GCG2HA Traditional Cache I-70 Palisade
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: Steve R/Adopted by Mommabear&cubs @ | Hide Date: 05/06/2003 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 07.229 W108° 19.691 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
Dogs  Takes more than an hour  Available during winter  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
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Only accessible from westbound I-70. Look for small parking area just off the freeway, then look up! Not difficult and should take less than 15 minutes. You can see the rock the cache is under from the parking area.
This was an easy one when I placed it, but now they have blocked the parking area and put a "No Parking" sign there. If you take the Palisade exit and park on River Road near the tracks, you can follow the tracks back under the freeway, you can fellow the game trail or walk up to the parking area. Adds a bit to the hike, but it's not difficult. If you take the game trail it will take you about an 1 hour.
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Go up,up,up and then look next to wall!

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11 Logs: Found it 11  

Found it 07/05/2019 By slade2029
Spoiler alert!!!!!


Read the hint before you get too far into the search

Saw foot prints that were maid since last rain, but no dnf so I was worried it was gone.

After looking every nook and cranny near GZ., I succumbed to the 95F heat and noon sun and read the hints and logs. Then started investigating the fly rocks and after a few minutes found it.
Container is shot and full of debris. I noticed last log was magic1 in 2014.
Log book good shape in a baggie but will not last long.

Found it 04/03/2016 By Jess n Lynda
Jess n Lynda

Found it 06/09/2014 By Magic 1
Getting too old for these..NOT! TN this deserves two glow in the dark rocks!

This entry was edited by Magic 1 on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 at 02:40:29 UTC.
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Found it 12/04/2012 By Charlie-n-Geri
Thought would get it on the way down from the Chute, but forgot to bring the rappel gear. So went down to the bottom, then back up to the cache. Lid was pretty all in small pieces. We replaced the plastic log bag and covered the container with a flat rock to keep water out. The final approach is eroding pretty bad, so be careful! TFTC

Found it 03/16/2012 By cookielodi
Quite the little hike, really nice day though...I still don't know how fishlogger made it over the ledge from the top!! TFTC SL

Found it 03/16/2012 By desertvs
Out with cookielodi for a cool evening hike. I thought this spot was really cool, especially near the dead tree that sits up a little higher from the cache. I can't see how anyone could make it down from the top. SKETCHY! The lid is trashed on the container but everything inside was fine. TFTC SL

Found it 06/12/2011 By A1tree
This hike sure used to be easier when you could just park off the interstate! Tftc!!

This entry was edited by A1tree on Monday, 13 June 2011 at 01:49:31 UTC.

Found it 04/11/2011 By daveandkathy
We started out to get this and we got it. It is our #400 cache. Got to it and it is in pretty good shape for no one finding it for 933 days. All 3 pens even work yet. It was a nice day for a "wonder if it is even there yet" cache. Took in the view from the cache for a bit. Took the hard way to it and the easy way back to the car. TNLNSLTFTC

Found it 09/20/2008 By cllecr
I can't imagine that I would ever have called this one "easy"- after finding others above I determined from previous logs that it might be best to head over to this one from below.... expected an easy end to the day... steeper and slipperier than anticipated - at 15 feet I was tempted to just turn back but knew I wouldn't return if I didn't find it now! Got it - toughest one of the day (maybe I was getting tired..) Great day for caching, though!

Found it 04/15/2008 By fishlogger
Came over from the Chute and really had trouble getting down over the ledges. Lots of up and down.. Wind on this side was gusting over 50mph. Not really a good time to be up on the cliffs.. T4TC. SL. T-cockroach and L-spring dog..

Found it 03/23/2008 By zip269
found after the chute cache, that is definetly the hard way but fun TFTC.