I-80 Series Box #3 Rainbow Bridge LbNA #5079 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Doublesaj & Old Blue  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 2, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Donner |
| County: | Placer |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Bookworms |
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| Last found: | Jun 8, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFmr |
| Last edited: | Aug 2, 2003 |
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THIS BOX IS CURRENTLY MISSING
Difficulty: The toughest of the 5 in this series. You'll need to climb up some big boulders but it's totally doable even in sandals (but NOT in winter when the road will probably be closed.)
UPDATE JULY 28, 2007 This box was moved to a different spot due to a geocache that was too close for comfort. See the end of this clue for the change.
After getting Box #4 at the Donner Lake Overlook Vista Point, take the Donner Lake exit. Go right and proceed downhill. Go right at the stop sign. Take the nice, curvy road and enjoy this beautiful view. If you went to Lake Tahoe before Interstate 80 was built in the late 60s, this is the road you would have taken and you would have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. If you look to your left and up the mountain as you proceed, you will see its beautiful curves in the distance along with the train shed which protects the trains from winter avalanches even today.
Turn into the Vista Point immediately before reaching the bridge and park. After enjoying a momentous view of Donner Lake--to the box: From the parking lot, proceed to the southern end. On your right is a natural black rock wall that peters out to nothing in front of you. Make your way up and to the right climbing up the large rocks to the glacier-flattened granite where you'll see a single pine. From this pine, look back towards Donner Lake. Now, turn around 180 degrees and you will see, what appears to be a bush. It is, in fact, a hearty, old, craggy, low-spreading pine up on the rocks. Make your way to this pine, revearing its ability to have withstood the harsh weather of this site. Take care not to disturb it. (NEW PART) Now take a bearing of 140* and see another ancient juniper growing together with the tall pine down the hill a bit. The box is under the big boulder under the trees. When replacing, be sure to cover the box with smaller rocks so you can't see it from either side of the boulder.
THIS BOX IS CURRENTLY MISSING
Difficulty: The toughest of the 5 in this series. You'll need to climb up some big boulders but it's totally doable even in sandals (but NOT in winter when the road will probably be closed.)
UPDATE JULY 28, 2007 This box was moved to a different spot due to a geocache that was too close for comfort. See the end of this clue for the change.
After getting Box #4 at the Donner Lake Overlook Vista Point, take the Donner Lake exit. Go right and proceed downhill. Go right at the stop sign. Take the nice, curvy road and enjoy this beautiful view. If you went to Lake Tahoe before Interstate 80 was built in the late 60s, this is the road you would have taken and you would have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. If you look to your left and up the mountain as you proceed, you will see its beautiful curves in the distance along with the train shed which protects the trains from winter avalanches even today.
Turn into the Vista Point immediately before reaching the bridge and park. After enjoying a momentous view of Donner Lake--to the box: From the parking lot, proceed to the southern end. On your right is a natural black rock wall that peters out to nothing in front of you. Make your way up and to the right climbing up the large rocks to the glacier-flattened granite where you'll see a single pine. From this pine, look back towards Donner Lake. Now, turn around 180 degrees and you will see, what appears to be a bush. It is, in fact, a hearty, old, craggy, low-spreading pine up on the rocks. Make your way to this pine, revearing its ability to have withstood the harsh weather of this site. Take care not to disturb it. (NEW PART) Now take a bearing of 140* and see another ancient juniper growing together with the tall pine down the hill a bit. The box is under the big boulder under the trees. When replacing, be sure to cover the box with smaller rocks so you can't see it from either side of the boulder.