The Second Great Lambert Park Treasure Hunt

The Second Great Lambert Park Treasure Hunt

Instructions: Most treasures are hidden under a rock or log. (Please put any rocks you move BACK where you found them.) Each item is accompanied by a small flag. After removing a prize, plant the flag in the ground, so any riders that come after you will know the item has been removed. The Treasure Hunt started at 10 am, Saturday April 17, 2004.

Location of Treasures, organized by trail (during the event, treasure locations were listed in random order, to make things even more chaotic):

Ziggy
On Ziggy, exactly half-way between the Poppy Trail fork and the Zag fork. Check under a smallish flat rock.
At _____(1)’s highest point, walk uphill _____(2) feet and look under a chunk of red quartzite. (1) Newpaper cartoon character. (2) Number of links in one foot of bicycle chain.
Take _____(1) to the _____(2) and go south. When the _____(2) intersects ____(1) again, take _____(1) 0.1 mile uphill. Spot a large box elder tree. Bushwhack over to the tree and check underneath it. (1) Newpaper cartoon character. (2) Implement used to open an alcoholic beverage.
Going downhill on Ziggy, you’ll go around a hairpin turn, and a tiny bit further downhill you’ll see a lonely little cedar tree. Check behind it.
Spring
Starting on the bottom of _____(1) where it forks off of Middle, go through a dip, then watch for a small rotten log on your left. The treasure is underneath. (1) Two seasons after Fall.
From the Middle Trail, start up the _____(1) Trail. Go exactly _____(2) miles. Look under a dead _____(3) _____(4) lying along the trail. (1) Stravinsky’s symphony “Rites of ____.” (2) Number of wheels on a Hot Cycle, divided by ten. (3) Wood used in closets because moths don’t like it. (4) Part of an elephant.
On the _____(1) Trail, exactly _____(2) miles from its southernmost end. There's a rock about 15 feet south of the trail. (1) Part of a mattress. (2) Jazz win-loss ratio for the 2003-2004 season.
Starting up the Spring Trail from the Middle Trail, go exactly _____(1) miles. Stop and look for a rock among some nearby trees. (1) Add the sum of all seven digits in Revolution Mountain Sports’ phone number, then divide by 10.
Where water comes forth from the mountain, ride up above it, then find treasure under a rock.
Ode to Spring: Rock upsy, Rock Downsy. Don’t bang your crank. The treasure is hidden ten feet up the bank.
Ride the Spring Trail from its bottom end, counter-clockwise. Starting at the fork off the Middle Trail, ride exactly _____(1) miles. Find a treasure under a rock, six feet uphill from the trail. (1) Number of the US highway that goes through Moab, divided by 100.
Zag
Turn off _____(1) to go uphill on ____(2). Go _____(3) miles. Find a treasure behind the biggest rock you can see. (1) Newpaper cartoon character. (2) ___nut candy bar. (3) Sum of handgrips plus seats on a tandem bike, divided by ten.
GPS 40 28.028 111 45.264, elevation 5284 feet.
Going uphill on ____(1), cross a doubletrack. Now find a treasure under a rock in the middle of a grove of Gambel Oak. (1) Opposite of Zig.
Middle
On the Middle Trail, find a spot where you “thread the needle” or “split the goalposts.” As you clear this tricky spot, look for a big rock at the bottom of a small dip.
On the Middle Trail, there’s a small Cedar tree about 40 feet away from the fork with the Spring Trail. Look behind the tree.
Ziggy crosses the Alpine Perimeter Trail twice. At the northernmost crossing, look under a rock.
Southbound on the _____(1) Trail, go through a big _____(2), then start looking for a rockpile under a _____(3) _____(4) _____(5). (1) Location midway between the two ends. (2) Gooey substance used with chips. (3) Cubic container, often made of cardboard. (4) Older than. (5) Item honored on Arbor Day.
At the biggest Cedar tree on the Middle Trail, look under a rock on the south side of the tree.
Where the _____(1) Trail meets the _____(2) Trail, pick up a rock with a spot of green paint. (1) Position midway between. (2) ___-corn + "eeee"
Rodeo
Going uphill on the _____(1) Trail, at the first place where a clumsy rider could fall into the creek, find a treasure under a pile of old wood. (1) Sport involving big hats, clowns, and a lot of bull.
Somewhere on the uphill section of the _____(1) Trail, enter a clearing and see a pile of rocks. The treasure is underneath. (1) Event where barrel racing is performed.
Oh, Rodeo, Rodeo. Wherefore art thou Rodeo? This trail by any other name would ride as sweet. At a fork where the uphill leg starts off of the downhill leg, look under the rock.
Going downhill on the _____(1) Trail, find something that reminds you of a Simon and Garfunkle song. The treasure is under the old plywood. (1) Sport found to be most likely to cause injury to participants in medical studies.
Poppy
On the _____(1) Trail, look for a line of something that will fizz when vinegar is put on it. Check under one right along trail. (1) Opium-producing flower.
Walk through Lambert Park’s most awesome meadow of poppies to a grove of mahogany trees. Find a treasure under a rock.
Ruin
On the _____(1) Trail, go to the 5th _______(2) and look around. (1) Drugs are the road to _____. (2) Van Halen song.
On the Ruin Trail, look for a _____(1) _____(2). A treasure is directly below it. (1) Heckle and Jeckle were _____. (2) Ship lookout point, the crow’s ____.
River
On the River Trail, at the big dip, right in the bottom.
On the River Trail, under a rock alongside the trail, as you pass a large _____(1) tree, 0.23 miles south of the _____(2). (1) ___-er Fudd. (2) Sheep _____ kills ticks.
Go to the downhill end of the ______(1) Trail. Come northeast to giant _____(2) _____(3). Look under a rock in front. (1) Dead actor, _____ Phoenix. (2) How much ____ could a ____ chuck chuck. (3) Hemorrhoids.
Flank
Turn off the Corkscrew onto the Flank Trail. If Lone Peak is made of (A) Limestone, ride 0.06 miles. (B) Granite, ride 0.12 miles. (C) Sandstone, ride 0.18 miles. To your right, behind it.
On the Flank Trail, you’ll see a row of large _____(1)s. Follow the row _____(2) meters uphill, then check under a rock. (1) Town in Colorado, where Mork from Ork landed. (2) John Stockton’s jersey number.
Corkscrew
On the Corkscrew trail, _____(1) miles from a trail fork, along an old _____(2), look behind a large rock downhill from the trail. (1) Ted Williams batting average. (2) Reseller of illegally-procured goods.
Exactly 0.1 miles from the bottom of Corkscrew, where it branches off the City Trail, look under a yellowish rock near a firebreak.

