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Crags VistaType: Traditional | Size: Small 
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| Terrain:  By: Phoenix2001 @ | Hide Date: 06/17/2007 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 52.586 W105° 07.708 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 9 
This cache is located near a great viewpoint of the Crags and surrounding land. It is west of the road into the Crags Campground on the west side of Pikes Peak in the Pike National Forest. The hike is a little over one mile, one way with a climb from about 9700 feet to about 10,720 feet. Most of the trail is an old road with some very steep spots, so it is a workout. You can park at a turnout just after leaving the Mennonite Camp property. The old road isn’t going to be obvious until you have walked a few hundred feet to the south. If the stream is running high, you might not be able to cross where the old road did. There were a couple of logs across the stream a short distance downstream when I was there. Update 2010: A couple of small logs have been placed across the stream close to where the old road crossed so there are now two places to cross. Additional Waypoints C213YTY - Old Road Point N 38° 53.202 W 105° 07.988 Look for signs of old road here CV13YTY - CV Parking N 38° 53.229 W 105° 07.990 Parking Area for Crags Vista
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Detailed route information: Thanks to OR85OR450 for his route notes. We took a similar route with a few adjustments. The northernmost open, legal parking area is Raspberry Mountain Trailhead, N38 52.846 W105 07.523. We parked there and hiked down the road toward the suggested parking area. We stopped a little north of there and cross the creek at the bridge. (Bridge N38 53.113 W105 07.868). We headed west and then southwest angling up the valley until we joined the trail at (Trail N38 53.014 W105 08.052). We headed up the trail until we reached Crags Vista. We followed the ridgeline south to the other three caches, ending with Colorful Colorado - Black Forest. We then descended trying to take the gentlest slope possible. We headed southeast to abouth N38 51.814 W105 07.915 (10,591 ft elev). We encountered what looked like an old abandoned road and followed it east-northeast to N38 51.923 W105 07.735 (10,445 elev). We then turned slightly south of east toward the forest road FS383. We reached the road at N38 51.883 W105 07.427. We appeared to be just north of another parking area, where you could place a second vehicle. We then hiked down the road for 1.2 miles and descended 336 feet back to our parking area. Overall, it was a 5 mile round trip to hunt 4 caches on this ridge. It took us 2 hrs 52 minutes. I'm sure others can do it faster. GeoWoodstock XVII Ft. Worth, TX May 25, 2019 10:00AM - 5:00PM https://coord.info/GC7NBWQ It is on the way to Giga status, so please log a "will attend" if you are coming.  GC13YTY 2018-08-09Crags Vista - famous names above me.
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