GCWEQQ RM ORS #01-03: Pikes View
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: RocketMan and Kaching Kristin @ | Hide Date: 06/04/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 13.843 W105° 03.758 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
               

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RM Off Road Series (ORS) #1: Daken Road/Long Hollow Road

This cache is the third of six in my #1 series of off-road caches located along the Daken Road/Long Hollow Road route.  This route runs for about 23 miles starting from Perry Park road, about 10 miles south of Sedalia and ends at Highway 67 near Rainbow Falls Park. 

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Cache Information
This cache is located on a large granite boulder with a surprise view of Pikes Peak to the South and the valley to the West.  The cache container is a 50 caliber ammo can that started out with the usual premium RocketMan geoswag.

RM Off Road Series #1 Complete Cache Listing (North to South)

1. Balanced Boulder
2. Granite Overlook
3. Pikes View
4. Fallen Aspen
5. Valley View
6. Pikes Grand View

Trail Information

Rating/Description
This trail is rated easy but it is not your standard flat dirt road like Rampart Range Road.  It has lots of undulations, divots and off camber areas which makes it a fun route to drive.  Most stock SUV type vehicles should have no trouble on this trail.  Disclaimer: You need to decide for yourself if it is safe to make the trip in your vehicle.

Winter Months
The trail is closed to full sized vehicles from December 1st to April 1st.  During this time, it is open to small unlicensed vehicles.

Time/Distance
The entire trail is approximately 23 miles and should take about 3 to 4 hours driving time.  You will also need to include time for finding the caches, exploring, sight seeing, lunch, etc.

Trail Waypoints
See waypoint listing on RM Off Road #1 - Balanced Boulder (GCWEMH).

07/07/2018 By YamaGypsy
This was the only one we couldn't find today :(

06/27/2018 By D_Brown
Couldn’t find it

06/26/2018 By bobbitandsnokums
Not Today :(

09/25/2017 By K Trackers
Nope. I tried to use the hint to focus my search, but still came up empty.

09/15/2017 By trailblazing420
Looked pretty hard but could not find it. Geodog Baloo got restless after awhile so we decided to move on.

10/14/2016 By animjason
Finally grabbed this one today. Have driven by it twice, either bad reception or planning never got it. I was in the area taking my scouts camping. Came ahead of the group to secure a campsite and then did a few caches and hikes. Cache in good shape.
Thanks RocketMan and Kaching Kristin! Logged RM ORS #01-03: Pikes View using a seventh galaxy!

08/06/2016 By Deadmoney
Out for a little jeeping, hiking, and geocaching with the girlfriend on a 23-mile drive through Pike National Forest. A little rain in the forecast, but who lets a little water ruin their day?? TFTC!! --Deadmoney

05/20/2016 By Geoweekend
Found it, beautiful views! (This one was challenging to find)

05/31/2015 By TDubsKid
Out riding my dualsport on this beautiful day got rained on a bit but not too bad, took a little bit to find it climbed up on the highest rock to get a great view of pikes peak! What an awesome cache!
Pikes peak

10/31/2014 By Back Country Horsemen
For a Halloween treat we took the ATV back up to this area for a ride. Because we were 2 up on a ranch style machine we decided to stay off the narrow, steep trails and take this FS road instead. Thanks for adding to the trip with this cache series. We started with this cache location. For some reason there is a lot of signal bounce in this whole region so the hints really help if you happen to get on the same page as the CO. We did wander in several places on this rock formation (and looked up even higher too, but decided not to try it) but my husband started searching in a slightly different area than the GPS was pointing me to and found it right away. The GPS had a good reading in that area also so it added to the difficulty.