GC772BK Profiles of Greyrock Mountain--Orizaba's Overlook
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Denali41 @ | Hide Date: 06/10/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 42.193 W105° 18.418 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                             

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Greyrock Mountain (elevation 7,613 feet) in Larimer County has a highly distinctive profile from Interstate 25 and other eastern vantages. Its steep southern aspect shows dramatically in silhouette as seen from the east. Many admirers of this Ranked Peak do not realize that the mountain’s lines from other directions are also remarkable and highly distinctive. This "Profile Series" consists of 11 Traditional caches placed on Ranked Peaks that surround Greyrock Mountain, as well as a Multi-staged cache and a "Mystery" cache. Views of this mountain from each cache location and from the stages of the Multi are captivating, and each provides a unique profile perspective of Greyrock. If you have as an objective finding all 13 caches in this series, you will eventually view this marvelous mountain from many angles as well as from close up. To attain these views (as well as the treasures of the log books in all of the cache containers!) you will have hiked dozens of miles, gained significant vertical elevation, and have reached some remote areas. A challenge confronting you will be discovering the most efficient approaches for accessing certain of these caches. Enjoy this particular profile cache, and consider finding all of the others! Appreciate your adventures as you "Profile" Greyrock Mountain!

This profile cache was hidden after the date of publication of the Profile Mystery Cache (GC2KW91). No codes required for the Mystery Cache are in this cache container.

Orizaba’s Overlook–Soaring Over Hewlett Gulch

Drive to the Greyrock Mountain Trailhead parking area. From parking, follow the main Greyrock Mountain Trail until its junction with the Greyrock Meadows Trail. At this junction take the Meadows Trail and follow it to the cache location. It’s a fun hike, and involves considerable elevation gain. I stopped for a rest when I reached the overlook where the trail abruptly turns back toward the east. Here, I temporarily let my puppy Orizaba off her leash so she could sniff around and enjoy this special place. We had it all to ourselves, not having encountered other hikers since we had left the Greyrock Mountain Trail. She sat just above me, in a spot that afforded magnificent views directly down into Hewlett Gulch–we could see people hiking along Gordon Creek on the Hewlett Gulch Trail far below us, and I could pick out approximate locations of some of my geocache hides in the gulch. Orizaba’s overlook location offered special views of several peaks that are featured in this Profiles of Greyrock Mountain series–specifically, the Western View; the SW View (Reprised); the West SW View; and the South SW View. The actual summit of Greyrock Mountain is hidden by the Southwestern View peak. Even without seeing Greyrock Mountain itself, the views from this overlook are remarkable.

I decided the spot was so special that I’d hide another cache in the Profile series–right where Zaba was sitting. It’s a small container hidden in a rocky outcrop. It should be an easy one to find, once you’ve made the effort to reach the coordinates. Enjoy your hike; enjoy the geocache!

08/05/2018 By FoCoGeoClan
This was the only traditional geocache the boys and I found on our hike today. We will be returning to do others, some of which are going to quite the adventures. This was indeed a lovely view at this spot. Thanks for this one.

06/02/2018 By ArkF
Found this nice cache today while hiking the Greyrock loop. Nice day to be out, at least in the morning. It was definitely warming up while I was on my way down. Coordinates were right on and the cache was in good shape. Moderately busy, but I had this part of the trail to myself as I made the find.

The hills are quite green, I always like hiking this time of year. The dog is a bit itchy after sticking her face in some poison ivy, but it doesn't seem too bad. She found a nice old deer to roll around on, so that balanced it out for her.

05/27/2018 By kauf
No luck finding this one on our way down the mountain. Looked pretty extensively, then decided to cut our losses and just finish our hike.

03/31/2018 By waawhoo
Spent the day hiking up here Pixel Magic and Barasaur to grab a few earth and regular caches. Realy enjoyed the day up here. We covered close to 10 miles and about 8 hours on our trip up here just taking in all the scenery. We will have to plan another hike up here to grab some more of the profile caches. Thanks, Denali4 for the great hide!

03/31/2018 By Barasaur
Went for a hike with Pixel Magic and Waawhoo around Gray Rock. Had a great day hiking with slightly cloudy skies and around 50 degrees. We covered around 10 miles in our cache hunting with over 3000 feet elevation gain throughout our hike. Thanks for the fun day walking around in the mountains.

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