GC11REW Letterbox Hybrid The Key to Success
Type: Letterbox | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: hiking_fool @ | Hide Date: 03/29/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 53.429 W104° 47.073 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 41
The cache is not at the posted coords – the posted coords are the parking spot and starting point. The cache itself is a letterbox/puzzle hybrid.
This is for those who like letterboxing, and also for those of you who either enjoyed or missed out on Quest 4 :::--->>> Cochise (GCH785).

Start at the posted coords and go a short distance west to the bridge across the drainage channel. At the eastern side of the bridge, reset your GPSr's trip odometer. Now head north along the dirt path. You should pass some power poles on your left – if not, you're on the wrong side of the channel. At approximately 0.17 miles, cross a recently improved section of the trail, with a rock wall on your right, and a large black drainage pipe down to your left. At from 0.21-0.22 miles, take Note of the power poles on your left; the geocache is approximately 130' ahead (north), near the single wooden pole. If you reach a split in the trail, you've gone too far.

The letterbox contains some small trade items and a stamp, but you'll need to bring an inkpad. Please try to remember (before you get back to the car) to leave everything as you found it .

No hints, except for those people I owe. And also, ever leave clues, hints, or tips in your cache log? You can't do that here.

Well, OK – one hint for you all…

UPDATE 4-21-07 Modified the hints and such.

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 Hints

...look for that which rhymes with what you seek (and it's not 'tree')

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 Logs

15 Logs: Found it 12  Didn't find it 1  Write note 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 07/06/2019 By GhostlyImage
We loved doing this letterbox! We are embarrassed to admit that the final stage took us several stops and starts and the better part of an hour (most of which was in the spitting rain), but we persevered and found that what we kept missing to solve the final "key." We twice walked the length of the trail, inspected the bridge, checked the bushes, trees, poles, wires, barbed wire and scoured the ground, but it wasn't until we had returned to the car, ready to submit a DNF, did we have that "aha!" moment after rereading the description for the third time. Once we walked back to the GZ for the second time we had the final and missing component in hand within minutes. Great clue, but rather obscure. Difficulty rating could be notched up a little IMHO. Disappointed to find so little swag inside after all the time we spent working on the hide. I guess we had subconsciously expected a big finale, LOL. SL (we had forgotten our ghost stamp) and left a scorpion. T4TF! Favorite point awarded.

Found it 06/17/2019 By javabean0321
Just logged as a DNF. We were headed back when I figured it out. TFTC! My kids were ready to give up, it was starting to rain, but the sense of accomplishment when we got it is worth it. TFTC from team JASI.

Didn't find it 06/17/2019 By javabean0321
Couldn't figure out where the last piece was...

Found it 04/23/2019 By TigerFinder
So fun! I needed one today to keep my streak alive. So I stopped by and found this one. And found it easily but was not able to access it. Hmmm. I searched a bit to no avail. Ok fine. Let that one be and move on up the hill to another. During the ascent, I realized what I was missing. It's hiding in plain sight! I always like that. So I trekked back down to make the grab. Easy to do with everything in hand. I lvoe field puzzles, especially when you just think it through. I somehow matched the effort to the difficulty to the cache. Usually I waaay over do it!

Cache is in great shape. Thanks for placing this one! Excellent hybrid! The log book showed last signed in 2017 but maybe the last cacher just stamped and moved on. Regardless, cool cache!

Found it 02/28/2019 By chihuahuajill
I’ve been wanting to do this one for quite awhile and had some extra time today. Needed a hint from the CO but it was good to know I was thinking along the right lines, just the wrong place. Thanks for placing this cache for me to find. TFTC.

Found it 12/31/2017 By colorado-rattll
The key to success here is not to be a dumbass. I was afflicted with that for a while before light bulb went off.

Found it 10/17/2017 By R&B CO
Perfect fall day to be out on my bike looking for caches. TFTC

Found it 09/16/2017 By Kerewin0430
Cool letterbox! I appreciated the good descriptions of where to look because my pedometer app was giving me all sorts of bad numbers as far as my distance! This cache may need a little maintenance... The sticky portion ( if you know what I mean) is not going to stick much longer. Thank you for placing this! The goal for today is to get eight different cache types so I qualify for a challenge tomorrow.

Found it 07/15/2017 By OR85OR450
Cool cache! I sat at the end of the street in my car for ages waiting for the rain to quit... finally checked wx radar on the phone & gave up. By the time I drove out to the big boulevard an obvious end to to the rain was sliding in from the mountains, so I made the return & hike to success!!

Found it 05/29/2017 By Bokmeow
this was a really fun cache. our first letterbox in colorado. did the letterbox at geocaching HQ and that was the only one we had done so far. this one makes us want to find more. so fun. thanks again.

Owner Maintenance 05/13/2017 By WingsAndTales
Checked on it and all is well.

Write note 04/26/2017 By WingsAndTales
The Key to Success was transferred from sassydil to user WingsAndTales

Found it 03/26/2017 By Barasaur
Headed to Colorado Springs to watch CCU play UCCS Softball games. Picked out some caches to claim along the way. TFTC and fun.

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Found it 09/24/2016 By gampa&gamma
We were grabbing a few traditional caches in the area and wanted to add this letterbox as well. Clever hide. SL Thanks!

Found it 07/09/2016 By Pohka
Had a free night and after enjoying a libation and dinner I decided to go and pick up a cache or two that I don't normally have time for. This was a good one to enjoy a nice little walk on; get there (I parked on the other side of the street of course) and then a little land navigation (not to much though); I've always enjoyed land navigation puzzles because they make you pay a little attention. GZ was fun and cute because of the need to remember the name (nicely done sir, very nicely done). The only disappointment I had was not all the names were there that I expected but then I also wasn't surprised (pohka's see many things that people don't always expect them to see). Ah well, signed, sealed, and time to hop along, greatly appreciate the cache!