GC1422A RM ORS #07-05: Castle Mountain/Rock Face
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: RocketMan and Mrs. @ | Hide Date: 07/01/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 19.087 W105° 21.767 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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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 fifth 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
The area surrounding Wellington Lake is all private land. This cache is on National Forest Land and there is a slight view of the lake and a great view of Castle Mountain from the location. Park at N39 19.082 W105 21.700 (on waypoint list below) to avoid crossing private land.

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)

Additional Waypoints

W11422A - Park Here
N 39° 19.082 W 105° 21.700
Park here to keep from crossing private land.

11/25/2018 By toshbar
Surprised I didn't find this one. I spent a good while circling that big rock, looking in every crevice and under every movable rock.

07/30/2018 By GeoTed1
Looked a long time... no luck today!

07/17/2018 By RocketMan
Good to go.

07/16/2018 By RocketMan
The cache is in place and in good shape. I confirmed that the cache is on National Forest land and not on Wellington Lake property (see red circle on attached image).

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07/12/2018 By gkatka
The cache is still there, and as Marchello stated - it's in fine shape. Had to broaden our search area a bit from GZ - not too hard to find. TNLN and signed the log. What a beautiful place to spend the day. Thanks for the hide, even though it's disabled. :(

07/08/2018 By Marchello21
This cache is for sure still here. Found it with gkatka, my dad, while we were up at the lake for the day enjoying the beautiful weather. The cache is in really good shape. No harrassment from anyone at Wellington, but probably because we were paying customers. TFTC!
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06/16/2018 By Heartland Cacher
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04/17/2017 By RocketMan
It sounds like the Wellington folks are harassing people that are not on their land and I don't want anyone to be subjected to that so I am going to disable this one for now and will move it when I get a chance. RM

04/03/2017 By jmythng
TFTC SL left Darth Vader. Parked at no parking sign. Only ranger can ticket you, Not wellington lake employees. Parking spot is on fr543 ( Pike National Forest )which is not under their control. Challenged them this morning to call ranger and they drove away! That sign only came up when wellington was sold.
The new owners of wellington ( corporation) have been in trouble with the county on numerous times. Some area residents think they put the sign up ( haven't verified it yet). My cabin is only a few miles away. I will try to look into this and let cache owner know.

08/20/2016 By TreasureHunters1977
Great treasure! It's getting big. We left the great full charm. Beautiful country

08/20/2016 By TreasureHunters1977
Great treasure! It's getting big. We left the great full charm. Beautiful country