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| Terrain:  By: Hank Schoch @ | Hide Date: 03/31/2005 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 07.309 W108° 44.575 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2 Total roundtrip distance is 3.5 miles or less over varying terrains, depending on your choice of access. The waypoints and geocache are all located on BLM lands. Higher terrain immediately south of the search area may restrict access to some satellites and thus affect the accuracy of GPS readings. The geocache is located on BLM lands near the mouth of Kodels Canyon. Access the search area via BLM trails (park at the trailhead on Highway 340 about 100 yards uphill from the Kingsview Road junction. The search area is also accessible from Colorado National Monument via the old Fruita Dugway. Locate that route from the Historic Trails Overlook just above the twin tunnels inside the Fruita entrance, and follow the trail downslope to the boundary and BLM lands beyond. Either way, expect some moderate to very steep ascents and descents, but nothing technical or precipitous. Two preliminary waypoints lead to the geocache, which was originally stocked with a disposable poncho, light stick, match safe, rescue blanket, a fuzzy little owl thing and a logbook and pencils. The second waypoint requires solving a simple puzzle to determine geocache coordinates. During your search, you'll be poking around on the sloping back of a conspicuous monocline -- a geological structure whose strata were tilted upward in response to the forces that elevated the nearby Colorado National Monument above the Grand Valley. You'll also get a good workout and enjoy some marvelous views from your vantage point on the monocline. Additional Waypoints
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GC85KGY Bush Cache (6.79 kms NW) GC2P49H Some Like It Hot (+H) (12.22 kms E) GC3FVGR Palomino Park Overlook (94.77 kms NE) GC3FW2R Boy Scout cache (171.02 kms E) GC3FW85 Between A Rock and A Hard Place (205.76 kms E) |
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You'll be hiking beneath those cool swirly cliffs in the background if you approach Stage 1 from the Monument historic trail parking area.
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