Karen and I spent an afternoon hiking and caching in Las Trampas. I had initially planned on going to the Devil’s Hole area for 6 caches, but it seemed a bit far given when we were starting. So we took the Chamise Trail to start and ended up walking 4.8 miles with some pretty rugged climbs.
Our first one was Primarily Pens, Pins, and a Penn, found at 2:09 PM. The GPSr wasn’t real accurate, but I chose the most likely looking spot, and there it was. This one is on the Mahogany Trail.
We continued on up to the Las Trampas Ridge trail and hiked over to Three Peaks–Vail Peak, which we found at 3:06 PM. This was a pretty brushy area, with some poison oak in spots.
Then we took the Corduroy Hills trail to Three Peaks–Eagle Peak. This trail is a scramble, and reminds me of a Mt. Washington, NH trail (except this one was a lot shorter). Once we got there, finding the cache was easy at 3:27 PM. It’s just under some brush.
We backtracked to the Las Trampas Ridge trail and headed up north toward Las Trampas Peak. The final location of It’s Over Rated is up that way. Made that find at 4:06 PM. It’s a hands and knees scramble under some brush to find the ammo can at coordinates N37° 49.800 W122° 3.711.
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