GC283V4 The Haunted #1 Baldpate Inn
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: TheOedafeppes @ | Hide Date: 05/08/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 18.589 W105° 32.147 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
             

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Easy drive on a paved mountain road to reach this Cache near the Haunted Baldpate Inn. There is a convenient pull off VERY near the cache. A small amount of walking down a steep rocky hill side. No climbing involved. The Inn is said to be haunted by it's original builders and owners Gordon and Ethel Mace. Among reports of bumps in the night it said that the couple did not like drinking or smoking and will spill drinks and steal the cigarettes of guests.

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If you look across the valley from this cache you will see the red rooftops of the old and haunted Baldpate Inn. The Inn was Built in 1917 on Twin Sisters Mountain a bit South of Estes Park at an elevation of 9,000 feet.
From the Baldpate Inn web sight.
"The Inn was named after the mystery novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers, who upon visiting the property stated that the inn was so similar to the heretofore "imaginary" Baldpate Inn, that the Mace's hotel would become the "real" Baldpate Inn. In the novel, each of seven visitors traveled to the closed-in-wintertime hotel, and thinks that he or she has the only key to the Inn. In keeping with the story line of the novel, the Mace family gave each visitor to the Inn their very own key. This tradition continued until the outbreak of World War I, when the price of metal became so expensive that the Owners were no longer able to give keys away. The loyal guests who returned yearly were so disappointed that they began their own tradition of bringing a key back to the inn with them each year. It is said that the competition between guests became so fierce to bring the best and most exotic each year that the Mace's decided to begin a display of all the keys. This was the beginning of the world's largest key collection. The collection boasts over 20,000 keys including examples from the Pentagon, Westminster Abby, Mozart's wine cellar, and even Frankenstein's castle to name a few."
From The Baldpate Inn Websight

Congratulations to Red Ruby for being the First to Find our first geocache!!

07/05/2019 By MagsM44
Couldn’t find it

07/05/2019 By avesdadx3
Too steep for flip flops!

06/19/2019 By lukebee2001
Great hide!!! Super fun!!! Meg was not with me

06/16/2019 By doctk
Found it from a different (not the obvious) perspective. fun Father's Day!!

05/29/2019 By dieSchatzies
Found it on our visit to Estes Park. TFTC

09/14/2018 By ColoCan
Found it

09/14/2018 By packerle
Found

09/07/2018 By tronaminer
Out again today doing some area caches. Big Hail storm. survived and kept on caching. Thanks for your cache and the fun that the Mrs and I had in finding it.

08/06/2018 By lullabye4u
Wow. That word sums up my day of caching. We are in town visiting from Harriman, TN. We stayed last night in The Stanley and are heading to Mount Evans today. Simply awesome. Every stop was a panoramic picture of beauty. TFTC

08/06/2018 By kaput360
Making our way on the scenic route to Denver. TFTC!

08/06/2018 By madvibe
Leaving Estes Park, and taking the back roads to Mt. Evans, tftc!

07/25/2018 By YoungHummers
TFTC SL

07/22/2018 By gsadventurer
While you are doing this geo go to Baldpate Inn to see their amazing key collection.