GC25446 Shortcut
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: akabumper @ | Hide Date: 03/15/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 04.836 W104° 51.441 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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The cache is not at the posted coordinates, nor are there any clues there.

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Sometimes a cacher can figure out the puzzle and find a shortcut to the final stage of a puzzle/multi. On a recent cache that I placed, I heard that this was done successfully. I don't know if this is true, but if it is, then my hat's off to the clever cachers who saved themselves some time! Great job! It's possible that as much as 66% of the cachers that found the aforementioned cache within the first two days after it was published were able to benefit from this and skip a stage or two or four. This cache is a tribute to their cleverness!

With a little groundwork, you can solve the puzzle to find this cache. The listed coordinates are at the midpoint of a straight line between the 4th waypoint of cache GC24AY5 and the location of the final for this cache. Cache is a cammo-covered plastic peanut butter jar.

Additional Waypoints

06/23/2017 By YamaGypsy
RPieperco had already found this cache and was actually the last finder in April 2016. It was the first cache on the ridge trail we were following so he was kind and allowed me to stop and sign it. Cache was a little buried in debris but otherwise in good shape. Tftc!

04/09/2016 By THeSKuLL
Out on a the first hike since the treacherous Tragedy cache last fall. I figured I'd be dragging Rick down on the climb, but this was much more doable than the hill that hides Tragedy. In fact the whole trip with searching and the round about path, which I calculate to be about 2 miles from his car to where we left my car. Awesome fun day even with the bit of rain we caught. TFTC!

04/09/2016 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the fun puzzle within a puzzle of a multi! Phew! I finally managed to solve all the stages of the mentioned cache. Sadly I report not one of the stages of that one were found, but I have become accustomed to the cipher used and managed to solve them all on my own. That said, I remembered this cache was associated with that one. A quick search of google and a few pieces of data entry I had the final to this cache. Today THeSKuLL and I decided to tackle this part of the mountain for our first real hike of 2016. This was our third stop along the way. Must have been some great calculating as I was withing 10 feet of the cache upon arriving. So we signed and stamped the log and returned it as found. All is well with this cache even though it's coming up on 3 years since it was last found. Thanks for placing this cache and creating the puzzle for us all to enjoy!

10/12/2013 By SnailMan1
Another puzzle that took me several attempts before I finally had what I thought was a valid solution. Once at the GZ I walked around the big rock and I eventually did find the cache, in the last place I looked. I should have walked around the rock in the other direction. TFTC.

07/10/2013 By sleuthers
I looked 3 times for good trail access to this cache but failed miserably until I asked the right person. Had this solved for almost 3 years. My coordinates were about 100 feet off the cache and would have given up but sassydil made the find. Thanks for the puzzle. More please. Cheers.