GCMVXN Traditional Cache Mondo Returns to Mt Galbraith
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 04/22/2005 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 45.984 W105° 14.630 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 4
Dogs  Scenic view  Dangerous Animals  No Bicycles  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Located in Mt. Galbraith Park off the Nightbird Gulch Trail.
The hike on this hiker-only trail is on well established, if narrow, dirt path. Elevation gain is moderate as trail has a number of switchbacks. I suggest parking at the trailhead for Cedar Gulch Trail at N 39.46.413 and W 105.15.243 but there is another entrance for neighborhood access. From the main trailhead follow the well marked trail until you connect with the Mt. Galbraith Loop (about 1.3 miles). Then take the Nightbird Gulch trail to the cache site. Please stay on trail as you can get within about 150 feet of cache before leaving the trail to the cache site. There are rattlesnakes and other wildlife in this park, so use proper caution. In summer, there is little shade and you need to plan on bringing sufficient water.

Cache is a green ammo box that is well-hidden under a couple of rocks. I started the cache with an XL Riviera T-shirt, a TB, a blue ornament thingy, a Pooh Bear Pez dispenser, a car, some lip balm, and, of course, a valuable whistle.

Enjoy the hike and views!
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12 Logs: Found it 11  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 05/26/2019 By Straight-Cache-Homey
#1346 - Nice and quick once we actually got to GZ. Thanks for placing - it was warm this morning!

Found it 05/26/2019 By tigervhaga
Cache #1368! A quick find once I actually got to GZ. Finding a way up (and the back down) proved to be a bit challenging. Continuing up for more views, TFTC!

Found it 04/22/2018 By princessstacie
This was a wonderful cache

Found it 02/16/2018 By dtvman
Great day for a hike up here. TFTC. On to the next.

Found it 01/14/2018 By WallenFamily
Found on a great hike with the whole crew. Took reindeer GC and will move it along. TFTC!

Owner Maintenance 12/10/2017 By mondou2
Replaced baggie and left a travel bug .

Found it 12/01/2017 By Alpenist
TFTC Great views. Unfortunately the content of the cache was wet and the soap and paper was starting to mold. I dried the log out as best I could, removed the rest of the perishables and left a sea shell, as I thought that was appropriate.

Found it 07/09/2017 By MountainBear
Found with Java Chip. TFTC!

Found it 04/14/2017 By Bowsix
Second cache of the year and my favorite so far! Took us about 2 hours to hike to it from our location and it had an awesome hiding spot

Found it 03/30/2017 By DaveMRichter
Great view!
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Found it 02/16/2017 By animjason
Found while hiking in the area with Bhob to continue our Trailmix series adventures.

In good shape, several 2017 signatures, maybe muggles?

Found it 11/05/2016 By grizzlycacher
I came up this trail for an FTF this early morning. I have hiked Mt. Galbraith many times, but never this approach. Much rockier and steeper. Surprised this cache hadn't been found in so long. No found log since 7/15, but a log in the book from 2/16. Log was damp, but signable. I love the old log books. Spent some time looking through it.