GC73RH3 Traditional Cache N – BVGT Chalk Lake
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: BVChamberGeocache @ | Hide Date: 04/12/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 42.675 W106° 14.122 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

The Chalk Lake cache is a great place to bring your fishing pole.

This is a little lake off the beaten path. Plan to bring a picnic while you are here. Chalk Lake is located within the San Isabel National Forest. There is a USFS campground near the lake which is a terrific place to camp. The lake sits at an elevation of 9,000 feet in Chalk Creek Canyon, which gets its name from the soft, white, chalk-like kaolinite canyon walls. Kaolinite is a clay mineral that was deposited by percolating hot springs. Chalk Lake is a great family fishing spot with rainbow, brook and brown trout. Motorized boats are not allowed on the lake. Chalk Creek also offers fishing, and it's best above Cascade Falls. This is a historic area with Chalk Lake not being far from the "town" of Alpine, continue even further up the road from the lake and you'll end up in St. Elmo. Hopes for riches brought miners to this scenic area./p>

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 07/03/2019 By TheCanClan
Found another one!

Found it 06/30/2019 By jedglass
TFTC! Pretty day, nice lake, lots of birds singing their songs, river is VERY high. Amazing day.

Found it 05/25/2019 By discojulio
This lake teased my dog because she isn't allowed to swim in this lake. Nice spot, though. TFTC.

Found it 04/07/2019 By Sunevaders
:)

Found it 09/07/2018 By SummitCache
A beautiful spot on a beautiful day. TFTC

Found it 08/07/2018 By cschnell1
Love it!!! Fun to find with kids :)

Found it 06/23/2018 By Postpile
Camping at Chalk Lake, stopped by to log the cache. TFTH

Found it 06/03/2018 By susieqgirl
Fun day. Tftc

Found it 06/03/2018 By nmsunsets2
Found with susieqgirl. Yay! Left loot and took nothing. TFTH

Found it 05/31/2018 By D AND A
On vacation from Iowa. Enjoying the great scenery. Thanks for the cache. Enjoyed our lunch here.