GC3Q176 CSP - Thirtynine Mile Mountain
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: South Park National Heritage Area @ | Hide Date: 06/26/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 50.950 W105° 38.416 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
         

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	Thirtynine Mile Mountain
This geocache is part of Colorado's South Park GeoTour, which means you can win prizes by finding 20 or more caches. Visit our website for more information and to download your GeoTour Passport! Container Type: Lock & Lock Code Location: Inside container Access Info: This cache is located on USFS property. Winter Access: Depends on road conditions.	The land that is now Colorado has undergone many changes since an inland sea once covered South Park. Ancient mountains rose and wore down again and at one time this land was tropical and filled with giant trees and lush forest plants. About 35 million years ago, a blast of hot magma exploded up through a volcano made up of mountains we now call Thirtynine Mile and Black Mountains. The material spewing from the volcano buried, yet gently preserved, the trees, flowers, and even insects in the area. The result can now be seen in the detailed fossils at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in nearby Teller County. Go south from Hartsel on highway 9 and turn left on County Road 116 (Black Mountain Road). Park on the road when you get close to the cache. Continue down the road for some fantastic views of South Park.

 

10/06/2018 By ABQRaz
On our way to cache Delorme pages we don't have in Colorado. Cache was right where it should be, but the lock & lock container had disintegrated to the point of being litter. The adventure from the road to the cache was not so great as to prevent us from hiking to the GeoSuby to search our field-repair gear for a suitable replacement container. We had no lock & locks, so we put the salvageable logs and treasures from the original into a sturdy, weather-resistant tin of similar size to the original container and re-hid as found. SL. TFTC!

09/08/2018 By IowaGerd
A perfect spot to have my lunch.

07/06/2018 By Ghostiegal
Thanks!! Caching with Oilbear...Wall77...and KSGator

07/05/2018 By Oilbear125
Had to wait for rain and hail to quite on this one before we grabbed it. No code on container. Working on some more of the CSP series with Wall77, Ghostiegal and KSgator. We started it Monday, but got run out of the area by the fires. Roads were closed so we could not get to the caches. Most of the roads were open today, but we still could not get to some of them. Signed log WOGG. TFTC

07/05/2018 By wall77
Stamping log as WOGG (Wall77, Oilbear125, Ghostiegal, Ksgator72). We are working on the CSP tour and other caches in the area. TFTC

07/05/2018 By ksgator72
Found and logged as team WOGG (Wall77, Oilbear125, Ghostiegal, ksgator), nice hide

03/24/2018 By Mr, Peabody
Continuing CSP and Planetary Pursuit. 39 Mile Mtn looks like a fun one to hike up. TFTC