GC28GA3 Traditional Cache South Pine Split Rock
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: log-cabin-lady @ | Hide Date: 05/13/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 24.071 W107° 31.732 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Significant hike  Parking available  Bicycles  Snowmobiles  Horses  Watch for livestock 
LnL container with green top. Up hill off a forest service road (852) on East side of Lake Vallecito
Rocky terrain, area was burned in 2002 (in Missionary Ridge Fire). Altitude about 7800 ft. Be cautious during windy times due to standing burned dead timber.
2018 update - New container and log booked replaced in May. Since this cache was first hidden the scrub oak and aspen have returned to the burn area and the big split granite boulder is really only visible in the early spring before the aspen leaf out. Sixteen years of Mother Nature reclaiming the area have made the cache a bit harder to find even though it is in the exact same spot as it was the day it was hidden in 2010.

The forest road may be deeply rutted and very muddy in wet weather so be cautious here unless you have a very high clearance vehicle. Suggest you park just past the newly installed cattle loading fence area and walk up the road. You're about 1/4 mile from the cache at this point. The difficulty has been increased to 2.5 since the vegetation is higher and the terrain is an easy 3 if you access this cache via the forest road. If you are walking up from the campground (and not on the road) it is probably terrain 3.5-4 due to the elevation change.

Take your time and savour the views from this area. It is pretty spectacular!
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South side of the large split granite boulder under a fallen partly burned log.

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10 Logs: Found it 8  Write note 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 06/02/2019 By AutumnEB
Thank you for maintaining this! Tnln

Owner Maintenance 05/04/2019 By log-cabin-lady
Checked on the cache this morning and it made it through the cold very snowy in great shape. Container is dry and exactly when it was placed 9 years ago. Added a TB today. Happy caching!

Found it 10/30/2018 By shitsticksmith
Tftc

Found it 10/30/2018 By CourtNerd
Tftc

Found it 10/20/2018 By Gsmamma
Tftf

Found it 08/10/2018 By jake92
Found it SL
Thanks

Found it 08/04/2018 By starspeeder
TFTC. Found it pretty quickly.

Write note 07/06/2018 By qpaz
Found TFTC

Found it 07/06/2018 By qpaz
TFTC drew the 4yr old found it first. This was a fun one!!

Found it 05/27/2018 By motorman587
TFTC “split rock”