GC53CTJ Inspiration Point LSA#1
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: aCacheologist @ | Hide Date: 04/24/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.241 W105° 03.682 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
             

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Microcache.  Park n Grab.  First cache in Lost Ski Areas (LSA) series.

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This is the first in a series titled "Lost Ski Areas of the Front Range" honoring the ghosts of skiing past that still haunt our 21st-century landscape.  The story begins in 1913 at Inspiration Point in northwest Denver (yes, Denver!)

Inspiration point was never a commercial ski area, but it played a crucial role in the development of skiing in Colorado.   It was here that Colorado Ski Hall-of-Famer Carl Howelson and friends dazzled up to 10,000 Denverites and visitors at an exhibition held during the Stock Show in January 1913.  Back then, skiing meant ski jumping, and Howelson and his fellow "skee" enthusiasts built a rickety jump and landing pad which they used for competitions throughout the (nineteen) teens and twenties.  The cache is a bison tube located at the end of a neighborhood street.  It might take a little creative searching to find (hence, the 2.5 difficulty rating). Look up the hill to the east and imagine wooden ski jumps protruding from the steepest portion of the northwest-facing hillside.

 For a longer description of the history of skiing at Inspiration Point, and a comparison of historic and current pictures of the site, please visit my blog by clicking the "related web page" link provided at the top of this page.

04/24/2022 By Mdk07
Thanks for providing that tool! I would not have gotten the cache out without it. It took me a few minutes to get the log out. I saw a shoe tied to the sign, I’m not entirely sure what that signals but I’ve heard it’s not good. I could be wrong though.

04/09/2022 By 2Lebizans
TFTF

12/23/2021 By MinieB
This Morning was trash pick-up so I had to wait for them to leave the block. Tnx for the handy TOTT. TFTC SL ;-)

11/14/2021 By Back Country Horsemen
Interesting info about the area. Thanks for the TOTT it helped.

09/09/2021 By Wulff Pack
Saw there were problems with retrieval, so I placed a retrieval tool close in proximity to the cache. All else is well.

06/22/2019 By Duckfacedawe
Thanks, that was awesome, found with champ for her first find.

06/08/2019 By TheLF
I’m on a trek to find caches in the rest of the Colorado counties, in a clockwise direction. Expecting it to take about 5 days, before I start my journey back to Florida. County #55 Denver. All is well here. TFTC SL

06/06/2019 By aCacheologist
Replaced container and log about a week or two ago, but forgot to notify. Someone has found it since, so it must be good.

06/02/2019 By meistermos
Fun hide. Look forward to finding more LSA caches.TFTC

12/14/2018 By oz8118
I loved learning about the "skee" history here. What a bunch of daredevils! A great panoramic point with a delightful view! I found a random shoe planted here, not related to the cache. The log was a hot mess. I had to toss it. Since the container is so small, I didn't have a baggie that would fit, so I just used a rite-in-rain log sheet without a baggie. Hopefully that will keep for a while, although there is a small crack in the bottom of the tiny container.
Thanks for creating the cache and the interesting history lesson.
Cheers, keep calm and cache on.

08/12/2018 By Team_CSG
Log book almost disintegrated in my hand. Tftc

07/14/2018 By Ouzel&Co.
Nice views. SL. TFTC

05/28/2018 By LTrujillo
Didn't find it but if gps coordinates are off then we weren't looking in the right spot. Might try again another day.

04/22/2018 By geopam
One of 11 caches found today. Coordinates are off. We enjoyed the article regarding the ski jump demonstration. Thanks for the information and the cache.

03/31/2018 By flamewoman
Tftc

03/31/2018 By stardancer2
My good friend found this one. Nice hide. Thanks for the cache!

03/25/2018 By EJBHGV
Was on top first.
Had to go around to look for this one.
Quick find.
TFTC

03/23/2018 By Duaneandalex
Will come and look again.

03/10/2018 By Sqweeter
Can't get to it from up here, have to attack from the other direction! Took a bit of searching, but managed to grab it! TFTH SL

03/08/2018 By 420cachers
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