A small container located above a falling flow of boulders suspended in time.
Parking is available at the Folding Mountain rest stop off the west bound lanes of Hwy 16. The trail head is at N 53º 14.448 W 117º 47.217' on the south side of the highway and is well marked with a yellow hiker sign. Be careful crossing the highway!
The trail is well maintained by local users and is marked at regular intervals. It ascends through heavy tree cover up the west side of the ridge from the highway. Grades are moderate to steep so be prepared for a bit of a workout and be sure to bring water. Eventually the trail crests the ridge and breaks out into the open offering some terrific views of the Athabasca River valley and Jasper National Park to the west. A relatively flat hike along the ridge gets you close to the cache.
A few minutes of bushwhacking from the closest approach of the hiking trail brings you to this open expanse of jumbled boulders.
I had noticed this area on the Google satellite photos years previously and finally took the time to explore. It is similar to where Crown Royal On The 'Rocks' is located but with generally smaller rocks and less steep. These may be blockfields or felsenmeer (from the German meaning 'sea of rock') but I'm not positive.
Interestingly, there's a wide boulder/tree free grassy verge along the east side of the upper half. Lots of opportunity to do some boulder hopping too although that's not required to get to the cache.
On the way you can check out the HTEG, First Views, That'll put a SPRING in your step!!, Folding Mountain, Folding Ridge View, Crown Royal On The 'Rocks' and YE OLDE WINE CELLAR caches. Continuing on up the trail are the On The Way To The Summit, Almost There and Folding Summit caches.
Here's a list of all my caches in the Hinton area.
Keep this cache safe for kids. Please no knives, matches or lighters.
Please no food or scented items (soap, candles, lip balm, incense, etc.) or anything else which might attract animals.
EXPECT DEEP SNOW DURING THE WINTER MONTHS