Iron Goat LbNA #65583
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | Aug 4, 2013 |
| Location: | Iron Goat Trail |
| City: | Skykomish |
| County: | King |
| State: | Washington |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | K&K |
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| Last found: | May 26, 2016 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Mar 12, 2019 |
Terrain Difficulty: Moderate (moderate slope, 2.5 mi RT)
Status: alive
The Great Northern Railway was completed over 100 years ago and is one of the most remarkable engineering feats of the nineteenth century. It marked the crossing of the Cascades at Stevens Pass which helped open the Pacific Northwest to settlement and trade with the rest of the world. The original route over the pass consisted of an intricate set of switchbacks cut into the mountainside. The Cascade Tunnel, completed in 1900, bypassed the switchbacks, but winter snow slides were still a problem and in 1910 the worst avalanche in U.S. history occurred in Wellington. A new Cascade Tunnel was built in 1929, which made the old grade obsolete, and it was abandoned completely until dedicated volunteers turned it into the Iron Goat Trail. There are parking areas at each end, Wellington and Scenic, where this letterbox can be found on the hike to Windy Point. A good book to read about the railroad and avalanche is "The White Cascade" by Gary Krist.
Directions:
Go east on US 2 to MP 58. Turn north onto the Old Cascade Highway, then turn immediately right into the Iron Goat Interpretive Site at Scenic and park (no pass required).
Clues:
Hike the Windy Point Crossover trail to Windy Point, peeking inside the tunnel along the way. Read the viewpoint sign then turn around and walk 20 steps up through boulders to a tree leaning toward you. Go to the middle of the tree and look under it. The minibox is under a triangular rock laying against a bigger rock. Please replace as described and be discreet.
Status: alive
The Great Northern Railway was completed over 100 years ago and is one of the most remarkable engineering feats of the nineteenth century. It marked the crossing of the Cascades at Stevens Pass which helped open the Pacific Northwest to settlement and trade with the rest of the world. The original route over the pass consisted of an intricate set of switchbacks cut into the mountainside. The Cascade Tunnel, completed in 1900, bypassed the switchbacks, but winter snow slides were still a problem and in 1910 the worst avalanche in U.S. history occurred in Wellington. A new Cascade Tunnel was built in 1929, which made the old grade obsolete, and it was abandoned completely until dedicated volunteers turned it into the Iron Goat Trail. There are parking areas at each end, Wellington and Scenic, where this letterbox can be found on the hike to Windy Point. A good book to read about the railroad and avalanche is "The White Cascade" by Gary Krist.
Directions:
Go east on US 2 to MP 58. Turn north onto the Old Cascade Highway, then turn immediately right into the Iron Goat Interpretive Site at Scenic and park (no pass required).
Clues:
Hike the Windy Point Crossover trail to Windy Point, peeking inside the tunnel along the way. Read the viewpoint sign then turn around and walk 20 steps up through boulders to a tree leaning toward you. Go to the middle of the tree and look under it. The minibox is under a triangular rock laying against a bigger rock. Please replace as described and be discreet.