GC7NXMY Top o' the Knob
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: flutiste @ | Hide Date: 04/29/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 29.894 W107° 02.693 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                       

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Take a mile hike up a trail and then off the beaten path to a great view!

?Park at the Beaver Creek Recreation Area, and take the trail that starts behind the picnic area.  The hike to the cache will take about 30 - 40 minutes.  Wear hiking shoes, and be aware of cactus.

Once you leave the trail, you'll be hiking up through red granite overlain by what once was sandstone.  However, the sandstone has been baked into quartzite by ancient volcanic ash flows.  Elevation at the cache is 7940'.

There is a great view from the knob.  To your left (southeast) is W Mountain, Tomichi Dome, Chipeta and Ouray Peaks, and the Collegiate peaks of the Saguache Range.  To your right (southwest) is Uncompahgre Peak (one of Colorado's 14-ers). In the foreground below and past the hiking trail is a remnant of the Old Spanish Trail of the late 1700's.

?The cache is in a clear plastic box with a blue lid.      

09/16/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
Nice hike but I made the terrain much more difficult by following the trail past the knob & then up. Nope, not a good plan. I worked my way around the knob then on up closer to the way I should have come. Spotted the cache from a vantage point.

07/21/2018 By BG2015
Nice little hike at the end of the day. Found cache at "almost" top of the knob. Thanks for placing.

06/29/2018 By elko dealers
Went early to beat the heat!! Came face to face with a Buck and he got off the trail 30 feet and turned and looked at us. Got our smiley and came back down the trail and there he was again!! Thanks for your placement and the fun finding it. It has been 4 years since we where here and got all your great hides!! Thanks girl for all the hard work your put into your caches!!!!!! SL T4TH

05/13/2018 By WeRmoving
Great hike! Our first cache since we got back to Gunnison for our daughters graduation. Thanks for the cache and the Smile! :-)

05/11/2018 By sjclimber
Well, not one for FTF, but guess this is one. Have walked this trail innumerable times, so familiar. Once near GC, found the CO's track and followed up the ridge to the cache location. Nice spot and wonderful hike. Thanks.
Oh, one downside, puppy learned what a cactus is. Easily resolved so all is well.

05/04/2018 By BlueRajah
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