in its own right, and you can do them in any order.
Each cache contains poker chips with one component of the coordinates of the bonus cache, lat/long on one side and UTM on the other. The numbers are also written inside the lid of the container, in case all the chips are gone. Help yourself to a chip, and make the following substitutions to get the coordinates of the bonus cache:
The lat/long codes are ONE digit each (A, B, C, and D):
N38 40.A3B
W109 41.C1D
The UTM codes are TWO digits each (WW, XX, YY, and ZZ):
12S E WW44XX
N YY82ZZ5
All the caches are medium-size (2qt.) plastic containers, and the original contents include dog toys, clickers, Ninja Turtles, Matchbox-type emergency response vehicles, mini-flashlights, games, carabiners, "magic towels," stickers, and earrings.
The stretch of trail near this cache is now closed to motorized vehicles. If you're driving, you can park at the coordinates noted below and walk about .4 mi. to the cache.
I originally wanted to place Bar-M&M #3 near a spectacular overlook into Seven Mile Canyon not far from where the vehicle trail terminates at the Arches National Park boundary fence. However, that location appears to be in the park (although it is outside the marked boundary fence). If you have time to bike or walk to the end of the road, park your bike, and walk down the fenceline about .22 mile, you will be rewarded by something less tangible, but hopefully no less satisfiying, than a cache container -- a fantastic view into the canyon. Try to stay on the soft sand and slickrock, and avoid the black cryptobiotic crust.
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