09/03/2021 By PastorChris
This was our fifth DeLorme challenge. There are many memories from our travels to work on this challenge. One was logging our caches from a trip on Southwest Colorado to find out we missed on page! There were areas in the mountains we retuned to because of the beauty that we found on the first pass. Not the most efficient way to complete the challenge, but it was great to discover and return to the mountains. Thank you
05/18/2021 By mm&mm
It's been years in the making, but at last I completed the challenge. It took two long weekend campaigns to nock out the remaining pages on the western edge of the state and the few stragglers along the southern border. But I got it done. Saw some remarkable places I otherwise would have missed. Once revealed, I signed the final log sheet yesterday. Thanks for keeping the challenge going.
09/26/2020 By 6ftzpr&1/2zip
Our last visit to Colorado was in 2018 with the initial purpose of doing the DeLorme as well as finding all the counties. In the midst of this goal, we discovered a beautiful State that invites us back repeatedly to enjoy the many vistas and nooks and crannies... some we would not have discovered except for geocaching. On 5/16/18 we signed the log sheet (with the permission of the CO) and wrote a note that we planned to finish. Now that we have met the challenge we look forward to returning to some of our favorite spots in the future. Definitely gets a "favorite" point! TFTChallenge Greasepot
09/11/2020 By Lost Tribe
We posted a note on 09/24/2019 when we signed the final log, and said we'd be back to finish the Challenge.
We intended to return in the Spring of 2020, but COVID had other plans.
We finally felt safe enough to travel, and spend a week finishing up the grids.
We loved CO, a magnificent state, and much appreciated that almost everywhere we went people wore masks.
Thank you Greasepot for this most enjoyable challenge!
Here is our list of our finds:
06/29/2020 By k9jayhawk
Signed this one nearly six years ago and finally finished it two years ago but never logged the cache. Realized that tonight as I was perusing through some stats. This is only my second Delorme finish and I hope to finish a third one in about another five years or so....TFTC SL
08/14/2018 By allenmabry
1:53 PM We are here from Dallas for what has become a customary August vacation in Divide in order to skip the Texas heat for a couple of weeks.
Today we drove to Denver mainly for the Colorado DeLorme and Great Square of Colorado challenges, plus a rare D/T combo involving a tree climb instead of hanging off a cliff.
We are capping it off with a geocache event to celebrate RPieperCO's 4 year geocaching anniversary.
I've been caching in Colorado since 2007. I've seen some great places. One of my favorite memories is creating the hill on "Dos Lagos" near Montezuma and seeing 4-5 deer bounding away. Over the past two years, after having completed county and DeLorme challenges in other states, I became better at insuring that I lit up a DeLorme grid as we as the county. We did a big swing through northern and northwest Colorado last year. In June of this year I did an epic solo trip and, among other things, finished the last 5 DeLorme pages in a checkerboard pattern across southwestern Colorado.
Today I was able to close out this adventure. I had a nice conversation with "garlic" while I signed the log. Thanks, Greasepot, for the cache. This one definitely gets a favorite point from me.
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.
06/12/2018 By allenmabry
Here is my list using GSAK macro: (Part 3)
Found: 92 out of 92 regions or pages.
Regions without cachefinds:
This analysis was carried out at -> 6/13/2018 12:23:57 AM (Click on any column heading to sort)
Region/CacheCode/CacheType/CacheSize/D/T FoundDate GeocacheName State
Page 93 GCGGCJ V Virtual 1.0 1.0 2013-10-08 Mining I- Ludlow Massacre Colorado
Page 94 GC2T2N7 T Small 1.5 1.0 2016-10-14 Rail's End Colorado
Page 95 GC29D55 T Small 1.5 1.5 2016-10-14 Small Town Series # 10 Akron, Colorado Colorado
Page 96 GC1EVH1 T Micro 2.0 2.0 2013-10-04 100 miles to Grandma's House Colorado
Page 97 GCVCR7 T Small 1.5 1.5 2013-10-04 Mondo's 100 Mile Cache Colorado
Page 98 GC4Z468 T Micro 2.0 2.5 2014-08-08 Taylor the Grizzly Colorado
Page 99 GC11TAC T Micro 1.0 1.0 2014-08-08 Bent County Helper - Bison Tube Colorado
I also managed to get these into a bookmark list. allenmabry's Colorado DeLorme List
06/12/2018 By allenmabry
Here is my list using GSAK macro: (Part 2)
Found: 92 out of 92 regions or pages.
