GC1KFFK Traditional Cache Racetrack Crash Barrier on S. Table Mountain
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: PaulKS @ | Hide Date: 01/04/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 45.001 W105° 10.328 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes more than an hour  Dangerous Animals  No Drinking water nearby  Bicycles  No Motorcycles  Horses  Medium hike (1km-10km) 

Did you know that there's an automobile race track on South Table Mountain? Hike up here to see it for yourself. Once you've reached the top, the walking is reasonably level.

This white plastic container is a bit longer than a 35mm film container and is a log-only cache. BYOP. The cache should be accessible in most conditions, even with a few inches of snow on the ground.

About 30 yards west of this cache is a pile of tires that acts as a race course crash barrier. Law enforcement officers develop their driving skills here. I've seen them weaving their cars through cones -- slalom style. During the summer weekday evenings, sometimes you'll see a pack of colorful bicycle racers on the course, competing in a criterium race.

Access:
* From the east: There is a trail head at the end of Foothills Circle Drive, which can be approached via 32nd Ave, south on Eldridge at the turning circle, then west on Foothills Circle and south on Old Quarry Lane.
* From the south: The top of the mountain is also accessible via Quaker Street north of South Golden Road.
* From the south: A trail begins just east of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, but don't use the NREL visitor parking. Instead, go east a bit to find a parking spot.
* From the west: A trail rises from the intersection of 18th and Belvedere St. near old-town Golden. (This access point is farthest from the cache -- on the opposite side of the mesa.)

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9 Logs: Found it 8  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 03/24/2019 By ColoradoYankees
TFTC!

Found it 03/20/2019 By p-erwin
Great find - the race track is totally random!

Found it 11/10/2018 By MountainBear
Found with Java Chip. We saw several state troopers practicing on the track. We were impressed at some serious speed going in reverse...the cars, not us. TFTC!

Found it 10/25/2018 By pennytheclimber
TFTC. Saw this one off the trail. Nice log and cache in great condition

Found it 03/11/2018 By SeekDaCache
Broke out the geo-bike and headed out to spend the day caching up on South table mountain. Finally getting to go do these caches after having them on the radar for sometime and with the weather still chilly out, what a better time to go. Not having to worry about walking upon a snake makes it even better. Found the lid to the cache about a foot away. Stop to watch some of the JCSO cars try to make it around the hair pin turn as plume of blue smoke rose from their tires skidding. Nice hide, SL,TFTC, picked up the pathtag. Uploading photos shortly.

Owner Maintenance 01/01/2018 By paulks
Checked on this cache on a sunny New Years Day. All’s well. Come and get it!

Found it 11/30/2017 By bakikum
who knew there would be a racetrack up here! Cool. TFTC

Found it 04/09/2017 By feelthebern
Found it

Found it 03/18/2017 By mikecamden
TFTC I can't believe their is a race track how cool.