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Moonlight in the Forest LbNA #57146

Owner:Calli-K
Plant date:Mar 12, 2011
Location: Lone Pine Trail
City:Terrebonne
County:Jefferson
State:Oregon
Boxes:1
Found by: Calli-K
Last found:Sep 8, 2015
Status:FO
Last edited:Mar 12, 2011
This box isn't in a forest, it's on the Lone Pine Trail in the BLM's Otter Bench Trail System. And I never saw a lone pine either. You can google the names of the trails for a map. If you have walking poles by all means take them, be sure to take plenty of water, and I wouldn't advise taking small children. The hike involves steep ascent and descent, climbing up to and down from rocks in the trail that serve as steps, some of which are 2' tall. The smooth parts of the trail are steep in places with dirt and rocks that a person could slip on with poles or a walking stick. It isn't an easy trail.

You will be parking in the parking lot for another of my boxes, Pink Trail - do them both!

Don't forget your 50-pound backpack, ha ha. Watch for snakes -- NO JOKE! It was clear in March, but you may have to bushwhack the last few yards to river's edge in warmer weather. Lovely large boulder to sit on, have a snack, and stamp in.

GETTING THERE:
From highway 97 in Terrebonne, Oregon, turn onto Lower Bridge Road towards Crooked River Ranch. Turn right on 43rd, left at the T onto Chinook Drive, follow Chinook past the Clubhouse, golf course, real estate offices, and gas station-store. Keep following Chinook to Horny Hollow Road (no outlet) and follow that out to the end where there is a BLM trail map in a circular parking area.

CLUES:
The Lone Pine Trail heads out at about 30 degrees from the parking area, beginning at the first parking spot on the right as you enter the circle. At about .45 miles the trail will begin a steep descent into the canyon to the river edge at .75 miles. So round trip is 1.5 miles. Look for the round post at the bottom of the trail. From the post take 19 steps along the hillside heading about 320 degrees. Standing at the box you will see a house on the rim at 150, the post at 130, and a rocky outcropping on the rim above you at 250. The box is in a crevice between two boulders stacked pretty much one atop the other. Use a stick before you put your hand in there to make sure no critters have taken up residence.

Please rehide the box really well so no parts of it show and throw a little duff on top to avoid leaving the typical "stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb letterbox rock pile."