09/28/2014 By landerg
From the description, I thought that this cache was at the bottom of the butte but when I got on the top, I saw a rock that looked like the rock in the spoiler pic and found the cache within ten seconds of being there. This cache could be easily muggled, so hide it well! Great hike up and great views.
09/01/2014 By TreyT10543
Searched for like two hours but didn't see it anywhere. We looked on top of the bluff and all around at the base of it but no sign. Maybe next year.
07/26/2014 By darrinmc
N39° 19.557 W106° 55.223
Found this one today with my 14-year old son and his 13-year old cousin. Had a fun 4WD trip up in a Jeep Rubicon and was very happy with its performance. The "road" is very rocky and steep and I was glad the kids didn't see how much I was sweating on the way up. The footpath leading to the peak was difficult to see when heading up toward the cache, but was very easy to see once we turned around. The cache was pretty easy to find (even without the spoiler picture) and was exactly where the (corrected) coordinates suggest. We signed the paper log and replaced the cache where we found it. Many thanks to Hyrup for the adventure opportunity!
Top of the outcrop
The goal
09/03/2012 By Spitshined
This is definitely one of the most beautiful cache locations I've been to. Made the very scary drive from Woody Creek with my brother. Almost had to change my underwear after this one. :) now for the freaky drive down. Thank you for such an awesome cache! Definitely getting a favorite point.
at the top
09/01/2012 By Denali41
This is a cache I've wanted to hike to for a long, long time. And today was the day. I drove over very early this morning from the Fort Collins area, with this as my number one priority for the day. Everything was as challenging as the prior logs suggest, and I was super pleased when I finally reached the top and made the search. Even with the spoiler photo, it took some time! A great hide in a superb setting! I signed the log just as a rain storm hit and I immediately began my descent. The "road" from the junction of the trail that goes to the top, on down to its saddle with Triangle Peak, has a lot of clayey soil that turns extremely slippery when it gets wet. It was that way on my trip out! Slipping and sliding...Once to the saddle, there's a lot of rock and coarse gravel that reduced the slipperiness, and I felt a lot more comfortable going down from here in view of the wet conditions. I felt good when I reached the bottom of this dramatic "road". This was a great overall experience. I'm grateful to Hyrup for placing it and for keeping it active through all these years. It's a real treasure for the occasional cacher who grooves on this sort of cache opportunity, as I do. THANKS!!
The cache is in excellent condition.
07/29/2011 By kristianmatthews
Sheesh...part 3 of 3 of my log...glad I typed it in a different program...scroll down for part 1 and 2 so you can read them in order!
If you read all this then you are probably one of those people who would like to go experience Triangle to Snowmass Canyon Overlook for yourselves. Use common sense, prepare ahead, think about what time of year it is (do NOT attempt that road if it may be wet!), be extremely careful, and enjoy! My GPS showed 9196ft at the top, 8974 where you have to start hiking that .25 mile trail, and 7245 at the sign for the access road so about 1951 feet overall elevation change over that amazing 4 mile one way road.
THIS is why we do this!
Kris
The sign where Red Rim Road #534 starts
A look from Hwy 82...
07/29/2011 By kristianmatthews
Part two...I maxed out the character length of the log!
That meadow at the top is so beautiful. Way up there at the top of the Rockies to have all that nice grass and trees and stuff. Didn’t see any Elk but on the way up I saw all sorts of birds and little ground rodents and things. I turned the car around and parked it and let it have a well needed break, made sure my business card and the rental agreement were on the seat where someone could find them if things went bad, and left the windows rolled down.
Then of course I have that last quarter mile...wow...here we go again with the climbing. That is a pretty tough climb when you have just driven a RAV4 to the summit! On the way up I am doing what all bad geocachers do and am reading the cache page on my android phone and minding my GPS when I glance up and almost step on a 4 foot long brown snake laying in the path. I stop and watch it but didn’t get a picture before it slithered away (no rattles on tail so I am not sure what it was.) So off I go again with my phone holstered and my GPS hanging from its tether and am breathing pretty hard by the time I get to the top...
What a view! I took some time to catch my breath and enjoy just looking at everything and letting it all soak in. Then I decide it is time to find the cache. In my GPS is the coordinates from the cache page. I get to the edge of the cliff/bluff and go down as far as I felt was safe but the GPS said it was STILL further down...120 feet further! I am thinking, "the hell it IS; not possible...the page didn’t mention rappelling." I look under all the likely ledges, many of which would have been great cache hiding spots before I retreat back to the safety of the top and pull out my phone again. I reread the cache page and looked at the picture provided by Hyrup and go back to where I was and look again trying to match the picture to the rocks. When that didn't pan out I went back to the top and sat on the rocks and started reading the logs. Extreme thanks to RDAD for the corrected coordinates of N 39° 19.577 W 106° 55.223. I punched those in and found I was sitting mere feet from the spot according to my old Garmin GPS 72! I let it zero in a bit more and got it down to 6 ft accuracy.
