GC5XFV1 Traditional Cache "Old Silver" The Grizzly Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Magpiex5, $RustyJones$ @ | Hide Date: 05/27/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 24.068 W105° 25.768 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Scenic view  Dangerous Animals  Abandoned mines  Cliff / falling rocks  Hunting  Dangerous area  Parking available  Bicycles  Horses  Watch for livestock  Medium hike (1km-10km) 

This cache is in memory of "Old Silver" the Grizzly Bear.

Colorado Grizzlies were BIG! A hundred years ago, when giant bears still roamed the Colorado Mountains, legends grew about some of the Huge Beasts, there was "Old Mose" and "Old Sachem." Then there was "Old Silver"' he lived in the northern part of Coloradro. "Old Silver" was killed in 1902, with a weight of 1,171 pounds, the bear would stand at 10 feet 4 inches tall!

This area is full of old mining activity; be careful of mine shafts and other earthworks!

Ammo can chained to tree.

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6 Logs: Found it 6  

Found it 03/25/2019 By Room1009
It’s about time I got up to Sunset City Gulch to hunt for all the caches up here. When I first approached the area I was dismayed. I hate rock piles. But it didn’t take long to find so I was happy again. I swapped trackables and left some of my Get Out of Hell Free cards. Someone had left a container of marijuana so I dumped it out—not an appropriate item for a geocache. I covered this up a little better. It was pretty much out in the open. How did you find this cool spot? Favorite added for both awesome container and location.

Found it 09/24/2018 By Bonanzaman49
We did this one the hard way, over the top! Saw some native tarantulas on the slope coming down as well! TFTC, and the "interesting" treat!

Found it 08/07/2018 By PineCabin
Beautiful sunny August day. Interesting to see all the former prospecting activity in the area. Cache in good shape. Thanks.

Found it 12/25/2017 By Colorado Columbines
Another beautiful Christmas day in Colorado!
Came out for the fresh air and a nice hike! No bears in December... they are sleeping.
Took geocoin, left some swag and a TB

Found it 04/16/2017 By seaserpent888
All of the caches in this little wilderness study area were fantastic. We decided to take the advantage of a nice day to find them. Once my phone stopped bumping us around, we made the find. Cache is in good shape, aside from some cobwebs. We took the geocoins and left some marbles, funky colored beads, and cool looking rocks. SL, TFTC!

Found it 06/04/2016 By OF-Erad
Found with K9jayhawk on another Superb caching run! Awesome Mine Shat! Thanks for placing this cache for us to find today! SL, TFTC!