Beautiful remote location with some amazing views that requires
some route finding skills
Scout's Secret Stash has a mountaineering theme and requires
some mountaineering skill at least in terms of route finding if you
want to easily make it to this cache. It is located in a beautiful
and remote area. The hike in offers some amazing vistas of the city
and Blodgett peak.
You do not need to move any rocks, limbs or vegetation to find the
cache but it is well camouflaged. The cache is winter friendly. I
hiked up just after a recent storm and found a place that should be
good except in a big dump of snow.
Carefully consider your route on a topo map before starting out.
Sure you can make it there by following a straight line course but
this will most likely result in a very difficult and/or tedious
climb. I am not going to recommend a trail-head for this cache
since the point (and challenge) is planning your own route and
making your way to the cache The cache is accessible via a number
of trail heads from practically every direction. I'd strongly
recommend taking hiking poles.
In keeping with the mountaineering theme, I have stocked the
cache with some hiking, mountaineering and survival items,
including an emergency stove with hexane fuel tablets, magnesium
fire starter, flashlight with batteries (a good one from my caving
days). a globe paper weight and a carabiner.
The coordinates of the cache should be accurate to 9 feet
(verified by independent averaging with a both a Garmin 60csx and
Delorme PN-40).
Have fun. I think you'll really enjoy finding your way to this
cache. It's one of my favorite areas and I almost never see anyone
in this area.
Congrats on the FTF to hartsdale!:Not only was he the first
to find the cache but he did this the day after a pretty big snow
storm. Very Impressive!
Scout's Secret Stash
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