Regions without cachefinds:
This analysis was carried out at -> 6/13/2018 12:23:57 AM (Click on any column heading to sort)
Region/CacheCode/CacheType/CacheSize/D/T FoundDate GeocacheName State
Page 47 GCYY3R T Micro 1.5 1.5 2007-05-20 Frying Pan Colorado
Page 48 GC1HF2Z T Regular 1.0 2.0 2009-09-07 Tatonka Colorado
Page 49 GC18 T Large 2.0 3.0 2009-09-07 Tarryall Colorado
Page 50 GC56G5C U Regular 5.0 2.0 2015-04-09 500 Multi-cache Challenge Colorado
Page 51 GC41EHH U Micro 3.0 2.5 2014-08-22 Colorado Anniversary Challenge Cache Colorado
Page 54 GC2G0QG T Micro 1.5 1.5 2017-08-03 Unaweep IV Colorado
Page 55 GC20HPW T Micro 1.5 1.5 2017-08-03 Find and Sign #9 Colorado
Page 56 GC68QA0 T Small 1.5 1.5 2016-08-08 Bear Creek Colorado
Page 57 GC1Z11H T Regular 2.0 4.0 2016-08-08 Red Creek Fortress - Blue Mesa Reservoir Area Colorado
Page 58 GC2GATJ T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-08-08 Colorado Spirit Quest #355 Gunnison Cemetery Colorado
Page 59 GCGMNB T Regular 1.0 2.0 2009-09-08 St. Elmo Colorado
Page 60 GC1F57J T Micro 1.5 1.5 2009-09-07 Benchmark: JK0661 " Q 177 " Colorado
Page 61 GC2XVAV T Small 2.0 3.5 2014-08-28 Blue Mountain Cache Colorado
Page 62 GC26MWG T Small 3.0 4.0 2017-08-15 Sport's Beaver Creek Cache Colorado
Page 63 GC202RQ U Micro 3.5 1.5 2013-10-07 The county challenge - 100 US counties Colorado
Page 64 GC1NRZ7 T Micro 1.5 1.5 2018-06-05 not disapointed San Miguel Colorado
Page 65 GCGHE1 T Regular 1.5 2.0 2018-06-05 kids power Montrose Colorado
Page 66 GC2NC8E U Micro 3.0 1.5 2016-08-08 Its About Numbers Colorado
Page 67 GC925B V Virtual 1.0 1.0 2016-08-08 Curecanti Overlook Colorado
Page 68 GC2GAT5 T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-08-08 Colorado Spirit Quest #354 Parlin Cemetery Colorado
Page 69 GC2GARP T Micro 2.0 1.5 2016-08-08 Colorado Spirit Quest #353 Doyleville Cemetery Colorado
Page 70 GC40YHJ T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-08-11 Villa Grove Colorado
Page 71 GC384NT T Micro 1.0 1.0 2014-08-13 Zebulon's Trek Colorado
Page 72 GC4MPR2 U Regular 5.0 5.0 2014-08-13 366 Day Challenge Cache Colorado
Page 73 GC3B6ZT U Small 1.5 1.5 2013-10-08 7th Grade Math #1 Colorado
Page 74 GC2407N T Small 1.5 1.5 2018-06-05 Range Backwards? San Miguel Colorado
Page 75 GC3V1VP T Regular 1.5 1.5 2015-08-10 Home on the Ranch Colorado
Page 76 GC3Y1RZ T Small 1.5 1.5 2015-08-10 Cowboy's Top of the Mountain Colorado
Page 77 GC34Q61 T Micro 1.5 1.0 2015-08-09 Colorado Spirit Quest #418 - Coursey Memorial Colorado
Page 78 GC6K6ZF T Regular 1.5 1.5 2018-06-05 Chain Up Mineral Colorado
Page 79 GC3RK8D T Regular 1.0 1.5 2015-08-09 beaver mountain Colorado
Page 80 GC3MFQJ T Small 1.5 1.5 2016-08-11 Alien Cache Colorado
Page 81 GC1JYBR R Not chosen 2.5 3.0 2016-08-11 The great sand box Colorado
Page 82 GC2B5N8 T Regular 3.0 1.5 2016-08-05 Wahatoya Colorado
Page 83 GC16D2Q R Not chosen 1.5 1.0 2013-10-08 Huerfano Butte Colorado
Page 84 GC3WB53 T Micro 2.5 2.0 2018-06-05 Cowboy's Between a Rock and a Hard Place Montezuma Colorado
Page 85 GC7704 V Virtual 1.0 1.0 2015-08-10 A Funny Way to Ride the Rails #2 Colorado
Page 86 GC3057 V Virtual 1.0 1.0 2015-08-10 History, Trains and Southwest Colorado
Page 87 GC2A0KE T Regular 2.0 2.0 2015-08-10 Bayfield has Bridges #3 Colorado
Page 88 GC5VB5K T Micro 2.5 1.5 2015-08-08 Riverwalk Singing Bridge Colorado
Page 89 GC2JD61 T Micro 3.0 3.0 2018-06-05 TEN THOUSAND Conejos Colorado
Page 90 GC3DXA3 T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-08-05 Colorado Spirit Quest #431 - La Jara Cemetery Colorado
Page 91 GC11F96 T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-08-05 Veteran's Memorial cache Colorado
Page 92 GC2FHGG R Other 1.0 1.0 2016-08-05 Devil's Stairsteps Colorado
06/12/2018 By allenmabry
I took a meandering trip over several days to finish up this and other challenges. I knocked off the six remaining Colorado sectors (089, 078, 084, 074, 064, 065) on 5 June.
