GC7077Q GeoSudoku
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: jrj1980 @ | Hide Date: 02/06/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 32.418 W105° 03.482 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
   

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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates.  To get the coordinates to the actual cache, you have to solve (or partially solve) a simple Sudoku puzzle.  Once you get the values for the puzzle cells labeled "A" and "B", substitute these values into the following coordinates:

N40 32.4A2 W105 03.33B

The objective of sudoku is to fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.  The puzzle I have chosen is rated as "medium" difficulty and it took me about 15 minutes to completely solve it.

Additional Waypoints

017077Q - Virtual stage
N 40° 32.510 W 105° 03.360
Recommended Parking

07/05/2019 By Spooty
DNFed this one today.
I was a little confused about the location of GZ, but I took advantage of the parking waypoint, and figured out where I needed to go. As I approached, there were a couple of dog-walking muggles coming my way, so I walked past them a ways, paused for a minute or two, and doubled back, now that the coast was clear. I spent 5+ minutes looking for a cache container, to no avail. I even caved early and looked for a hint, only to find that there wasn't one. Glancing at some recent logs after the fact, just now, I gather that this might be a tricky hide. So maybe it's still there, but I sure couldn't spot it.

06/27/2019 By rangerhal
Didn't solve the puzzle, but got enough of it to determine where the final cache must be. Took a lot of looking, but finally touched the right thing and made the find. Thanks for the fun and challenging hide!

06/14/2019 By marmotandgoatcachers
I solved this fun sudoku puzzle several months ago but have been trying to accumulate a whole collection of mystery caches so I can get a whole set of smilies in one day as preparation for one of Moose's challenge caches. Today was finally the day so I set out to balance errands and caching against the rain. The walk to this cache was muggy and warm while the return trip turned into a brief rain storm but I was smiling both ways! I really enjoyed this container and the puzzle that led to it. Thanks for the fun hide!

06/10/2019 By jrj1980
After my dentist appointment this morning, I had the rest of the day off from work. So, I did a loop on my bike and checked on most of my caches. This cache was right where it was supposed to be. Happy caching!

03/24/2019 By sheepherder
This is our 2nd trip out to look for this puzzle cache. After the 1st time here, went home and reworked the puzzle, in which we came up with a different set of coordinates. Upon returning with the new coordinates, we were able to find your puzzle cache. Thank you for your cache

08/19/2018 By sheepherder
Out solving puzzle caches today. Did not find your cache. Thank you for your efforts

08/19/2018 By quinnster212
Sure couldn’t find it today. Saw a lot of crabapples but no cache.

05/30/2018 By jrj1980
I added a waypoint for a recommended parking location.

02/26/2018 By vkrose1
Dropped my pen along the way, but got a video! Love the hide!

12/10/2017 By AbvAvg
In FC today to find solved mystery caches. Finally signed the log for this one. Nice hide! TFTC.