Saturday, September 27, 2008
Terracache No. 5
Mountain Bike Hill terracache.
And a FTF to boot! Found at 0900. (Had left Coos Bay around 0645)
I love this area of the coastline - especially the hiking through the mature conifer stands of the Cummins Creek Wilderness. Granted this cache is not within the wilderness boundary but it REAL close and has a trail head nearby. This cache, in fact, is on Oregon Dept. of Forestry property at the top of a fairly new clearcut (oh sorry, bad word for some folks!). Great view of the Yachats River valley from here - also can see NW to the ocean and the forested hills west of Yachats.
Drove up USFS Road 55 about three miles to a point where a blocked-off logging road went up the hill to the cache. Walked in from there - about .6 mile.
A view NNE of the Yachats River valley
A view NW to Yachats from cache location.