I had a brief heart flutter when project-gc said I didn't complete sector 084, but I checked the cache coordinates against the values on this cache page and they are within the range. Thanks for the clarity of requirements!
Here is my list using GSAK macro: (Part 1)
Found: 92 out of 92 regions or pages.
Regions without cachefinds:
This analysis was carried out at -> 6/13/2018 12:23:57 AM (Click on any column heading to sort)
Region/CacheCode/CacheType/CacheSize/D/T FoundDate GeocacheName State
Page 100 GC5387 T Not chosen 1.0 1.0 2017-07-30 C.W. Set Bail Colorado
Page 101 GC1FAHW T Micro 1.5 1.5 2014-08-08 Colorado Spirit Quest #100 - Butte Cemetery Colorado
Page 102N GC1XA5Y T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-10-15 Colorado Spirit Quest #228 - Holyoke Colorado
Page 102S GC1YHR3 T Micro 1.5 1.5 2013-10-04 Tribute to John Colorado
Page 103N GC1Y59H T Micro 1.0 1.5 2016-08-20 Colorado Spirit Quest #257 - Sheridan Lake Colorado
Page 103S GC1AWGM T Micro 1.0 1.5 2016-08-20 CO Delorme Page 103S Helper Colorado
Page 12 GC25VJ8 T Micro 1.5 2.0 2017-08-02 Think Spring #1 Colorado
Page 13 GC1ZV4P T Small 1.5 1.5 2017-08-02 Caravan-O-Fun - Hamburger Helper #13 Colorado
Page 14 GC4MW4B T Small 1.5 1.5 2017-08-02 Think Spring Two 2.0 Colorado
Page 15 GC3MXWD T Micro 1.0 1.5 2017-08-02 MoffElk POI Colorado
Page 16 GCYR9Z T Regular 2.5 2.5 2017-08-01 Mondo's Strawberry Hill Colorado
Page 17 GC1G6A2 T Small 1.5 1.5 2017-07-31 Colorado Spirit Quest #126 - Walden Colorado
Page 18 GC205H1 T Regular 1.5 1.5 2017-07-31 Georgie's Ski Condo Colorado
Page 19 GC2WXHZ T Small 3.0 4.0 2017-07-31 Favorite Fishing Spot Colorado
Page 20 GC52XJ4 T Micro 1.5 1.5 2016-10-16 A Good Place for Lunch Colorado
Page 21 GC1N96R T Micro 1.0 1.5 2016-10-16 Colorful Colorado Colorado
Page 22 GC27DCZ T Regular 1.5 1.5 2017-08-03 Bubbles Colorado
Page 23 GC2EJ6J T Not chosen 1.5 1.5 2017-08-02 "I Do" Fire Colorado
Page 24 GCZHEK T Regular 3.0 5.0 2017-08-02 Juniper Springs View Colorado
Page 25 GC289EV T Small 1.5 1.5 2017-08-02 Bears Ears View Colorado
Page 26 GC2BP6Z R Other 1.0 1.5 2017-07-31 Steamboat Spring Colorado
Page 27 GC1WJ3A T Small 2.0 2.0 2017-07-31 Oceans Two Colorado
Page 28 GC5E54 V Virtual 1.5 1.5 2008-09-01 Ribbon Of Life Colorado
Page 29 GCG66D T Regular 3.0 5.0 2008-09-03 Kasper's Cache Colorado
Page 30 GC3DHK1 U Small 4.5 1.5 2016-10-16 NoCo 366 Challenge Colorado
Page 31 GC34G2C T Small 1.5 1.0 2016-10-14 Love Stop Bug Hotel Colorado
Page 32 GCAEB6 V Other 1.0 1.0 2017-08-03 art Colorado
Page 33 GCYRA5 T Regular 1.5 1.5 2017-08-03 Mondo's Square S Colorado
Page 34 GC5B2KB T Other 5.0 5.0 2017-08-03 Fibber McGee Colorado
Page 35 GC7C73 V Virtual 1.5 1.5 2017-08-03 Patron 'Aint Colorado
Page 36 GCWJX6 T Small 3.0 1.0 2017-08-04 watch for Bairs Colorado
Page 37 GC8BB1 T Regular 2.5 1.5 2007-05-19 Cache the View Colorado
Page 38 GC185EG T Small 1.5 1.5 2009-09-12 Lake Dillon Theater - Dillon, CO Colorado
Page 39 GC1EYW8 T Small 1.5 2.0 2014-08-11 Colorado Spirit Quest #80 - Russell Gulch Colorado
Page 40 GC6XDGH U Micro 5.0 1.0 2017-08-14 Mile High Mystery Fizzy Challenge Colorado
Page 41 GC57BR8 R Other 3.0 1.0 2016-10-11 Denver International Airport Earthcache Colorado
Page 42 GCGKT7 V Virtual 1.0 1.0 2017-08-03 Who's cache? Colorado
Page 43 GC1HCQW T Micro 1.0 1.0 2017-08-03 BELL Colorado
Page 44 GC1H45G T Micro 1.5 1.5 2017-08-03 In the shadow of greatness Colorado
Page 45 GC1DB7K T Small 2.5 1.5 2017-08-04 Grab N Go Colorado
Page 46 GC6D6Q9 T Small 2.0 1.5 2017-08-04 Riverside Colorado
05/16/2018 By 6ftzpr&1/2zip
Today we are driving through some very interesting parts of Colorado...isn't it all?! Glad to knock off a few more DeLorme pages and counties... and we will need to come back to Colorado to finish it up after finding this one today. A huge "thank you" to the CO for the coordinates as we are traveling. We will be back.
