GC11F1N four mile creek cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: wiss00 @ | Hide Date: 03/14/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 26.591 W107° 18.674 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
           

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This cache was originally placed by pjadams and adopted by us so the credit goes to them for the breathtaking views.
South of Glenwood Springs a few miles, about 1/2 mile or so of fairly steep climbing (about 425 vertical feet rise from trailhead to cache), sometimes without clear trail.

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To get to the trailhead from downtown Glenwood Springs:
From downtown Glenwood Springs - follow Highway 82 South to 27th Street.
Turn right and proceed 1/4 mile to the bridge crossing Roaring Fork River.
Cross the bridge and stay on the main road until you pass the Conoco Gas Station.
County Road 117 (Four Mile Rd.) forks to the right about a 1/4 mile past the Conoco.
Proceed 5 miles up Four Mile Road.
Look for the big red barn with the circle 4M brand painted on it.
The trailhead is just across the road.

If you want to park there near the barn, please be sure to ask Jim or Sharill Hawkins
(the owners) if it is okay (you'll only be there about an hour).
There are some waypoints listed below for two different places to enter the trail, plus some waypoints that may help guide you up the not-always-clear trail.
From the road, you'll be going generally north, though there is some "jogging" in the trail. Sometimes you'll be on a trail, sometimes in dried-up stream-bed, sometimes picking your way through some sparse vegetation (no bushwhacking).

See the pictures page for a bit of a pictoral hint -- pictures taken from the east side (the side it would be easiest to approach the rocks from).

Starting contents are rather meager: a lizard keychain, a Geocoin, a TB, and a "pickle fork". Feel free to leave something and not take another if you want to bulk up the offering. :)

39 26.401 N, 107 18.676 W -- Trailhead1
39 26.379 N, 107 18.652 W -- Trailhead2

39 26.415 N, 107 18.655 W -- Way1
39 26.418 N, 107 18.633 W -- Way2
39 26.522 N, 107 18.638 W -- Way3
39 26.592 N, 107 18.664 W -- Way4

07/12/2016 By WalksasWolf
Nice hike! Thank you!!! We stayed at Jim and Sharill Hawkins' place for a couple days, say this was right across he road and just had to grab it!

06/17/2016 By srooks1
Found it by accident on way back from "Sam" peak. Used to be a Bob flag but now is Sam flag...place by my son Sam 5/22/16 . TNLN cause i wasnt looking for it but if i head back i will add to cache.

05/09/2015 By Shaunjessica
Left coins from my travels

05/09/2015 By Shaunjessica
Nice hike. Great spot. Tftc

08/24/2014 By ap sunlight
Found it

08/11/2012 By gigiandgramps
This is our first 4 terrain cache. We walked from our cousins house to the cache (visible from their backyard) Hope they catch the cache bug. We brought them along since they had tried to locate it themselve without at GPS, to no avail. What a great view. TS LS Took TBs Thanks for such a great hide.

This entry was edited by gigiandgramps on Friday, 17 August 2012 at 03:36:51 UTC.

08/11/2012 By nytepyre
Team pyre was in the area (Dadpyre, Mompyre and Minipyre) for a wedding and some CO fun! Our wedding relatives live VERY close to this cache and had some trouble finding this one. So, we all trekked our way up. The hike was hard, but short enough for all to enjoy. Gramps found a harmless snake to show Minipyre, which he loved. When we reached GZ, a previous searcher found it almost immediately. The views up there are absolutely stunning. We were very honored to get to share that view, and to be some of the few finders of this cache. TFTC!

04/24/2012 By Bakrumholz
Awesome views and a really fun climb. Cool to find something that hadn't been touched in 4 years.

05/08/2009 By Folker
Directions out to the barn were very good but I was lost after that, couldn't find any trail, only what seemed to me to be game trails, hiked up the billy goat 'trail' it was pretty steep and loose. GPS was show me to be within 240 ft but came up on a rock wall and didn't attempt to climb.Will try one of the other routes next time.

06/29/2008 By DArR
Whew! Thanks for the cache and the hike. Bushwacking was the biggest obstacle on this one. Great view from the cache but didn't bring a camera again. Found a couple of ticks trying to hitch a ride so be on the look out. TNLNSL