Wreckage of the past

05/05/2019 By CVA64
Round-trip 5.72+ miles, 5 hours 48 minutes, 1,633 ft ascent

Out to Anniversary #4 from the Ormes Peak parking spot and back. Good hike, great weather, perfect day. I'm exhausted. Need a beer. Grabbed this one on the way back up the mountain.

Spent quite a bit at time here with my camera documenting the crash location which was really about 800 ft long because I found parts 400 ft to the southeast of it and the wing way off to the north north west. Great great location. Definitely can see the aftermath of the Waldo Canyon fire which is interesting all the way along.

At the same time, I also signed the memorial log book that is placed here. To pull that out of the tube, I had to pull the multi-tool of it's pocket. (Hint) see attached photo.

Thanks for the geocache today. You will get a favorite point because of the location, this being geocache #2,100 (as planned), and the unique area here.

09/25/2016 By SnailMan1
Not much left at this site. I wonder when the crash occurred. TFTC.

08/31/2016 By kenyansherpa
After being out of the country and away from any mountains for almost 2 months, I needed a hiking fix. This served the bill well as I came over from Blodgett Open Space to get a few caches. Thanks to jjasks for placing and maintaining this one all these years. Log was a bit damp, so I dried it some prior to signing. TFTH!!
Saw this about 750 feet from ground zero

07/11/2015 By SwimFin
SwimFin found this cache quickly and in good shape (once I got to the area). Left a signature dolphin key chain. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache. Cheers, SwimFin!

11/22/2014 By hartsdale
Went for a hike to pick up a few back in here.

First time that I got back up this way after the fire.

GZ has changed some from the fire, it was hot enough to melt some of the metal parts.

The cache is in fine shape.

Thanks for a fun hide to find!

I took pictures of the log.

HD
Log in great shape...

The pens got warm, but still work...

01/14/2013 By elosocolorado
area still closed

07/02/2012 By jjasks
Need to verify this cache is still there after the fire

01/07/2012 By WolfgangStiller
Great location. I logged a DNF on this one several years ago and finally had some time to search again and easily found it today. Dianne said she also found it when she went by here a few months ago but didn't log it then. Dianne and I decided to hike back along this ridge (we haven't been up here for about six months or so). The storm hit just after we gained the ridge about an hour before reaching this cache. Cache is in good shape. TFTC!

12/18/2011 By Waggs_CO
Found today. Fascinating site, and a beautiful day for a hike.

10/19/2011 By funthing2do
Hi!

We made it! We started at Scar Mountain and we found it! I was exhausted by the time we got there, let alone we had to come back.

There wasn't as much parts as I thought there would be but it was cool!

Beautiful trail, beautiful weather in good company!

11/19/2010 By lesslost2
Ouch! Quite a site! Hard to imagine something the size of a B-24 juxtaposed on that mountainside, even worse, spread over 750 feet. Googling "Jimmy Camp B-24D" and then scrolling down to a hit that includes "Wreckchasing Message Board" will provide information - and interesting dialog - extracted in part from the original accident report. In 1944, those 2ndLts (four of them) would likely all have been 18 or 19 years old. We were lucky to have our geosense working, so noticed the hide fairly quickly. Thanks for getting us to a very sobering, poignant cache. TNLNSL.