GC468B Traditional Cache RED CANYON ZEPHYR
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: CANON RIVER RATS @ | Hide Date: 03/28/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 35.323 W105° 15.283 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 3
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Scenic view  Dangerous Animals  Cliff / falling rocks  Parking available  Public restrooms nearby  Picnic tables nearby  Camping available  Short hike (less than 1km) 
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RED CANYON ZEPHYR

This is located in Red Canyon Park north of Canon City. Pull into one of the 2 parking areas that are approx. 9/10 of a mile from the entrance. Start walking up the sandy dry creek bed. If you are into geology at all you will have a sore neck from looking around.
This is the second cache that we put up today. The cache is located in a green ammo box. The cache contains a poncho, treasure tin, Hot Wheels, a $50 key ring, a pack of seeds, 2 - USA Flags, bracelets and necklaces made by the little guys and some new quarters. It is beside a downed cedar tree between to large rock boulders. It is covered with cedar kindlin. My E Trex showed an elevation of 6,377 ft. at the cache.

Pack a lunch if you want to. You could make this a full day. There is a bunch to explore here.

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When your GPS points right and says 35 feet (approx) to the destination, you need to go up the side of the hill. The cache is about 35 feet (approx) above the creek bed.

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11 Logs: Found it 10  Write note 1  

Found it 12/31/2018 By Dean & Chris
We decided to end the year with this cache. Very cold today, but we did it anyway. All is well with the replacement container. We really like the Red Canyon Park and will be back to get some more smileys. Tftc.

Write note 02/17/2018 By Room1009
I stopped by this cache to pick up the geocoin. Apparently some sap dripped onto the container and worked its way into the lid and effectively glued the lid on. It took 20 minutes of prying with a pocket knife to get the lid loose. I had a smaller container in my pack so I transferred as many items as would fit into that and left it. Although it's a smaller container it should still be easy to find using the hint. The next time I get up to this area I'll drop off a larger container. Got to keep this oldie going.

I noticed that some cachers are not taking the best route to this cache. Start at the mouth of the canyon 0.4 miles to the east. That is much easier than taking the shorter route from the north.
Red Canyon Park

Red Canyon Park

Found it 06/11/2017 By DSNewman2016
Thanks for the hide. Left a geo coin

Found it 04/08/2017 By 13foxtrot1977
Nice walk a Little Rock climb

Found it 10/16/2015 By dkcraig
What a magnificent cedar. No picture can do it justice. Would not have seen this if we had not been geocaching. Tftc and beautiful memory.

Found it 03/28/2015 By geoamyash
I love this area - it reminds us of Utah! TFTC!

Found it 12/04/2014 By The Twilleys 2
Our first trip to Red Canyon Park. enjoyed the scenery and the short walks to find the caches.

Found it 10/20/2014 By TeamLoneTree
nice cache, in good condition! TFTC!!

Found it 07/29/2014 By shelfhouse
Not in ammo box. Nice hike

Found it 06/03/2014 By nite_raven
Very cool area. Watched a mama hummingbird in her nest and spotted some very big bear tracks.

Found it 06/03/2014 By LeewayeDiscGolf
The best cache of the day! What a neat canyon leading in. Lots of bees at GZ. Almost all the way in to the cache site we started seeing massive bear tracks in the wet sand. They were going in both directions. Seems it travels the same geotrail as we do, so be aware. We took lots of pictures on this hike and even watched a hummingbird build a nest.