GC67JX5 Colorado Puzzle #6
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Barasaur @ | Hide Date: 04/15/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 32.700 W104° 55.300 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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The word 'colorado' means 'colored' or 'colored red' in Spanish. The Colorado state was named after the Colorado River, which Spanish explorers named 'Río Colorado' (meaning 'colored river') for the red silt the river carried from the mountains

Colorado is the only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1000 meters elevation. Its lowest point, 3,317 feet (1,011 m) in elevation is the highest low elevation point of any state, and is higher than the highest elevation points of 18 states. Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet

The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado.

The 13th step of the state capital building in Denver is exactly 1 mile high above sea level

I am placing some caches around that will be mostly P & G for everyone to enjoy.

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N 39° 37.140 W 104° 53.620
N 39° 44.640 W 105° 01.200

N 40° 32.460 W 105° 02.246
N 40° 32.460 W 105° 02.246
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N 39° 45.347 W 105° 08.605
N 39° 37.090 W 104° 53.650
N 39° 44.640 W 105° 01.200

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N 39° 45.347 W 105° 08.605
N 39° 44.640 W 105° 01.200
N 39° 37.140 W 104° 53.620

N 39° 37.090 W 104° 53.650
N 39° 37.090 W 104° 53.650
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N 39° 37.140 W 104° 53.620
N 39° 41.200 W 104° 56.530
N 40° 32.460 W 105° 02.246

Additional Waypoints

05/30/2019 By Barasaur
Put in a new log

04/19/2019 By Spooty
This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

04/19/2019 By Spooty
Found it at 1401.
This was a great puzzle, which I solved months ago. I hadn't found a physical cache container in over 2.5 months, but I finally made it back down this way, and found this one in just a few seconds. Unfortunately, I found the log in the same shape as Dud&Plato reported back on 12/20/18 - tattered (in a couple of pieces) and fairly damp. It really could stand to be replaced, so I'm sending up a maintenance alert.
TNLNSL. TFTC!

04/06/2019 By BriaTeragram
Dud&Plato had shown me a few of the puzzles in the series that he couldn't figure out. After a bit of looking and thinking I managed to figure out the answers. He had already looked for and logged a bunch of them, but when we went out today he was nice enough to stop at all of the caches so I could sign the logs. It was a pretty nice day out, not too hot and not too cold. If I'd had more time I would have even consider walking the whole way around, but had other things I needed to do today. I had a lot of fun solving the puzzles and looking for the caches. Sad to say we did have one DNF, but we'll try looking again sometime to finish the geoart. TFTC|SL

If there is anything specific to share about any of the caches it will be noted after this point. The log on this cache was so wet it wouldn't come out in one piece. Still took ink, though.

01/04/2019 By GotYour6
Thanks for placing this puzzle cache for us to find!

08/17/2018 By EstesLynne
I had to ask for a hint with this one; I'd looked at lots of possible sources but missed the right one somehow. Oh well, getting this solution finished up the puzzles for me, and today BugRanger and I came by to claim the geo-art. TFTC!

08/17/2018 By BugRanger
Quick find with EstesLynne. Nice cache. TFTC!

07/12/2018 By fam2go
Solved these before we came up so we knew where we were going. Glad to have another geo art! This one, most of the caches were easy but some weren't there so we replaced them. Don't know how long they have been missing, guess people are just logging finds because we didn't see any DNFs. We were thankful for the ones on the dirt roads or the few that had decent pull offs. Several times we walked a ways from safe parking but some were very scary to even walk to because of the busy roads. We managed to get this series pretty quickly then moved on to the next. Thanks for the art and pointing us in the right direction on some!

12/09/2017 By quinnster212
Found that one! Thanks for the puzzle!

08/02/2017 By 73athiker
Out with Rushman for a day of puzzle caching. Quick find. Love those puzzles. SL TFTC.