Ironhide Traditional Cache

Ironhide (properly pronounced "Arn-hahhhd") is one of the Transformers fighting with Optimus Prime against the Decepticons. He's often considered yesterday's model, but is built to last although a little rough around the edges. What's all that got to do with this cache? As you'll see when you get to the posted coordinates, the name just seemed to fit the location

Small slikens (such as this one) and bits and pieces of infrastructure leftover from Canmore's coal mining days dot the landscape in this area

This is one of ten geocaches in our Parkway Challenge Series. All caches in the series are placed in close proximity to the network of pathways along either side of the Three Sisters Parkway. The challenge is to find and sign the official log for all ten geocaches. There’s no set order for finding the caches and no information to collect. We’ll reward the first five geocaching accounts to complete the challenge with an unactivated GeoKs’ geocoin, delivered via snail mail unless alternate arrangements are made.

The terrain rating for all caches in the series is two or lower. We rode bikes or walked to place all the caches in their hiding spots. The difficulty ratings range from 1.5 to 5. Several caches in the series are highly engineered. Brute force is NOT required. Brain power IS required. If you can't open a cache in this series, there's probably something about the cache container that you haven't yet figured out. Please re-read the cache title, description and hint (if any) for any information you may have overlooked and then try again.

The other geocaches in the series are:
GC4KAQ4 – Welcome to Three Sisters
GC4M9H3 – A Bird's Eye View (Reimagined)
GC755H7 - Birdhouse MAZE
GC4M9H7 – Avis Domus
GC4NCWC – Angry Birds?
GC4M9HJ – Alexander Graham Bell
GC5XYK2 – Pipe Dreams II
GC4M9HE – Riverside Trail
GC4NCWX – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

You are searching for a well-hidden, camo'd bison tube containing only a log sheet. BYOP. There is a large anthill nearby, but there's no need to disturb the ants.

NOTE: This area is frequented by wildlife, including elk, deer and occasionally coyotes, bears and/or cougars. Please be WILDSMART - make lots of noise and carry bear spray (and know how to use it).

This cache is located along a short, hard-packed and flat single track biking/walking trail. It cuts a big corner off the paved pathway running from Fitzgerald Rise to the well-marked pedestrian crossing on Three Sisters Parkway a little bit east of the Cairns subdivision.