Geocache file generated by BrassCapCacheBrassCapCachecache, geocache, groundspeak1472.794BCP217Moberly Trail by outforthehunt, Benchmark (3/3)http://brasscap.albertabattlecache.ca/capbreakdown/BCP217.htmlMoberly TrailGeocacheGeocache|BenchmarkMoberly TrailoutforthehuntoutforthehuntBenchmarkVirtual33CanadaAlberta<BR><a href='http://brasscap.albertabattlecache.ca/capbreakdown/BCP217.html'TARGET='resource window'>Past Finds for BCP217</a><BR><a href='https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?ID=17395&LogType=2'TARGET='resource window'>Log Your Find</a>G.S.C. BRASS CENTRE IN BOULDER
GSC BRASS CENTRE CEMENTED IN A BOULDER. THIS STA LIES ON THE HIGH PLATEAU NW OF MOBERLY FORESTRY CABIN,
LINES THROUGH JACKPINE HAD TO BE CUT FOR MOST OF THE SIGHTS.2017-06-16T20:00:00Found itCoolcat21<p>BCP217 - Moberly Trail
Posted: N53° 34.442' W118° 02.211'
My GPSr: N53° 34.441' W118° 02.212'
(FOUND)</p>
<p>After finding BCP153 to the east I made my way to this one. The roads remained in good shape all the way.</p>
<p>At N53° 33.780' W118° 01.624' fork off to the right. That might seem obvious since it is the direction of the cap, but the other spur looked like the more travelled, better looking of the two. I had to check the map just to make sure.</p>
<p>A sign at the junction says the road you want is a single-lane road, and cryptically to suggests you "call ahead". I thought I could ignore that, but in retrospect, maybe I should have rolled down the window and yelled out "HEY! I'm coming!" They couldn't have said I didn't try, right? </p>
<p>After parking just over 400m from the cap, I made started up some modest elevation to the tree line and made my way, dodging, weaving, ducking and rarely, if ever, moving in a straight line. </p>
<p>It's funny, I wasn't consciously thinking of previous find logs, but I'm thinking that my subconscious memory from reading those logs was doing the work of making me hyper-aware of the possibility of a bear encounter as I started up toward this one. I had an air horn with me on top of bear spray, but in the end there wasn't any danger of me NOT making enough noise as I made my way through the bush. Sure there was my natural cracking of branches underfoot and the like, but the main volume came from my own incessant coughing. It was weird, I'd started the bout of hacking and coughing only after starting out on this jaunt.</p>
<p>Only later did I realize that the coughing was caused by the pollen that I must have been stirring up myself as I lumbered through the bush. Later I saw that my shoes and backpack were absolutely coated with the stuff and obviously I was breathing a lot of it in too. Any self-respecting animal would have given this loud, obnoxious creature a wide berth I'm sure, so there were no creature encounters for me today.</p>
<p>In fairly good time though I found myself beside this cute little "cap" in a very small clearing. It made me laugh: all that effort, along with the wheezing, the hacking and the coughing to come to find what must be <strong>the</strong> smallest thing in the forest.</p>
<p>Sanity. It's overrated.</p>
<p>I made my way back in a more direct route compared to my approach. That's just the way of things isn't it.</p>
<p>Suggested waypoints:
- PK @ N53° 34.297' W118° 02.514' (if your vehicle can make it this far; today it wasn't a problem)
- Enter the tree line at about N53° 34.355' W118° 02.377' (It's NOT like it's clear sailing from here, but at least it's fairly close to your goal).</p>
2012-05-17T20:00:00Found itSears Tower<p>BCP217 - Moberly Trail</p>
<p>We had attempted this one in the winter, but did not even get close as the truck could not make it up a hill. After hiking to it today, I am REALLY glad we did not do it when we were here in the winter since it was after dark. TFTH</p>
2010-11-08T20:00:00Found itTakin it Easy<p>BCP217 Moberly Trail
Posted N53° 34.442 W118° 02.211
GPSr N53° 34.443 W118° 02.213</p>
<p>Well I think I parked in the same spot as SH and vdD and pretty much had the identical experience. It was a fun soupy ride into the area in the rental truck. I think it used to be white. The running boards now have an inch of mud on them. The bushwhacking was not too bad, but required a zigzag approach to minimize poking. Thankfully when I go to GZ, the only thing not covered in snow was the cap and the rock. An interesting cap indeed. I don't think I've seen one of those before. I had hoped to follow my tracks out, but as usual, I lost track of my own tracks and had to navigate the way back as well. Thanks for an interesting cap in the middle of nowhere OFTH! </p>
2010-10-20T20:00:00Found itStrider's Ride<p>BCP217 Moberly Trail</p>
<p>After some frustration at being unable to find decent access to the BCP220 cap I eventually gave up & headed back southwards towards this one. Having read the other cap hunters entertaining accounts, this one was cause for some real trepidation, but I was determined to get it & for several reasons opted to use a different approach than that used by others. Parking on the edge of HIghway 40, the distance to the cap was about 630m with an uphill grade that didn't look too bad & had been logged out for about half the distance to my target. After hiking up the hillside & arriving at the edge of the cleared area, it was time to fasten up the coat, get the gloves on & head into the dense bush with the bear spray at the ready. From that point, It was bushwacking to be sure, but not quite as bad as expected & from what others had encountered, even utilizing some game trails in places & eventually making it to the cap unscathed...all in all this was one of the more satisfying cap finds of the day.
