Welcome to the 100 Acre Wood
The cache IS at the posted coordinates.
You can sign the log anytime, but to claim a find, you need to complete the following challenge:
Welcome to the 100 Acre Wood, a forest of challenges that will let you flex your stats AND stretch your legs. Glen Alpine Valley is home to some amazing twisted and time-worn Juniper trees. They thrive in challenging terrain under challenging conditions, so it seems only fitting that they also host some challenging caches! In creating this course, I wanted to share a place I love and provide a source of inspiration and motivation... I like to have goals that require effort but that are clearly achievable, goals I know I can constantly build toward and complete. I have hiked to all of these trees in the summer and visited them all by snowshoe in the winter. These caches are all off-trail in moderate to difficult terrain... but there are plenty of rocks, ridges, terraces, and traverses that make them all accessible if you pick the right approach. However and whenever you plan to go, plan ahead and be prepared. And if you've got 100 aches at the end of the day... you're only feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Challenge Qualifications: 100 Virtual Cache Finds
This challenge is for those who know that getting ghosted isn't always a bad thing... Most geocachers I know love looking for those little ghost icons because we know it is bound to lead us to something special! And when a little ghost goes away, it never comes back, so virtual caches feel a lot like rare collectors' items. Virtual Caches are either going to be classic caches published in the early years of geocaching or they will be the new Virtual Rewards, which have never failed to lead me to something of cultural importance or delightful creativity. To qualify for this challenge, you need to have found a minimum of 100 virtual caches (both the classic caches and new rewards count towards your total). At the time of publication, I qualify with a total of 280 virtual cache finds, including finds in 23 US states and 20 Countries (21 counting the US).
You can verify your totals with the checker below!
No need to share all 100 of your finds... that's easy to see in your stats, but I encourage you to share your favorite Virtual Cache experience in your log! Some of my all-time favorites are:
Virtual Reward: GC7B6XR - Rendez-vous Rue de la Paix
Classic Virtual: GC9A6E - Historic Words
All-American: GC64F7 - Standin on the corner....