Pipe with a View Traditional Cache
The Sierra Hiker: Moved out of the area
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This traditional micro cache is hidden in the Cool Cache Land, Cool CA.
The area I refer to, as the “Cool Cache Land” is part of the Auburn State Recreation Area State Park. The area comprises many acres of rolling hills covered with oak, some Gray pine, lots of meadows and grassland, small ponds, creeks, and of course it has its share of poison oak. It is common to see wild turkey, coyote, red tailed hawks and turkey vultures doing their usual thing. There are miles of hiking, biking, running, and equestrian trails. In the spring the wildflowers are spectacular! There are several ways to locate the Cool-Cache-Land; the most popular is by taking I80 to South on Hwy 49 to the town of Cool. The traditional starting point, which has plenty of parking, is West of the fire station on the right just as you enter the town of Cool (N 38 53.335 W121 01.036). This particular parking area is best suited for equestrians’ hikers have several entry points to choose from. This section of the park is open 7:00am – 9:00pm.
There are many beautiful vistas in the Cool Cache Land and the Pipe with a View Cache is hidden in one of these places. The Pipe is the remains of the official Cool Cache Land Peace Pipe, which was smoked by many high-ranking government officials and foreign dignitaries. However, the Pipe was decommissioned, as it was no longer needed once the Cool Cache Land fleet was mothballed.
The nearest parking is at N38 53.290 W121 01.036. From there, you can stay on the Olmstead Loop trail all the way to the cache site.
The usual foothills warnings apply; horses, bicycles, poison oak, rattlesnakes, and ticks are surely in the area but I haven’t seen any near the cache site.
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