GC73RHM Traditional Cache Q – BVGT Browns Canyon
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: BVChamberGeocache @ | Hide Date: 04/12/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 44.966 W106° 03.862 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

Located in the Browns Canyon National Monument in the Arkansas River Valley with 360-degree views of the Rocky Mountains.  

Browns Canyon National Monument was designated as such by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act on February 19, 2015. It has more than 21,500 acres of pristine rivers, canyons, and forest — including the San Isabel National Forest. This premier section of the Arkansas River is also part of the longest section of Gold Medal river in Colorado. In addition to unmatched whitewater boating and angling opportunities, the monument offers opportunities for backcountry solitude, horseback riding, hiking, camping, nature watching, photography and stargazing.

This cache will take a little bit of hiking and hunting but is very fun to find. The primary trailhead is near the Ruby Mountain Recreation Site- if you spend a little more time in the area, you can find garnets and Apache Tears.  Muggle's may be in the area - be careful.

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10 Logs: Found it 9  Post Reviewer Note 1  

Found it 07/03/2019 By gmbillman76
Took a 4 mile hike before picking this one up on the way it. Visiting from MN.

Found it 07/02/2019 By Doggyman2
Found with buzzsaw50 and WulfSong. Third cach of the day!! TFTC

Found it 07/02/2019 By Buzzsaw50
Not so steep! TFTC! Found with Wulfsong, Doggyman2!

Found it 06/22/2019 By Lego Crew
Our second cache of the morning. We set off with a goal of hiking to the nearby caches on our way to the River Bench Trail (6045A). However, we would end up deciding to stretch the hike out and bushwhack from 6045A to River Access (6045B) and turning this into an 8.5 mile loop. A long hike, but a lot of fun.

We grabbed this cache at the beginning of our journey. Quick find. The trail near this cache splits with the main trail going to the left on the way up, about 50' from ground zero and a side trail going around to the right. The two trails do come back together though. Cache in good shape. Thanks.

Found it 04/14/2019 By Berry16
Grabbing some finds before heading to the Hot Springs for this Sunday Funday! Nice Small hike before relaxing time. TFTC!

Found it 08/10/2018 By ratherfather
Easy to find. Here on a hiking trip.
Came all the way from Sweden. TFTC

Found it 08/10/2018 By Listonhill
TFTC

Found it 08/05/2018 By Rojo464
A beautiful place, TFTC

Found it 06/07/2018 By LonelyCactus
A very hot day, but a fun find! BGSU Field camp 2018! TFTC

Post Reviewer Note 05/01/2018 By Geocaching HQ Admin
Thank you for visiting this location! We hope that you enjoyed exploring Buena Vista. Per the wishes of the GeoTour Host, the Buena Vista Geocaching Journey GeoTour is now retired.