E book Field Guide.indd - Gold Country

070201 – Park on left hand side of road at wide corner
6.7 km from Hwy 8. From the reflector at the top of the
parking area, cross the road and climb the bank, then
turn left and walk along the edge ~ 23 paces. Turn 90°
right and walk ~23 paces to hollow log.
070301 – From the park entrance, cross the road and
follow the marked trail ~300 m to the first sign and
take the left trail. At the next sign stay left. At third sign
take the right trail for ~25 m to tall tree stump.
070302 – This cache is ~42 m northwest of parking
area. Take the centre trail and climb ~90 paces, then
turn left 90° and go ~12 paces to rock grouping. For a
slightly longer but less strenuous route you can follow
the trail the winds up the hill.
070401 – Turn left off Juniper Drive, onto dirt lane and
go ~ 100 m to first slight left where you can park along
the road, stop in the middle of the corner. Go ~16
paces towards the cemetery from your parking location.
This cache is not an ammo can and blends in to the
landscape.
070501 – Trinity United is located on the corner of
Chapman St. and Quilchena Ave. Look in the church
yard, just inside gate. This cache is not an ammo can
and blends in to the landscape.
080101 – Across from the barn, the northern most
building is the old blacksmith shop. The cache is here,
on the outside of the building and all fences, at the base
of the wall.
080102 – Park between 70 Mile House store and post
office. Explore fenced green space next to the store.
This cache is not an ammo can and blends in to the
landscape.
080103 – Take trail towards lake and then follow first
left up the hill to viewpoint, not along the marked trail
at the lake’s edge. Go ~200 m up to the top for a fabulous
lake view and then hunt near fallen tree opposite to
the lake view.
080301 – Park in small pullout on your right across
from pole 258 and just past marker 32-39. Follow the
trail ~180 paces then turn 90° left and walk to rocks at
the edge of the hill. Be careful of wild flowers. Cache is
tucked in a hidden rock ledge, hunt here.
080302 – From Big Bar Ferry Road, at the High Bar Road
intersection stay right, the cache is ~5 km from here
towards the Ferry Terminal. On your right you will see
pole ‘187’, cache is hidden 10 metres north east up the
hill.
090101 – From the fruit stand head ~250 m up Friesen
Road to a wide spot at the second 180° corner. Follow
the trail up the bank to the cache ~50 m north, under a
sage brush and disguised with rocks.
090201 – From the base of the falls go ~23 paces down
the trail to your left, at the Y go right ~66 paces. Now
look for a faint trail on your right, if you reach the lake
you have gone too far. This cache is located at the base
of a large rock, covered in dead brush; follow the faint
trail up the slope ~30 paces. Note: ~8 paces up the
faint trail is a pile of white rocks at the base of an old fir
to let you know you are on the correct trail.
090202 – After the left at Lehman Road, you will pass
the old coal camp on the right, as you climb a slight hill
look for a dirt road on your left, turn off and park here.
Cross Hat Creek Road and the cache is 46 m southwest
down the hill in an old stump root, with a view of the
camp.
090301 – From Hwy 1 follow Hat Creek Road 13 km and
turn right on Cornwall Mtn. F.S.R. Follow this 4x4 recommended
access ~9 km to the forestry lookout. From the
lookout walk ~700 m southeast staying left on the road,
then turn right and head ~5 m from road to the base of
a pine tree and juniper bush.
090401 – From Hwy 1, use the western entrance and
turn onto Pinecrest Drive at Thompson River Estates. If
at the main (east) entrance, turn right on Pinecrest and
drive to the end. Park in the wide spot immediately right
of the cattleguard. Walk ~ 240 paces along the sand
road to the southwest, ignore fork to right and follow
road to edge of the bluff. Go straight here to the fence,
not left along road, and the cache is located just over
the fence at the base of a sage brush.
090501 – Park in the cul de sac at the bottom of the hidden
driveway. Cache is 5 m from parking between drive
and highway, tucked near a large rock in the bank.
100101 – From the phone booth go ~215 paces west
to the trail that follows the river. Follow trail down river
~140 m, cache is hidden under a sagebrush to the left
of the trail.
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