Geocache file generated by BrassCapCacheBrassCapCachecache, geocache, groundspeak2160.1BCP299Adams Ridge by outforthehunt, Benchmark (1.5/4.5)http://brasscap.albertabattlecache.ca/capbreakdown/BCP299.htmlAdams RidgeGeocacheGeocache|BenchmarkAdams RidgeoutforthehuntoutforthehuntBenchmarkVirtual1.54.5CanadaAlberta<BR><a href='http://brasscap.albertabattlecache.ca/capbreakdown/BCP299.html'TARGET='resource window'>Past Finds for BCP299</a><BR><a href='https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?ID=17395&LogType=2'TARGET='resource window'>Log Your Find</a>BRASS CAP IN ROCK BY MRKR POST
CAP LIES ON THE MOST N RANGE OF HIGH MTNS WHICH LIES S OF THE LOWER TRAIL, IT IS SITUATED ABOUT 3MI NW FROM ADAMS LOOKOUT.
Elevation 2160.118 m
N 53° 44.617 W 118° 37.453
2013-08-20T20:00:00Found itSleepy_hollow<p>BCP299 - Adams Ridge</p>
<p>After spending the night in Grande Cache (snow at higher elevations overnight) the drive to the TH that pdops noted was straight forward. The TH is actually a gravel pit / CN rail siding and this morning there was plenty of activity. Several CN vehicles were at the siding and a train even made its way past on the way to Hinton. Apparently the crew is doing a bit of track rehab in the area and this is the point they get the equipment on the track. After chatting with the crew for a few minutes they had no issues with my crossing the tracks (a marked private crossing at this point – consent required).</p>
<p>A few hundred metres after crossing the tracks is a gated entry point to a series of Devon Energy sites. The gate was open this morning, but |I didn’t want to be on the other side of a locked gate later in the day so I parked just off the road at this point.</p>
<p>After gearing up for the trip I rode the bike to the end of a road going in the direction of the seismic line / quad trail that pdops mentioned in his trip report to the cap. I forded Cabin Creek and quickly picked up the seismic line which takes you directly to ridge access point which is now distinctly marked by where a creek has washed out the seismic line / quad trail. The small drain leading to the ridge is fairly easy going, but it sure was a long uphill scree bash. Once on the first high point of the ridge, the cap is still the better part of one kilometre away.</p>
<p>After arriving at GZ the cap was quickly spotted, pictures taken, perhaps a cache hidden, and it was time to get off the ridge due to the stiff non-stop breeze. Similar to pdops I captured numerous pictures of this terrific spot and the Adams LO several km down the ridge. It was simply another fine day on the trail with well over 30 kilometres and several hundred metres of elevation gain. Congrats to the two earlier finders of this fine spot as it is truly a physically challenging undertaking – thanks OFTH for setting this one up and the pictures are on the way!</p>
2008-08-14T20:00:00Found itPDOP's<p>BCP299 Adams Ridge
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Once Was Copper Now Is Brass</p>
<p>Another great day in the Willmore Wilderness Park and another 30km hike for brass. After deciding not to add a ridge walk to this cap when visiting the Adams Creek Lookout last week I waited for a good weather forecast and set out early this morning. Parked along the railway close to Hwy40 and set out on a seismic line running up the Cabin Creek valley.</p>
<p>Lots of oilfield activity in the past couple of years initially provided for easy walking and after that a quad trail along the line ran all the way to the headwaters of Cabin Creek within a few km of the cap. Some of this was along the old Cabin Creek trail which predates the cap which was established in 1943.</p>
<p>I left the trail just after 9AM and began ascending the ridge line southeast of the cap. After cresting the ridge I had an easy slightly downhill walk to the cap. Took the required pictures and collected some waypoints while having lunch. </p>
<p>An interesting bit of history with this cap is that the original marker was a penny cemented into a rock. I guess the surveyors forgot the brass that day.</p>
<p>Chatted briefly with the towerman at the Adams Creek Lookout (excellent cell phone reception on the ridge)then started down to the south and then east into the headwaters of Cabin Creek to intersect with the seismic line for the return trip. </p>
<p>Distance and Direction From The Cap to My Waypoints and Elevation Difference</p>
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<p>Waypoint 021 = 2.38 metres at 308.4 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.6 metres
Waypoint 020 = 2.33 metres at 309.4 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.4 metres
Waypoint 019 = 2.26 metres at 307.3 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.4 metres
Waypoint 018 = 2.21 metres at 308.3 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.4 metres
Waypoint 017 = 2.21 metres at 308.3 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.1 metres
Waypoint 016 = 2.28 metres at 310.5 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.1 metres
Waypoint 015 = 2.16 metres at 309.4 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.1 metres
Waypoint 014 = 2.23 metres at 311.6 Degrees. Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.1 metres</p>
<p>---------------------- Summary ----------------------</p>
<p>Total Waypoints: 8
Horizontal Error in metres: Average = 2.26 , Minimum = 2.16, Maximum = 2.38
BCP Elevation = 2160.1 metres Average Elevation Of Waypoints = 2164.4 metres
Average Elevation Difference from BCP = 4.3 metres</p>
2006-06-08T20:00:00Found itRocky 1<p>FTF BCP 299 Adams Ridge N53 44.617 W118 37.453
Access was going up Cabin Creek to it's headwaters.
When I broke out into the alpine region I also entered into the clouds and visibility never got better than 100m.</p>
2006-06-06T20:00:00Write noteoutforthehunt<p>New location at Adams Ridge. BCP299. </p>