GC7NQVP Traditional Cache Trail Mix #28 - Bennett Mountain
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: cajrrman @ | Hide Date: 04/29/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 23.106 W105° 07.435 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Scenic view  Significant hike  Not Available during winter  Dangerous Animals  Cliff / falling rocks  Hunting  No Parking available  Bicycles  No Motorcycles  No Quads  No Off-road vehicles  Thorns 

This cache is hidden at a rocky point near the top of Bennett Mountain off of Forest Road 514.  It is in Pike National Forest.

This is another in a series of caches that are all along trails west and southwest of Denver.

I provided a parking waypoint from which you should head north past the road closed gate and then you will be on FR 514. Keep going on this road until you come to the turnoff waypoint.  Then you get to find your way to the cache location via a trail that heads to the saddle. Then head south from there - there is sometimes a trail and sometimes you just have to find your way.  There is nothing terribly hard about the road or the approach to the cache but there are some rocky areas to navigate at the cache location. It is about 1.25 miles one way to the cache. I used a bike to get most of the way there but stashed it before climbing.

Follow highway 67 to Moonridge and then follow the signs to get to the archery range. You can park near it and you don't have to pay anything unless you want to also do some archery.

Note that hunting is allowed in this area. In fact, when I arrived back at my car, I had a nice chat with a hunter who was heading out with his shot gun to find some turkeys!

Oh, and bring your own pen.

 

Additional Waypoints

P07NQVP - Parking
N 39° 22.077 W 105° 07.381

R07NQVP - Turnoff
N 39° 23.024 W 105° 07.690

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 Additional Waypoints (2)

CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
P07NQVPParking Parking Area  04/26/2018 N 39° 22.077 W 105° 07.381 1.91 kms S 
R07NQVPTurnoff Reference Point  04/26/2018 N 39° 23.024 W 105° 07.690 0.40 kms W 

 Hints

It's below a flat top boulder that you might find yourself standing on.

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5 Logs: Found it 4  Write note 1  

Found it 07/28/2018 By ernie66
Great hike today with estes01. We didn’t see anyone else on the entire hike - just a wildlife camera. We tried to look natural but the fuzzy antlers I had on will surely give us away. Fantastic spot with an amazing view! Swapped TB’s, TFTC!

Found it 07/28/2018 By estes01
Loved this hike! I normally don't like road hikes, but this was ok. And the views at the end, even with all the smoke or haze i the distance, were amazing. Thank you so much for a fun hike.

Found it 05/04/2018 By Bhob
Went for a hike in snow (!) with "animjason" - this was the first of two geocaches that we found along the way. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

Found it 05/04/2018 By animjason
The power of May the Fourth was with us today. Surprisingly, a good amount of snow the entire way, but we made it.

Co-FTF with Bhob. We love this series, and have found them all once again. The buddy on this was different, but a fun hike. Gets a fave.

Picked up both trackables, and left one. Only saw two hunters, and one archer. I wore an orange vest to be safe.

Thanks cajrrman! Logged Trail Mix #28 - Bennett Mountain from a ninth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #9628 ~

Write note 05/01/2018 By cajrrman
TB drop