GC1NH9W Earthcache Fort Collins Favorite Rock
Type: Earth | Size: Not chosen Not chosen | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: wrightus @ | Hide Date: 03/10/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 32.373 W105° 11.754 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
Access or parking fee  Scenic view  Not Available at all times  Dangerous Animals  Ticks  Bicycles  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
This is a favorite area for residents of Ft. Collins. It is a great hike to a local landmark. The hike is about 2 miles one way, with an elevation gain of over 1000', there is a fee to enter the area.
This large granite out cropping is the inspiration for several legends in the area. It is made up of granite pegmatite which is an igneous rock resistent to erosion. Pegmatite is a very course grained rock composed mainly of quartz (clear white), feldspar (pink) and mica (shiny like glass). Some pegmatite in Larimer County contain valuable and rare minerals such as beryl, garnet and uranium. An igneous rock is rock that has been slowly cooled from its state as melted rock called magma. -Thanks to the Larimer County Parks for help with this geological description.

To log this cache please answer the following questions:

1. What is the elevation of this formation?

2. If you look toward each direction of the compass on a clear day what four things do you see?

3. What is the original Native American legend about the formation?

4. Name the artist responsible for the sign you are looking at to answer the first 3 questions? (hint: it is not the sign at the trailhead)

PLEASE EMAIL THE ANSWERS BEFORE LOGGING, DO NOT PUT THEM IN YOUR LOG.

For more information look at this web site AFTER you find the cache -
http://www.co.larimer.co.us/parks/Htmp.htm
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5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 06/15/2019 By treesgrowing
We were visiting friends in Greeley, and planning to spend the day in Rocky Mountain National Park. Due to the weather, we changed our plans and came out here instead. We put our feet in the falls, explored mountain meadows, and then hiked up to Horsetooth Rock. I enjoyed observing the various chunks of quartz and I've never seen mica quite like it is here. Wish I could have grabbed more caches, but my party was all muggles. Tftc!

Found it 05/05/2019 By Vater_UndSohn
Beautiful day, nice hike!

Found it 11/27/2018 By Reikilove420
Hiked to the top of the tooth. A beautiful day to break in our residency with this hike. Submitted my answers with herenthere420.

Found it 11/25/2018 By Herenthere420
Amazing view! Cold day to climb, but this was beautiful!! Thanks so much for placing this here! tftc!!

Found it 06/25/2018 By Hdevito
What a view!