Ormes Peak Traditional Cache
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This cache is located near the top of Ormes Peak, 9727 ft., in the Pike National Forest. You can see Rampart Reservoir 2.25 miles to the northwest. There is no trail to the top.
There are two basic ways of doing this peak. You can start on either the southwest side or the southeast side (which is good for doing a few other caches in the area) and head for the southern ridge. Some areas are more thickly forested, and steep with cliffs, and boulders. So, if you want to, you can make it more difficult. You can do the cache without any significant exposure to cliffs.
Take Forest Service road 303 (Northfield Reservoir Road) to FS road 302. FSR 302 goes around the south side of Ormes Peak to the east side and heads north to a dead end. The hills on this road have many water cuts so a 4wd is recommended. If you have a low clearance vehicle you can park on the side of the road at the beginning of FSR 302. The first hill is just ahead – expect the road to get worse.
It’s about 0.4 miles to the cache going up the east side with about 410 ft. of gain.
It’s about 1.25 miles from the beginning of FSR 302 to the camp road spur, a gain of about 140 ft. and a loss of about 210 ft. To go up the southwest side, start with this road spur.
It’s about 0.4 miles to the cache going up the west side with about 360 ft. of gain (or less if you drive part way up the road). So, if you hike from the beginning of FSR 302, it’s about 1.7 miles and 500 ft. of gain to the cache. From point REND a primitive trail heads north along the west side of the peak. This route is NOT recommended.
Encryption type 2
Looks like: Gr fyq yl msrcp qjcctc kybc dpmk kmqrjw zypi ugrf yl glqgbc bgykcrcp md 2.5" ylb 4" bccn.
This cache contains questions 5 and 6 for the Pike's Cave puzzle cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg jnf abg uvqqra ng gur obggbz bs n pyvss.