GC7K0JB Cinnamon Rolls!
Type: Multi | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Path Pacer @ | Hide Date: 03/02/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 27.205 W105° 26.957 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
           

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The posted coordinates will place you in front of the oldest surviving business in Glen Haven.

The General Store first opened in 1920 after the Presbyterians decided they needed a proper place to purchase supplies in such a remote area. It was expanded in 1926 with the addition of two wings on either side to serve as a dining hall and assembly area. Ira Knapp also ran the village post office from there, and his wife served 50c chicken dinners until Ira built the lodge across the road.

When George Ernst took over in 1936, it acquired a generator for refrigeration which enabled it to offer meat and dairy products. Commercial electricity was installed in 1949.

Managing the store was generally something of a headache for the Presbyterians, so they eventually sold it to private owners. After being all but wiped out in the 1976 flood, it was acquired by Lois and Chuck Norris (presumably no relation) in 1977, refurbished, and is operated today by their daughter, Becky, and her husband, Steve Childs.

To find the cache, first find the store's electric box. Note the four-digit number represented by ABCD. Final coords are: N 40 27.(A-B)(A+B+C) W 105 25.(A+1)(A+1)(A-1)

This cache is part of a geotrail of historical caches in the Glen Haven area. Retrieve the code from all 14 caches plus the found date of the virtual and receive a commemorative geocoin. The cache list can be found here: Historic Glen Haven GeoTrail. And remember not to be a cache pirate! If you take something, leave something at least as good for the next cacher.

Additional Waypoints

04/23/2019 By WE_hikers
Beautiful view from this cache location!

10/06/2018 By OneKindWord
I solved for the final location last time I was in town, but couldn't figure out how to approach GZ. Looked at it on satellite view once I got back to my computer. I was passing through again today so I decided to stop and make the find. Once at GZ it was a quick grab. Amazing views from this spot! Unfortunately, no cinnamon rolls available today, bummer. Thanks for the fun Multi!

06/21/2018 By COpackrat
Fun to read the background information you put together, and a very nice location for the final. Thanks for another fun stop on the Tour!

05/29/2018 By Denali41
Since my early days of geocaching Crosier Mountain and its surroundings, including the Glen Haven, the Miller Fork, and Dunraven areas, have held special allure for me. The caches by Tahosa and Sons on Crosier and Round Mountains initially captivated my attention, eventually resulting in my development of the Celtic Cross Tribute cache on Crosier. And of course Crosier is so large that the complex contains four distinct ranked peaks, augmented by the adjacent Triangle Mountain, all of which I had hiked up. My attraction to the area had also been nicely enhanced by Path Pacer’s earlier cache placements in the area, and I eagerly sought out each after the publications of her caches. So when this GeoTrail series was created I became excited! I had previously found six of the 14 caches on the geotrail and enjoyed reading the cache descriptions for the more recently published eight, including this one. Cumulatively a great synopsis of the history of the area, indeed.

Well, most of the new caches were published while the Big Thompson Canyon Highway was closed for renovation. To reach Glen Haven from Wellington using the detour through Lyons takes an extra 1 ½ hours round trip. So I decided to wait on getting after the eight remaining caches until the highway reopened. It did, but I was in Cincinnati at the Giga Geowoodstock Event when that happened. Today was the first chance I had to make the drive up the improved Big T highway and on to Glen Haven; I was accompanied by my puppies Orizaba and Chimborazo. We had a fun time chasing down seven of the eight new caches, and thinking about the historical themes associated with each. I had expected to also get up Triangle Mountain for the final cache of the geotrail, but the weather was not looking promising; that final adventure is reserved for a future date.

Thanks for this cache and thanks for this entire geotrail series, Path Pacer! I'm pleased to record the {FTF} on this nice cache!

03/10/2018 By Alpine Reviewer
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