GC18YYJ Traditional Cache Tucker Mountain Freeride
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 4.5 out of 5
By: chefstern @ | Hide Date: 01/26/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 27.339 W106° 10.199 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 5
Scenic view  Available during winter  Cliff / falling rocks  Dangerous area  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Tucker Mountain will be a difficult hike in the summer or winter. In the winter you could choose to purchase a lift ticket from Copper Mountain. The lift and snowcat will get you within .75 miles of the cache. Match stick container hanging.
Copper Mountain, Copper Bowl:
The snowcat operates 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM daily. All of the runs on Tucker are rated Extreme Terrain. Please know your limits before attempting this hill. You will have a .75 mile hike along the west ridge after the snowcat drops you off. The waist deep untracked powder will be well worth you effort.

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SA18YYJ - Snowcat Access
N 39° 27.769 W 106° 10.414
Snowcat pickup area.
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
SA18YYJSnowcat Access Trailhead Snowcat pickup area. 01/27/2008 N 39° 27.769 W 106° 10.414 0.85 kms N 

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South side of the pole, at the base.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 01/27/2017 By Other_Guy
Beautiful day on Tucker Mountain! Took the Cat and subsequent hike twice and were well rewarded with this cache and loads of good turns through Freemont Glade. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 09/10/2016 By sibila77
OMG. Beautiful hike today.
Tucker Mountain Freeride- Sep.10,2016

Tucker Mountain Freeride- Sep.10,2016

Found it 03/11/2016 By SiRocket
Whoo!! 3 1/2 years since the last find on this one. We found out the cat ride was included in the ticket price, so we ran over just in time to get on the last run up. The necessary hike was totally worth it, even without this bonus cache I would've taken a look for one of the other caches out here too, but by the time we finally caught our breath, took some pics and signed the log, the ski patroller came over to tell us it was time for his sweep. I was quite happy to get to sign one way up here. Thanks!
The view from the first peak hiking over

Found it 10/13/2012 By kenyansherpa
Almost a white out up here today ( see photos ) with the requiste wind! Thanks so much for placing these caches on Tucker, they are special. The cache is in good shape after a year and 3/4 since the last finder. TFTH!!!

Tucker Mountain

Almost a white-out up here today

Found it 01/26/2011 By tkays
Glade 1 was awesome today-- untracked to the knees!

Found it 08/08/2010 By WingsAndTales
Since estes01 and I never caught the snow cat running last winter we made the hike today to get the Tucker caches and some others on the way down. I did the Copper Triangle bike ride yesterday which was 80 miles over 3 passes and 6000 feet of elevation gain. Our hike today was 12 miles and 3700 feet so I'm beat. It's a good thing we're using the jeep tomorrow. There were stunning views from up here. TFTC
Ten Mile Range from Tucker ridge

Looking toward Leadville from Tucker ridge
Looking west along Tucker ridge to Jacque Peak
East along Tucker ridge w/ Ten Mile range in back

Found it 08/08/2010 By estes01
Tried to get to this cache last summer, but had to turn back because of the weather. I tried again this past winter, but the Cat wasn't running on the days I was up at Copper. Today, WingsAndTales and I finally made it! We skipped Biscotti because the clouds were rolling in and I didn't want to miss a High in Colorado cache. It was worth the gruelling hike - a total of 12 miles and 3,700' elevation gain. Thanks for the challenge.
Tucker Ridge

Tucker Mountain

Found it 04/11/2010 By sleuthers
Now that was a blast. We'd never been up on the snowcat before and didn't realise it was free. The walk was a bit of effort but worth it for the view alone. Quickly found the cache. I didn't expect to be trying this cache today so didn't bring along the details for for "Amaretti at Tucker Mountain". So we went down the wrong chute, and didn't have time for another run. I expect the cache will still be there next year... Thanks for putting all of these out.

Found it 08/11/2009 By DrewGzy
Awesome hike up to this one.

Thanks for the cache.

Found it 08/01/2009 By COpackrat
Not a soul in sight, wonder why? :-) TFTC