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Heart Mountain Cache Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 7/1/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Heart Mountain Cache is located at the top of Heart Mountain. The trail to the cache site is identified as an easy to moderate scramble. There is a elevation gain of close to 900 metres in the 3 kilometres from the trailhead to the cache site. The good news is that once you reach the first summit cairn the terrain flattens out quite a bit. Good hiking boots and a treking pole are a real plus.




Heart Mountain is close to Calgary (75 km) and can often be ascended year-round. Heart Mountain would probably be a little more difficult than Yamnuska or Moose Mtn. due to the steeper pitch and scramble conditions. There is little or no exposure on Heart Mountain if you stay on the well travelled trails near the trees. As with any scramble, danger is around the corner if you don't remain focused.

Parking for Heart Mountain is just east of the Lac des Arcs overpass on the east side of Heart Creek.

The cache is a standard LnL container with the usual logbook, TB and numerous goodies. See the spoiler picture for this cache.

Check out Alan Kane's "Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies" or Daffern's "Kananaskis Country Trail Guides" for further information about Heart Mountain.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)