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<p>TFTCap ofth</p>
<p>This entry was edited by Strider's Ride on Thursday, 21 October 2010 at 21:44:41.</p>
2009-08-15T20:00:00Found itvan der Decken<p>BCP217 - Moberly Trail
Elev. 1477 metres</p>
<p>I mentioned in my log for BCP153 that the road in to that cap was narrow. Nah; [i]this[/i] part of the road was narrow! After a disappointment earlier in the evening, I was fully prepared for this "road" to disappear as well, but I managed to drive my Corolla to within 400 metres of ground zero (and by the looks of the tire tracks, to the same spot where Sleepy Hollow had parked yesterday.</p>
<p>I had RedRouge's comment about "bear bush" in mind as I made my way up the logging created meadow towards the bush. Bear in mind (no pun intended) that it was sunset, I was alone, no one in the world had any idea where I was, and if I was a bear, this meadow would look very appealing -- the raspberries were out in force. So just in case, I had the bear spray out, the safety off, and I made enough noise on my climb that any self respecting bear would have either a) come ambling over to see what potential dinner ingredient was raising so much ruckus or b) headed for the hills to get far far way from whatever obviously crazed animal was around. It's no secret which option I'd prefer... <img src="/images/icons/icon_smile_wink.gif" border="0" align="middle" /></p>
<p>Crossing the meadow littered with the remains of the logging operation was bad enough, but wow, that bush was worse. I've been in denser undergrowth, but not recently! The electronic compass on the GPSr actually came in very handy, as it was [s]difficult[/s] impossible to move in a straight line for any distance. Or for that matter, to move at all at times. Finally I spotted some of the flagging around ground zero and broke through to the large area of blowdown. My hat's off to Rocky 1 for initially finding this one. [i]Technically[/i], that rock that the cap is cemented into is big enough to be a boulder, but generally you'd be expected something a little (okay, a lot) more massive. If it was covered in moss, this rock would be incredibly easy to overlook. And with no magnetic steel pipe to deflect a compass, finding that tiny little cap without the use of a metal detector would have been especially difficult.</p>
<p>Oh, and everything you need to be able to see on the cap is very clear. You'll see what I mean when you're there. <img src="/images/icons/icon_smile_wink.gif" border="0" align="middle" /></p>
<p>After taking the requisite photos, I spotted a cutline that headed roughly southwest. Since that was the direction I needed to go, I tried to follow it. It didn't take long for me to realize my error. The cutline was all undergrowth, and without any large trees there to thin it out... well, it was back into the forest for me! I finally broke through back to the meadow and made my way downhill towards the car. Still making lots of noise, I almost missed a sound from the woods beside the meadow. Something moving? My imagination? I don't know, but I didn't stick around to find out. I'm sure it was nothing; just as I'm sure that the dark mass I saw in the cutline was the dirt ball around the roots of a fallen tree and not a slumbering bear -- but I didn't stick around to find out I was possibly wrong about that either! Thanks for the cap in the wilderness with an interesting drive up and a challenging little hike.</p>