GPS 40 28.059 111 45.005, elevation 5390 feet.

	Go to this spot, then look under a rock beneath a window in the northern wall.
	When you see this scene, walk behind the big rock.

Kids’ Treasure Hunt

Age 10 and under.

Rules:
Your Mom, Dad, or older sister can help you.
You get to keep any prizes you find.
When you find a prize, put the flag in the ground.
Put the rocks back.

START where the Rodeo Trail crosses the paved road (see map).
1. Where the River trail branches off of the Middle Trail, look under the biggest rock in the pile.
TURN RIGHT onto the River Trail.
2. When the River Trail crosses the road for the first time, go behind the bushes in back of the “Alpine City Trails” sign and look under the leaves.
3. When you go over a bridge, walk down underneath the bridge and lift up a rock.
4. When you cross another gravel road, look under a rock that’s behind the “Alpine City Trails” sign.
GO THROUGH A BIG DIP.
5. When you go around a bend with trees leaning over the trail, look for a rock with a red stripe on it. The prize is under a smaller rock behind the big rock.
6. When you arrive at a gravel road with an “Alpine City Trails” sign on the other side, stop. There’s a treasure under a rock behind the sign.
Now TURN LEFT on the gravel road. Go a little ways, then TURN LEFT AGAIN on the main gravel road.
7. See a pipe sticking up on the side of the road? There’s a treasure under the rock pile in front of it.
8. When the road forks, turn right (don’t go straight). On the inside (right side) of the curve, look under a rock pile.
9. Watch for a spot where a trail crosses the road (the second time a trail crosses the road) where there’s an old dead tree lying on the ground. Look under a small pile of rocks behind the dead tree.
NOW TURN RIGHT onto the narrow trail.
10. See an old tire? There’s a treasure inside it. Hope it’s your size!