This cache was placed in
conjunction with the annual Lee's Cabin skijor race hosted by
the Alaska Skijor and Pulk
Association.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maintains over 100
miles of trails in the White Mountains Recreation Area. The
route to Lee's
Cabin may be traversed by skiing, skijoring, snowshoeing,
mushing, and snowmachine in the winter and on foot, mountain bike,
or ATV weighing less than 1500 pounds GVW in the summer.
Please respect the motorized and nonmotorized designations in the
White Mountains National Recreation Area. Be prepared for
subzero temperatures and blowing snow in the winter months and a
very healthy mosquito population in the spring and summer
months. The trailhead is oftentimes 10 to 20 degrees warmer
but windier than the Fairbanks airport during the winter.
The most direct trailhead access is
from the Wickersham
Creek Trailhead at Milepost 28 of the Elliot Highway.
Sign in at the trailhead and proceed east on the Wickersham Creek
Trail approximately six miles to the Trail
Creek Trail Junction. Turn right onto the Trail Creek
Trail and proceed approximately 0.5 mile to the turn off to Lee's
Cabin. Sign the cabin's log book, enjoy the views of the
White
Mountains Range and Beaver Creek
National Wild and Scenic River drainage to the north, and
the Alaska Range to the south, and have fun looking for the
cache.
The original cache contents include
log book with pencils and pen, hand and foot warmers, toilet paper,
fire starters (bring your own ignition source), flashlight with
batteries, geocaching.com compass zipper pull, two Alaska key
chains, mosquito necklace, flower pin, goldpanner pin, towelettes,
jump rope, paratrooper, green and orange lightsticks, deck of
playing cards, Alaska-sized mosquito trap, sunglasses, mini first
aid kit, and an unscented candle. The cache also contains a
camera to capture cachers' images. Please take your photo and
leave the camera in the cache.
Photos, left to right: Lee's Cabin
with Lena the skijoring pointer; view to the north of the White
Mountains and Beaver Creek. The photos were taken in
mid-April, 2004.
Click here for
more information about the Public Recreation Cabins and how to make
reservations for an overnight stay.
Many thanks to BLM Alaska's Northern Field
Office for supporting geocaching as an approved
recreational activity on BLM lands.
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