GC2M72T Traditional Cache Sport's Vail backwoods Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: WolfgangStiller @ | Hide Date: 01/08/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 41.751 W106° 21.112 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Available during winter  No Snowmobiles  Long Hike (+10km) 

Nice easy cache that is an ideal ski destination for the winter but has good hiking access year-round.


After skiing into this location over new years (I guess this cache is a difficulty five in the winter since it really requires skis), I wanted to place a cache to introduce people to this wonderful location. This is a great location to visit year round but is particularly nice as a ski destination. This cache is located right next to the Ben Eisman hut (see http://www.huts.org/The_Huts/eiseman.html). It was placed after skiing in to the hut at about face height but one report shows at at 9 feet in the tree in the summer.

Congrats to mdford45 for the FTF!
I'd strongly recommend hiking or skiing the last section to the hut.
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Located at about face height in a tree. It should be good to find in the winter.

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5 Logs: Found it 4  Write note 1  

Found it 03/19/2018 By ob.soccer
What a hike but tftc at the end!

Found it 03/19/2018 By SiRocket
Wow. So many things to say. My buddy invited me on this hut trip since I was coming out from PA to snowboard, so we borrowed enough gear to make it happen, and safely, too- the group gave me crash course in avalanche gear, glad we never needed it. First time I've gotten to do true backcountry riding, let alone with a splitboard. Or that many miles at this high an elevation. Haha my nickname was Sea Level cuz of my lack of acclimation xD I had to stop to breathe every 100' it seemed. But oh man, the turns we got, after 8 fresh inches of snow overnight. Epic. And then I got to revive a long-unfound cache, too! Winning!

Found it 09/01/2015 By TomAndJean
The toughest part is extracting the folded log sheet out of the narrow necked container. Deft smaller fingers needed. Rehung it within arms reach off bare ground. Road up is no problem in a proper 4x4, though a slow go. Beautiful views up here. TFTC.

Found it 07/28/2012 By mdford45
First FTF. Looked for 45 min and was about to leave when a lady who didn't know what geocaching was saw it. In the summer it's about 9' off ground!
Highly recommend high clearance vehicle. I'm guessing $800 worth of damage to our SUV.

This entry was edited by mdford45 on Sunday, 29 July 2012 at 06:23:51 UTC.

Write note 07/27/2012 By mdford45
Wanted desperately to be first to find, but it's not to be. No road names...only numbers so we drove all the way down to Piney Lake Ranch....the good news is we have a new place to come to camp next year! Saw a bull moose. Went back the way we came and took 786 until there was 1.4 miles left. Really needed a high clearance vehicle as my undercarriage got all banged up. Pouring rain so turned around. Was this the right direction?