GC3EC9J Traditional Cache Pillar of the Community
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: 4CowPies Adopted by 4WardHunters @ | Hide Date: 03/11/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 12.599 W107° 15.736 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Available at all times  Not Available during winter  Parking available  Truck Driver/RV  Park and Grab 
Easy grab and go with large parking area for RV's and Semi's. Lots of pine cones. This cache is in honor of Chimney Rock's twin towers, now a national monument, which, rising from a 90 million year old seabed, stand 300 feet above the surrounding mesa. The smaller tower was named Companion Rock in the 1920's. The largest of the pueblos at Chimney Rock was built in A.D. 1076. It is unknown what brought the ancient pueblo dwellers here, but it is believed they considered it to be a sacred site. At the height of it's existance, it had over 200 rooms and housed approximately 2000 people. It burned in A.D. 1125 and they abandoned the site. If you have time, go south on Highway 151 for a few miles to the Chimney Rock Interpretive Center and take the tour. Bring water to drink.
It's an amazing place and the view from the top is astounding!
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10 Logs: Found it 8  Write note 1  Needs Maintenance 1  

Found it 06/25/2019 By Spins7
No container but found log. Thanks!

Found it 06/08/2019 By mzkitty
No container just a wet log I couldn't sign. sorry I didn't have anything with me to replace it I'm on my way to Vegas on vacation TFTC

Found it 06/07/2019 By The Jester
While traveling across the SW corner of the state we picked a few caches that sounded interesting or had something to see. Chimney Rock was fun to watch as we got shots of it along the road. It was nice to have a nice pull out for the 'monster' (car & trailer). A trucker pulled in right behind us but wasn't a problem. We easily found the cache, but saw there was no box just the baggie holding log and a few items - everything was still in good shape. Back at the car we had a bite of lunch before heading down the road towards Moab & Arches National Park. Thanks for the hunt.

Needs Maintenance 06/04/2019 By magashi
it needs a container. there is a wet log in a bag full of holes with water in it.

Found it 06/04/2019 By magashi
no cache container but i found a baggie full of holes with a wet log in it and some toys

Write note 08/22/2018 By joshuavlogs
Psi

Found it 08/22/2018 By joshuavlogs
Thanks I'm going to put more stuff in it

Found it 08/19/2018 By IowaGerd
Found it in good shape.

Found it 08/16/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
We visited Chimney Rock but we were too late for a guided tour (1:00) so we paid the $10 pp for a self guided tour of 1/2 of the Pueblo areas. That is the only way you can see anything. Thanks for hiding this cache nearby.

Found it 08/10/2018 By MichelleWCO
TFTC