Oelsbergsteig

The Oelsberg steep track is a varied route through vineyards, small paths, pure nature with impressive viewpoints. On the approx. 10 km round course you can visit two other caches on your way (Krähennest und Heimat 3).

You park directly at the northern local entrance of Oberwesel behind the railroad overpass on the parking lot. Start on the marked way of Oelsbergsteig. You follow the signs until you arrive to a hut. Afterwards your way goes still far up to the viewing point "Maria Ruh". Here you make a projection with the collected values to determine the cache position. It goes back then first over ways through fields, to it to a large extent over the Rheinburgenweg along the sculpture park up to the Guenderodehaus and from there it is only a short descent back to the starting point.

Slip resistance is necessery! But this way is much less hard than the steep track in Boppard (cache there: Vier Seenblick und kein Todesfall). So it is possible to completely omit the few ladders if wanted.

I created a GPX with all waypoints, which you can download here.
Of course it contains only the stages, not the final position. This is your task :-)
Take care that your GPS (or you!?) is able to calculate a waypoint-projection! (Go xxx meters in direction/bearing yyy°). This is really important to get the final cache coordinates!

01 1. Short rest
N 50° 07.196 E 007° 43.262
1. Task:
How many tiers are here? Number = A

02 2. Short rest
N 50° 07.301 E 007° 43.534
2. Task:
How many benches are here? Number = B
Tip: Odd value!
How many tables are here? Number = C

03 3. Short rest
N 50° 07.443 E 007° 43.685
3. Task:
How many benches are here? Number = D
How many tables are here? Number = E

04 Hut
N 50° 07.676 E 007° 43.837
4. Task:
Left the flagpole there is a benche with a small metal plaque on its back.
The number on the small metal plaque minus 5 = F
The number on the small metal plaque minus 13 = G

05 Turn off to cache "Krähennest"
N 50° 07.855 E 007° 44.031
At this waypoint you can make a little side trip to the traditional-cache "Krähennest"!

06 Viewpoint "Maria Ruh" where you can stop for a bite to eat
N 50° 08.131 E 007° 43.521
Here you can make another break, enjoy the direct view to the rock of Loreley and the narrowest point of river rhine and also you can see downstream the castles Katz and Maus. Only few meters on the way you can get free drinking water or you can stop for a bite to eat in the restaurant.
Last Task: in the hut are some terms painted in big white letters. Number of terms = H
The cache is placed in [(D*F*G*H-A*B*C*E)+40] meters distance with bearing [A+B+C+D+E+F*G+H+1]°

Note for cache calculating:
The sum of all values A to H is 41.

07 Devotion
N 50° 07.815 E 007° 43.561
Waypoint for way back

08 Begin of way with sculptures
N 50° 07.544 E 007° 43.599
Waypoint for way back

09 Follow the way marker
N 50° 07.269 E 007° 43.046
Waypoint for way back

10 Günderodehaus / Stop for a bite to eat / Cache "Heimat 3"
N 50° 06.940 E 007° 42.952
Here you can make another break and enjoy the nice view. Also you can visit the mini-multi-cache "Heimat 3"
From here you walk to the startpoint/parking place. Take the path, wich is beginning above left from Günderodehaus and follow the way with marker "Oelsbergsteig" and follow it zigzag downward. If there is a fence on your way, don´t worry, it´s only for animals and you are allowed to pass it!

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