The route starts above Stoitzenberg at the end of a "cellar-lane" (a row of wine-cellars). Once upon a time the path was marked, but the markings are barely visible any more.
Refreshments: In the warm season several of the wine-cellars offer food and of course wine. Along the cellars there are information-boards concerning various specimen of vines.
STAGE 1:
Nearby you may find some parking-possibilities with some luck.
N1 = 48° 39.175' and E1 = 15° 51.442'.
n1 = 39175 and e1 = 51442
In which year was the cross consecrated? A = Sum of the four digits.
The consecration took place during a feast associated with a Saint. Transform the first letter of the Saints name into a number according to its place in the alphabet. Take this number as B.
STAGE 2:
n2 = n1 + A*B + A + 10
e2 = e1 - 4*A - 5
N2 = 48° n2/1000 ' and E2 = 15° e2/1000 '
What do you find here:
a rock where you can creep through? C = 33
a dolmen-like rock-formation? C = 34
a nearly straight line consisting of several low stones? C = 35
a solitary Menhir of about 1,5 m height? C = 36
STAGE 3:
n3 = n2 + 2*C
e3 = e2 - C -1
N3 = 48° n3/1000 ' and E3 = 15° e3/1000 '
Look for a rather dominant group of rocks. On of the rocks has a bowl in its upper surface. If you stand on the rock with the bowl a branch of a plant will be rght above your head. The plant is growing out of the same group of rocks. To which plant does the branch belong:
to a yew? D = 1
to a Robinia pseudoacacia? D = 3
to a pine? D = 7
to an oak? D = 11
to a juniper-bush? D=13
STAGE 4 and 4a:
Just for checking: On your way to Stage 4 you should pass at 4a, depending on what you saw at Stage 2, a Dolmen, a row of Stones, a Menhir or a "creep-through-stone".
n4a = n3 + 6*D + 1
e4a = e3 - D
N4a = 48° n4/1000 ' and E4a = 15° e4/1000 '
n4 = n3 +6*D + A +4
e4 = e3 - D -2
N4 = 48° n4/1000 ' and E4 = 15° e4/1000 '
What do you find here:
a bench not looking very solid? E = 8
a not very eloquent boundary stone? E =14
a collapsed cistern? E = 10
the remnants of a hunting cabin? E =12
Cache:
nc = (30167+A*B*C+A*E)
ec = (50009+A*C+A*E+C*D+A+C)
N_Cache = 48° nc/1000 ' and E_Cache = 15° ec/1000 '
The cache is a 0,5 (appr.)l-plastic-box, hidden behind some smaller stones. Small Trackables fit in, but please bear in mind that a 2 km hike is too far for most cachers, so there will not be much chance for TBs to travel on.
Good Luck!
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