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Cougar Crossings North West 1 Multi-cache

Hidden : 11/13/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A five mile loop through Cougar Mountain, identifying eight different stream crossings to get the coordinates for the final. Enjoy the journey!


I run through Cougar Mountain two or three times a week, year-round, so I know lots of nice routes to follow, and almost never get tired of it. But I recognize that most people don't have my passion for the park, so I thought I would publish sister caches that will take the adventurous geo cacher along almost all of the trails on the western side of the park. This is the first, and the shorter of the sisters.

To complete the cache you must identify pictures of eight stream crossings. Most are bridges, but some are simple culverts. The simplest way to complete the cache is to visit each waypoint in order, and determine which of the pictures below was taken near that crossing. From the parking coordinates, combine the pieces of text below the pictures in the correct order and you will be able to solve for the coordinates of the final.

Essentially, you're just ordering the pictures


^^^ To get Latitude ^^^
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^^^ Times 2) ^^^
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^^^ From the longitude ^^^
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^^^ Subtract [(4 ^^^
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^^^ Times 90) ^^^
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WP2


^^^ Add [(24 ^^^
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^^^ And 360] ^^^
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^^^ Plus one] ^^^
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You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

This is meant to be fairly easy; if you have trouble identifying the pictures (or doing the math), just log a note!

Note that the bridge at WP7 has been replaced, New picture will be added soon!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq zhygv-gehax zncyr; urnq/purfg-uvtu

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)