GC1421X RM ORS #07-04: Majestic Spruce
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: RocketMan and Mrs. @ | Hide Date: 07/01/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 17.634 W105° 19.756 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2

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RM Off Road Series (ORS) #7: Deckers Rd./Goose Creek Rd./Stoney Pass Rd./S. Buffalo Creek Rd./Redskin Creek Rd./Happy Top Rd./CR-68

This cache is the forth of seven in my #7 series of off-road caches located along Deckers Rd., Goose Creek Rd., Stoney Pass Rd., S. Buffalo Creek Rd., Redskin Creek Rd., Happy Top Rd., and CR-68. This route runs for 26 miles from the start of Deckers Rd. near Deckers to Bailey on Hwy 285.

Cache Information
This is an awesome tall blue spruce that sticks out like a sore thumb in the middle of much smaller trees. Make sure you walk past the spruce and look back at the spruce to see the nice backdrop.

RM Off Road Series #7 Complete Cache Listing (From Deckers to Bailey)

1. Beauty in the Burn
2. Cheesman View
3. Sticks & Stones
4. Majestic Spruce
5. Castle Mountain/Rock Face
6. Rocky Point
7. Sudden View

Trail Information

Rating/Description
This trail is the easiest one of any of my series to date. It is basically just various dirt roads the whole way with the exception of a couple of little stream crossings and a few slightly washed out areas. When dry, the trail can be done in any vehicle with decent ground clearance (4WD or 2WD). If the trail is wet, it will be muddy and will probably require 4WD. Disclaimer: You need to decide for yourself if it is safe to make the trip in your vehicle. All of these roads only allow street legal vehicles, so no ATV's are allowed.

The scenery along the route is awesome with many cool things to see. The route starts out on Deckers Road near Deckers. The road runs along the canyon wall until you reach the junction for Cheesman Lake. Here you will make a short side trip to get the second cache in the series. After returning to the junction, you will go left on Goose Creek Road and head to another junction where you will go right to get on Stoney Pass Road. You will stay on Stoney Pass Road until you reach Wellington Lake. There will be a couple of small stream crossings on Stoney Pass Road. Near the North end of Wellington Lake, you will turn right on S. Buffalo Creek Road. S. Buffalo Creek Road has a few washed out areas, but it is easy if you just take it slow. You will turn left on Redskin Creek Road and then another left on Happy Top Road. From Happy Top Road, you will take a right on CR-68 which will take you into Bailey.

Note: None of the roads have signs with the names, but coordinates for all of the turns onto the various roads are shown on the first cache page, Beauty in the Burn.

Winter Months
This route may be passable in winter if all of the roads are open. Wellington Lake is open in the winter, so the north end of the route should be open in winter.

Time/Distance
The entire route as described above is approximately 26 miles and should take about 2.5 to 3 hours driving time. You will also need to include time for finding the caches, exploring, sight seeing, lunch, etc.

Trail Waypoints
See waypoint list on Beauty in the Burn. (Entering from the Deckers Road on the South end)

11/25/2018 By toshbar
Got it today in the snow. Thanks!

06/10/2018 By PantalaNagaPampa
Found with evgnhiker on a hike out of Lost Creek Wilderness from Wigwam Trail back to the car. After the people camping across the road allowed their off-leash dog to come charging at us as they lazily called after it, we decided to enjoy the cache and the big tree. Thanks for the hide!

04/03/2017 By jmythng
TFTC SL

08/04/2016 By buttepit
Time is moving on, and fast. I dated the log 7-4-16. Would some kind geo-person change the "7" to an "8".
Thanks. - Buttepit.
Nice cool overcast date from the hot days following that very large hail in the Springs. Dog Roxy and I are checking this back road to Baily out.

07/26/2015 By mnst
Filled each of the cans with extra swag -- because Rocketman's caches always start out with great swag. We always appreciate the level of detail you take with your cache listings and your off--road series are terrific. TFTC.

09/24/2014 By Warrior and Pink
Not by the one I thought it would be but easy enough. Got a letter from big bird, left him a puzzle. TFTC.

08/24/2013 By BreakAwayRae
Quick find. Requires a lot of off road driving

08/10/2013 By youkfish
I did not attempt this one today...I drove past it, then backed up to a wide spot in the road (about 250 ft from gz) and promptly got high-centered and teetered my truck. The wide spot contains a culvert that my truck did not like. I had to grab some campers from down the road (at the ideal parking spot) to help me, which they did and I moved on down the road, too frustrated/embarrased to go make the hunt. I'll be back someday.

06/02/2013 By MojoFamily
W mike TFTC TFTC SL
MojofamilyThank you for the cache and your hide. We are the Mojofamily, we have been cacheing at this point for just over a year and every cache we still get more and more addicted to it. We have vary recently found out about Munzee. We also like wherigo and benchmarking. But of course there is nothing like a Cache!!! Baby mojo loves to watch airplanes and at the age of nineteen months old found his first cache all by him self.(Our profile picture is at that time at ground zero)The reason this log entry is so long and generalized, is that we are trying to earn a platinum badge reward for our status page. To earn this particular badge one has to have an average of one hundred words per log. Thank you for the time! Generally we sign the log and take nothing and we only sometimes leave things but we always have fun and love to cache! Happy 4th everyone

05/15/2013 By COpackrat
ALWAYS nice to find a regular size cache in the forest - thanks!

05/12/2013 By JK184
Great spot. I love the aspens even when they don't have leaves. TFTC!