GC2VJM9 Traditional Cache Ridgegate #1 - The View
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: tripman1 @ | Hide Date: 05/04/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 31.417 W104° 52.709 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

If you have completed the hike, the hard part should be over.

Stop for a moment and admire the view.
The easiest way to start this series is with Ridgegate #3. Park in the lot at N 39° 31.615 W 104° 52.850. Cross the street and follow the trail south.

*** Congratulations to The Green Cat & Snuggly Kitten and ~B~ (first FTF) for co-FTF ***
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9 Logs: Found it 8  Didn't find it 1  

Found it 05/18/2019 By lasouthpaw
I parked in the neighborhood below and headed on up. I read logs last night and was prepared for a bit of a search. I was pleasantly surprised to find it pretty quickly! Other than needing a new coat of camo tape the cache is in great shape. Thanks for the smiley! Find #3505.

Have a quiet weekend so I decided to grab a few for the 360 degrees of Colorado challenge. Hopped in the car kinda early and headed south. When I started out it was 64 degrees and sunny, the rain rolled in and it dropped down to 48 in a hurry. I enjoyed my hikes today, lots of flowers, rocks, cactus and birds to look at. I'll probably hit a few more tomorrow, it will be awesome to get to below 100 red rays!

Found it 12/22/2018 By benj59
I decided to climb the hills in this area, even though it was quite chilly outside. My dog Jack loves being up here and we practically had the mountain to ourselves. I had see the trouble others have had with this cache and wasn't sure what to expect. We parked in the neighborhood below the cache and hiked up. I saw some likely hiding spots, but nothing was materializing. I wasn't going to start off this portion of our morning with a DNF though.

After scouring the likely spot and coming up empty, I decided to expand my search a little bit. And that did the trick! I found the original container (as you can see from all the logs) and it's just sitting out waiting to be found. It's definitely not a micro so if you're not spotting it, just keeping looking around and checking out other likely areas. You're guaranteed to find it! (unless it's been muggled)

Thanks for the hide tripman1. I appreciate you keeping this cache active for everyone to enjoy.

Find number 2108

Found Ridgegate #1 - The View with Cachly app for iOS

Found at 10:16 AM on Saturday, December 22, 2018

Found it 12/12/2018 By herndonrd
Out getting some degree caches. Since the one I found had the travelbug that T5M dropped, I assume I didn't find (or even look for) the one turtleboy29 put out. Great view from the top. TFTC!

Found it 10/05/2018 By turtleboy29
Since at least 3 other cachers have replaced this cache, for my first time ever (and after 2 dnfs in a row) to replace with container from lostindenver' s CITO event. So there are now potentially 5 caches here. I could only find the one I hid. Beautiful views here except for huge mcmansions. TFTC

Didn't find it 06/26/2018 By 2toe
Searched high and low. Bummer! Not love today.

Found it 06/10/2018 By the5millers
Just a quick hike on a beautiful Sunday morning. Grabbing a few caches. Will be back another weekend to finish the trail.
Keeping our streak alive. Thanks for placing this cache and keeping our recreation going. SL/with PoshCacher/MagicCacher.Tftc
#1510
Found using Cachly on iPhone!

Found it 03/12/2018 By UALskyPrincess
With Flyingbug on a hike. TFTC!

Found it 02/25/2018 By FlyingBug
Nice hike on a sunny February afternoon. Took about 15 minutes of searching. And expanding the search area quite a bit. Did not find a replacement but found the original cache with log dating back to 2012.
Sun is going down so I’ll have to come back again for the rest of the series.

Found it 11/23/2017 By YamaGypsy
Found the original, appears to be. Looks like the rest in the series. Cache is in good shape. Sl, thanks!