GC4992 Traditional Cache Dinosaur Ridge
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: centennial @ | Hide Date: 04/05/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 41.496 W105° 11.923 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 10
Close to Denver. Near Red Rocks, south of I70 at the geological
cut.
This is a nice little hike of about one mile each way. There is a
good trail. Take the kids, or ride your mountain bike. Great views
to the east and west. Park in the Stegosaurus lot at N 39 41.851 W
105 12.190. Trail head is at the south end of the lot. You start at
about 6434 feet elevation and gain about 250 feet, most of it in
the first quarter mile. Watch out for mountain bikers. You might
enjoy visiting the dinosaur tracks along Alameda on the southeast
side of this ridge, and also the museum in the valley east of it.
While at this parking lot you might like to walk along the
geological cut and see the layers of the history of the earth.
Logbook #3 was full on 4/11/2012 so we put in logbook #4. Left #3 because it is fun to read.

Container is an ammo box.
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Hint: Cache is under one of several large juniper trees about 20 feet from the trail. It is about 50 feet south of a State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division bench mark on a post.

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16 Logs: Found it 14  Didn't find it 2  

Found it 06/27/2019 By DBsearching
Not too hard to get to, once you have made the climb up to its location. Another beautiful day in Colorado.
Tftc

Found it 06/12/2019 By oaxicans
Found it! Cool cache.. sat and read the log books.. awesome reading!

Didn't find it 05/25/2019 By Kerewin0430
Hard to believe I couldn't spot a regular size container in this spot...since I'm the second to DNF it, perhaps a visit from the CO is in order?

Didn't find it 05/04/2019 By Sueweety
Dnf

Found it 11/20/2018 By Cachew
Nice hike from the Rooney Road parking lot! Thanks for maintaining this oldie!!!
Cachew - Madison, Wisconsin - Out on a Hunt - 4 Times a year - 3 Months at a Time -

Found it 10/12/2018 By K Trackers
Although I’ve been to dinosaur ridge a few times, I still have yet to pick up all of the caches I want. I was grateful to have the opportunity to return and continue my “nibble“ strategy to clear the area. Today my goal was to pick up the remaining caches (that I want) on the northern portion of the ridge. Hiking hogbacks is always fun because you have the opportunity to get simultaneous good views on two sides. Despite the low difficulty ratings, all of my finds on the ridge today were hard fought. I was grateful to make the find on this one. Thanks to the CO for placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.

Found it 08/18/2018 By johnwip
Coords were off for me too. Soon made the find, though. Thanks!

Found it 05/06/2018 By Teriyaki Donuts
A little more difficult find than we were hoping. Located around 40 ft to the west of the coordinates. It may have been a GPS unit issue. TFTC!

Found it 05/06/2018 By millyprice
TFTC and for the hint that it is off the coordinates and I found this little guy showing me we were close
GC4992

Found it 05/06/2018 By Buckenator22
Tftc, coords were off a bit. Thanks to the logs we were able to find

Found it 04/04/2018 By denilleeo
N39° 41.496 W105° 11.923
Found, but way off from where the GPS says it's located. Thankfully someone else posted a similar screenshot. (Need new pen for log)

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Found it 04/01/2018 By ChelsIan12
Took a little bit, around the log below the benchmark
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Found it 03/25/2018 By Mr, Peabody
It was good to know the coords were 40 ft off, as there wasn't anything there at GZ. Last cache on the ridge before turning around to head back south to the dinosaur ridge road cut on a warm and quiet evening on the ridge. Continuing Planetary Pursuit. TFTC

Found it 01/18/2018 By magashi
it’s not hidden but also not by the posted coords. my
gps was bouncing but between 45-50 ft away.
GC4992

Found it 11/13/2017 By Aidfuts
TFTC!

Found it 10/16/2017 By SodiaCache
Great location. Found it but did not open it. Too many muggles.