GC5BCA Traditional Cache Olgringo's Flattop
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: olgringo @ | Hide Date: 05/17/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 03.703 W107° 02.793 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
This cache is near Bear Lake in the Flattops area South West of Yampa in Routt county.
The Container is clear tupperware and containe a few relative inexpensive items. The cache is in a fairly large woodpile next to a tepee frame (used for elk hanging?) It is approximately 300 ft off a rough dirt road and over a small ravine. Park at a turnoff with a rock fire ring.
 Custom URLs

Add cache to watch list
Log your visit
Picture Gallery

 Hints

enter the small village of Yampa off hiway 131 and go to the Grocery store. just beyond you will see a paved road, County route 7. continue on it up the beautiful valley and on up the canyon after the paving stops and on a good graded road. Go past the Camping information signs and continue to Bear Lake. Cross the dam and spillway and You'll see the sign "Sawtooth Portal" This is way point #1 N 40 03.547 W 107 02.687 Continue up the rougher road. If muddy, four wheel drive may be required. If dry even a not too low car driven carefully should be ok. Go past a beaver pond on the right and up a little further to the turn out with a rock fire ring on your left. N 40 03.703 W 107 02.793

 Nearby Caches

GC7PWXA Solandt's Secret Spot (51.21 kms N)
GC3KK78 Dont let the cattle out (72.27 kms SW)
GC552W1 Old Mother Hubbard (85.37 kms SW)
GC1CBMA No More SirVesa (97.52 kms SE)
GC7HXPZ Paonia Rocks! (130.69 kms S)

    


Driving Directions

 Logs

12 Logs: Found it 10  Write note 2  

Found it 09/23/2018 By momcheers
Thanks for bringing us here! The reservoir is the lowest we’ve ever seen it :-( Easy find after a bit of a hike :-)

Found it 09/09/2018 By pandrews1007
That was a fun one. Beautiful fall day. Thanks

Found it 07/14/2018 By weizen
Area very overgrown and a bit of a challenge to stay dry crossing the creek. GPS about 68 feet off today. SL thanks

Found it 06/30/2016 By TTO2
On a county run before GW 14er in Denver and love this back country here. The hint was great, as you don't see them like that any more, only on these guys. So glad we had the Rubicon as the road was really muddy and still raining. Donned our rain gear and up to get the cache. A rare, non-epic adventure, fav point from me.

Found it 06/13/2016 By elusiveones
Tftc

Found it 08/09/2015 By Wanderlust Adventure
TFTC! It was a blast finding it!

Write note 08/08/2015 By rangerhal
Made our biannual visit to this cache. This time hiked from the Bear Lake CG. Cache was a bit damp, so ate lunch while it dried out. Two previous logs in 2015. Thanks for the hide.

Found it 10/02/2014 By Taxiborn
Found with Yazz. Took 2 trips. TFTC

Found it 10/02/2014 By Yazz
Wow what a difference 3 hours makes. Tried earlier this morning, but there was way to much snow. By the time I came back snow was all melted off cache. Signed log for another find in Colorado.

TFTCache
Tepee

Found it 08/25/2014 By Treasure Tracker 14
Took the kids and they had a blast!!
Photo

Found it 07/17/2014 By Back Country Horsemen
Looks like almost exactly a year since the last found was logged for this one. We were up here with horses for 3 days of riding & I was able to stop for this one on my way out. This is such a beautiful area with lots of outdoorsy things to see & do. Wow has this cache been here for a long time. The road sign no longer exists, but I did know where this road was from previous scouting. There is a TH & parking area at the top. The road is in pretty good condition & should not require a 4WD anymore. I think the cache is quite a bit further than 300' from the parking area, but follow the coordinates & it will get you within 70' of the cache. Then you have to use the description to locate the container. I picked up the coin since it had been there since last fall. The ravine was running with plenty of water and between that & the wet grass my shoes were soaked when I finally got back to the truck.

Write note 10/01/2013 By rangerhal
Camping in the area so decided to visit this cache to drop off a travel bug. It is a unique travel bug and I thought this cache would be a good place to pass it along.