While looking through the logs I found the picture posted by Adrenalin Junkie from when RDAD had replaced the container. So I knew what I was looking for, and found it quickly. It is well hidden under the little rock ledge with some rocks covering it to hold it there and some good vegetation to screen the hidey hole.
After that it was the standard excited signing of the log, photographing the cache and the GPS and the log and all the beautiful views with my phone. I finally decided it was time to replace the cache just as I found it and make my way back down the mountain...
This has truly been the most amazing caching experience I have had to date and as of this log, this is my 975th cache and is my all-time favorite. The figuring out where the access road is (N 39° 18.025 W 106° 55.600 off of CO 16 Lower River Rd; Red Rim Road #534), the views, the off-roading, the hunt, the find, the wildlife...this will be a lifelong memory for me. Thanks Hyrup for getting this cache started and to RDAD for maintaining it. I am proud to say I have found this cache and will share the experience with all my caching friends, and probably throw some of the pics on facebook with links to the cache page. I don't know how to thank all the great cache owners in the area who have made my trip to Aspen truly memorable by hiding good quality caches!
The RAV4 parked in the meadow near the trailhead
Proof! Trail Rated :)
The RAV4 negotiating a hairpin
07/29/2011 By kristianmatthews
All I can say is WOW!
I have been in town from San Antonio, TX since Wednesday for work and have been debating with myself all week whether to attempt this or not. I had gotten pretty much all the other caches in the area including 4 FTFs, a trip up and over Independence Pass for the great caches up there, and even drove to the top of Aspen Mountain for the little nano that is up there (and I thought THAT was a heck of a road to take my rental vehicle on...a 2011 Toyota RAV4 4WD!)
I have done a good bit of hiking and jogging for caches over various distances and elevation changes on this trip, but to tackle the Triangle???
What I was concerned about was it not being found since 10/10/10 but that someone had recently went up and DNF'd it. I also was wondering how in the world I was going to get up there as I did NOT want to hike all the way up those mountains and I didn’t think that the RAV4 would even remotely be up to the challenge!
Whether all you hardcore jeepers believe me or not (Yes I have owned quite a few jeeps in my day and this was one heck of a mountain road to test them on) I actually took that RAV4 ALL the way to the top of the mountain! I have the pictures for proof and now feel it is "Trail Rated"! That is definitely not what that little SUV was designed for but I have a brand new respect for Toyota now. { On a side note: I would never buy a used rental vehicle as there are people like me who rent them and test them out :) }
I feel a disclaimer is needed here: I am in the United States Army and am a Motor Transport Operator. I have a CDL and drive 18-wheelers as well as all manner of Army off-road vehicles great and small. I have operated vehicles in some of the toughest terrain in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hawaii, Colorado, and across the U.S. and have been through a lot of various drivers training over the years. I have also spent a lot of wonderful time behind the wheel of a Jeep Rubicon near my ranch near Canon City, CO (Wish I could get back there!) I am not calling myself an expert driver by any means even though I have a lot of experience and am an instructor, but I would in NO WAY recommend taking a RAV4 up that road! Or going by yourself...
BUT>>>>I decided to do it anyway and if I got to something I didn’t feel comfortable with I would turn around (and hopefully not have to BACK down.) I was by myself (another no-go but I had no one to go with me though I did have 2 phones on different carriers that worked almost the whole time, my GPS, had my dog tags on and my wallet in my pocket and left a business card in the car with the rental agreement (does this road violate it? LOL) so in case I was separated from it through whatever horrible means they would at least be able to identify me :) It was some awesome extreme driving and there were some spots that made me a little concerned with how narrow the road was and what dirt/rock it was made out of and the lovely drop inches away from the street tires on the RAV4. At several points I dismounted the vehicle to move large rocks from the center of the road so that they wouldn't tear anything up under the vehicle or high center it. I also got to a spot where I couldn't get the RAV4 to climb over some rocks and was just spinning and burning some rubber on the rocks. I tried getting a controlled run at it a few times and eventually had to get out and do a little road work to make it through that spot.
{Needless to say, coming down is even more treacherous than going up so that you don't slide off the edges of the road due to brake lockup, fade, etc. Most people don't believe that until they lose control, roll, fall off the cliff, etc...}
ANYWAY
I made it to the top, marveling the whole way at the beauty (and danger: keep eyes on where you want car to go, not where you don't want it to go. Positive versus negative goals)
The view 1
The view 2
The cache, log, and GPS
Me with the cache
07/19/2011 By Madidas66
Checked everything in describted color ... Snief :-(
First DNF here
10/10/2010 By JMKR
Couldn't resist the challenge and scenery of this one, although there was a price to be paid. Super views from the top and the way up. Getting there involved all of the following: Jeep, ATV, dirtbike, horse, and hiking. Wouldn't recommend going up if the road is wet. TFTC
Overlooking the ridge to Triangle Peak
Triangle to Snowmass Canyon Overlook
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