GC1KE7Q Piles of Tires
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: PaulKS and EmilyKS @ | Hide Date: 01/03/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 46.633 W105° 07.983 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
             

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A level hiking trail in Prospect Park will lead you to this cache. This cache is near a trail with a view of a lake. Alternatively, you might try approaching from the south, but you'll miss a nice walk, and extra stealth may be required as you pass through an industrial area.

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You're looking for a camouflaged pill bottle, 2" diameter x 6" tall. There is some litter near this cache, so if you'd like to do your good deed for the day, bring a shopping bag and carry a bit of the trash out. If the area is clean when you visit, you'll know that geocachers have been making a difference. Cache in Trash Out.

Access this cache via the unpaved footpath that joins the Clear Creek bike path at the southeast corner of the lake. Alternatively, you could drive along 44th Avenue, turn into a commercial building's parking lot, and park along the fence behind the warehouse. There is a locked gate in the fence about 40 feet west of the cache. No need to enter the gate (from either side) to find the cache.

Notice the piles of tires stacked along the fence to the west of the cache.

Tire Trivia:
* A $1.50 waste tire recycling fee is charged for every car tire sold in Colorado.
* Over 33 million tires have been removed/reused/recycled in Colorado from 1996 through 2007.
* Recycled tires are used as fuel for some industrial plants (like the Holcim cement plant in Fremont County).
* Recycled tires are used in synthetic surfacing for playgrounds and running tracks.
* Water collecting in piles of waste tires is ideal mosquito breeding habitat.
* A tire contains the energy equivalent of about two gallons of oil.
* Occasionally landfills or tire-dumping grounds catch fire, and these tire fires are very difficult to extinguish.
* When US forces became bogged down in street-to-street fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, local militia summoned help by burning tires--which sent up a smoke signal that pinpointed the areas where help was needed.
* Winnie Mandela popularized the tire necklace method of execution. A tire was pressed down over the victim's shoulders, gasoline poured into the tire's cavity, then set alight.

06/15/2019 By Mop5
Pile of tires or pile of trash?

06/01/2019 By Cindeylyn
Found it

04/28/2019 By TwoPonds
Steady wind was blowing on our journey to the cache. Lots of litter. Could use a little CITO.

04/28/2019 By Too Bears
We went for the walk rather than driving closer. It was hold onto your hats because of the wind! TFTC!

04/23/2019 By anthonycolman
Found nothing in it but log book thanxs

01/28/2018 By EJBHGV
Walked the path along the lake.
But found no cache at the old or new coordinates.
I did find a lot of trash in this area.
Not sure if the cache survived the dumping of trash.

09/17/2017 By outdrlvr201
Didn't know if the original description applied since the cache was replaced and moved. Anyway, couldn't find it where GZ took me.

09/02/2017 By Smudge2026
We did it at night no dice

01/03/2017 By paulks
Replaced missing container and updated cache coordinates. Come and get it!

01/03/2017 By paulks
N39° 46.633 W105° 07.983
Coordinates changed from:
N 39° 46.631 W 105° 7.971

Coordinates changed to:
N 39° 46.633 W 105° 7.983

Distance from original: 57.5 feet or 17.5 meters.

Updating the coordinates now that the cache is located along the fence line.

11/18/2016 By T&A137
Looked for while and ever got a hint from a tie sir employee but no go.

11/18/2016 By BroncoCole
Not today. Bummer.

08/18/2016 By XTerra85
Tftc Found it during big geotrip to USA ,CANADA,MEXIKOwit Jonea,Marci.We loget Moravia Team or MT.Thanks for nice cache from Czech Republic ŠINDY Dik za pekné keše pri ceste napríc USA Cílem výpravy je projet a odlovit 48 státu+Mexiko a Kanadu.Prioritou jsou odlov virtuálních keší a stopa naší výpravy po 50 kilometrech .Chceme navštívit 44 Národních parku ,4nejvyšší hory USA.Trešnickou na výprave bude odlov trailu v Californii+Nevade slavné Rote66,Hell1+2,Et1+2a další prilehlé keše na trase 5000mil,celkem najefeme pres 30000mil ,projedeme tisíce galonu benzinu a vypijeme i tolik vody pri teplotáchkolem 100F.Je to první zbesilá výprava takového rozsahu a proto dik i za tu nejmenší keš kterou najdeme dík za keše ŠINDY

08/18/2016 By MT-Jonea
Found it during 89-days big geotrip to USA, Canada, Mexico with Sindy, Marci. We logged as "Moravia Team" or "MT". Thanks for nice caches from Brno city in Czech republic EU.

06/09/2016 By Pitdog1027
DNF-lots of trash around including a pair of nasty underpants. Didn't look long