09/09/2017 By Equine1030
Headed up from Catalina, AZ to finish this important part of the Colorado DeLorme Challenge after spending last weekend in Colorado caching. First stopped early in the morning in Utah to sign the log. Made it through Colorado to the cache, signed the log before the snow sets in soon. Thanks for the challenge, not sure which was harder, driving all over the state turning rocks, looking in trees, under bushes , then trying to take a selfie or the final hike through the gate to the cache. Anyway, it is done.
09/08/2017 By Equine1030
Braved a couple of rain storms and a lot of backtracking to get this challenge out of the way. For those interested I used the Colorado DeLorme12th edition. I did find the CO's matrix very useful when it came to a cache on the fold of a page. There is a downloadable list in the Bookmark section (Equine1030) Ready for the final before the snow.
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07/22/2017 By elrep
Wow, we live in a beautiful state! And we've had so much fun exploring it from edge to edge and corner to corner as we worked to complete the counties and DeLorme challenges. We found and signed both final caches today.
We started caching after getting our first GPS for Christmas 2008. I don't recall when we learned about the challenges but I don't think we decided to seriously work on them until sometime in early 2011. Since then we've made 13 trips to different parts of the state, some just for caching and some caching on our way to other states. We finished our last counties and pages in early July with a trip to the southern part of the state that included a relaxing visit to the Pagosa Hot Springs and a spectacular day riding the Durango-Silverton Railroad.
Thank you to everyone who placed the caches we found (and the ones we didn't find) on our journey. And a special thank you to Greasepot for maintaining this challenge. We've added favorite points to many of the caches we've found along the way and are adding one for this cache as well.
11/02/2016 By BugRanger
Woo-Hoo! We got it! Quick find in an urban setting...
I started this challenge 2-3+ years ago, and was getting close by this summer. Then Estes Lynne & I started on a couple of cache-runs to complete this, first heading to the east & SE (getting the SE corner in the process), and then a second mega-trip for the NW corner and the handful of DeLorme pages I needed, and all those pages Lynne needed. Still can't believe that pages 32-32 have NO active towns, and maybe 2 major roads on each page - thanks to the 'cachers who put caches way out there! Not many, but enough to complete the Challenge! All those miles, all the scenic byways, and all those caches - are all pretty awesome. Thanks for the Challenge!
11/02/2016 By EstesLynne
Whee! Woo hoo! Hurrah! Ta-da! (You get the idea)
Bug Ranger and I spent a lot of days and a LOT of miles (more than one tank of gas, thank you very much) finishing up this challenge, which we finally completed a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time along the way, especially when we were on those pages (32 and 33, we mean you) where there are NO towns and we are just crossing our fingers that nothing goes wrong. Still, I now feel like a genuine Coloradan. I haven't seen it all, but pretty darn near.
Today we finally got our act together enough to get down here for the final. After everything else you'd think we'd be geniuses at navigation, but I must say that the roads around this area are confusing. Still, our names are on the list and WE ARE DONE.
Did I say hooray? Thanks for spurring us to do this!
Colorado DeLorme Challenge
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