Take a Hike - OR - Get Taken for a Ride. Letterbox Hybrid
Take a Hike - OR - Get Taken for a Ride.
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This Geocache is a LETTERBOX-HYBRID. It is located in The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park. Entry is $7.00 per adult, $4 children IF you ride the tramway. Access is FREE if you hike up. This cache is approved by TPWD. LETTERBOXING STAMP, INKPAD & LOGBOOK ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!
This letterbox - geocache is set up to entice more letterboxers and geocachers into the Franklin Mountains, and Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park. It is located on top of Comanche Peak.
There are TWO WAYS to find this letterbox. One way takes time and energy. The other costs money. You will pay for it either way, so you decide if it is in dollars or pain.
HIKING: NOTE! Please stay on the trail. The trail will lead you to the platform GATE - the only allowed entrance to the platform. The rangers are not allowed to let hikers jump the rail. Please don't ask them. Click TRAIL MAP You begin on the west side of the mountains at the north end of Stanton Street and HIKE to find the letterbox. The trail starts there, and follows the foothills north of Crazy Cat Mountain, then turns south into Crazy Cat Canyon. It follows the 1000 steps trail. As the Thousand Steps trail tops out at a T-intersection, take the RIGHT fork on the Ridgeline Trail. This leads you eventually to the proper stairs and gate at the mountaintop site of the Wyler Aerial tramway at the CH-9 TV transmitter. The one-way distance is 1.7 miles and the elevation gain is 1285 feet. Check below for hours of operation. The trail is always available, but the letterbox is not.
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DRIVE-RIDE: You can begin on the east side of the mountains, drive to 1700 McKinley St. and PAY for someone else to do the hard work - Ride the Tram. This cache can be found in under an hour, but you may want to plan on taking a while to enjoy the area. For more information and business hours – plus tour, history, and other information, go HERE. . If you ride the tram up, the cache is a 1/1 - wheelchair accessable.
If you write in the logbook, PLEASE LOG IT ON-LINE TOO! DO NOT put letterbox stamps in the Geocaching logbook. The waterproof paper will not take the ink, and it will make a mess. THE FIRST GEOCACHER TO FIND THIS ONE CAN CLAIM THE NEW Geocaching patch! Please leave the letterbox patches for the first LBNA letterboxer. If you would like to hunt this as a letterbox, go here: LETTERBOX.
Additional Hints
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Nfx gur enatre sbe uryc - gurl xabj jurer vg vf.