The Silvery Slocan Heritage Tour is approximately 235 kms long. Be
prepared for breath taking senery as you take a step back in time.
The tour will take you through the towns of Nelson, Kalso, New
Denver, as well as through the "Valley of the Ghosts". The loop can
be driven in four hours - with NO CACHING. You MIGHT be able to
find the series of caches in one day but we strongly suggest that
you spend two days as there are so many things to see and do along
the way.
Retallack
located in the "Valley of the Ghosts" which was once the richest
silver mining region in Canada, is about 27 kms West of Kaslo and
about 20 kms east of New Denver.
Driving along Hwy 31A watch for the turnoff for the Retallack
Resort, cross the creek and park at the trailhead for the "Cedars
Trail". The trail is an easy 1km loop (with the cache being near
the middle) that will take you for a pleasant walk amongst some
very large cedar trees. You will be looking for an ammo can.
There are 14 caches that you will need to visit - in any order -
to find
"Silvery Slocan Heritage Tour - Pay
Dirt". At ten of the cache sites you will find a clue
that is written on the first page of the log book as well as on the
lid. Write this clue down. Four of the caches do not have a clue -
but we're not going to tell you which caches those are.
Since this segment is also a standalone cache, you are of course
welcome to just log this cache if you don't have time to take the
complete tour.
For more information on the tour Silvery
Slocan Heritage Tour