GC6B9C Traditional Cache Hoosier Daddy?
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Dasenbrock and TheOlivers @ | Hide Date: 07/02/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 22.511 W106° 04.924 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 6
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This cache was placed by the vacationing Dasenbrocks from Nebraska and the Colorado natives, the Olivers. Let Hoosier Pass summit be your starting point. A 4x4 is recommended or you may choose to hike the 2 miles (one way) with an elevation gain of roughly 400ft. Ascend the road up from the Hoosier Pass summit and take the sharp right-hand turn which will lead you along the east side of the ridge. If driving, we recommend parking at Crystal Lake near the abandoned mine shaft at N 39 22.535, W 106 04.738, then hiking the rest of the way to the cache. Your experience will be more pleasant if you hike along the 4x4 trail until very near the cache.

Safety Note: The cache is not in the mine shaft, so we suggest staying out of the shaft.
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Ascend from Crystal lake along the 4x4 trail. There is a point before you reach the second mine shaft that levels out with a nice view of the lake. The cache is roughly 50 feet ENE and below the trail, looking directly at the lake. It is behind the second large rock covered loosely with smaller rocks.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 08/13/2018 By charandbruce
Had great fun with my brother sepfind looking for caches in this area TFTC

Found it 08/13/2018 By sepfind
I have been wanting to come up to this old cache for many years! Finally found it today with char&bruce. Great hike and nice hiding place. tftc!

Found it 07/27/2018 By pitter7
Wow what a beautiful view from the cache site! We started at the parking lot just off hwy 9 where the Continental Divide sign is. We hiked up to where Crystal Lake road forks off to the right. Down we went to the lake, enjoyed the views and then saw we were so close to a geocache! There was a windy trail that looped up and around and brought us 50’ from gz! After finding the cache, we thought we spied a trail that would take us over the ridge to Hoosier Pass Rd. It turns out there wasn’t really much of a path and we bushwhacked to the top, where we met up with the road and had an uneventful trek back down to the car. Total hike was 4.3 miles and took us 2.5 hours to complete. Not bad with five kids ages 5-12 along with us. Thank you for the reason to get lost along these trails! Sincerely, fellow geocaching visitors from Nebraska.
*spoiler pic included

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Found it 07/24/2016 By zacmanz
First Ever find! Took my 15 year old son on a hike, saw some strange symbol on my new GPS and followed it to the cache! We had a blast! Found a new hobby (like I needed another!)

Found it 06/13/2016 By Hikermama3
Yes!! Found it, long hike all on foot! Of course I went the longest way :/ but I found it so no worries. Still there!

Found it 06/30/2014 By Keep On Trekking
We really enjoyed the hike to this cache. Surprising that no one has been here since September 2012. We parked a short ways past the fork because from then on the jeep road was replete with mud puddles, muddy tracks, creek crossings and large patches of snow blocking the road. But, we're glad we hiked because it was a gorgeous day and a beautiful hike. The views are awesome. Once at the lake, we were tempted to hike straight up to the cache, but were glad for the advice to stick to the jeep trail. Found the cache easily and it's in great condition. T: the geocoin and keychain. L: our WOW F.R.O.G and a air patrol patch. SL T4TSmile Afterwards we had our picnic lunch at the lake. This was by far our favorite cache today and are awarding it a favorite point.

Found it 09/02/2012 By toddh3
Great cache! Nice drive in and a great view of Crystal Lake and the Continental Divide. Left a trackable Geocoin!

Found it 08/04/2012 By SBD1952
Catching up on some logging from September. Came hear with Team EITW. Loved the spot and the trip getting here. TFTC

Found it 08/04/2012 By LittleBaldy
Wasn't necessarily intending on finding this cache while out hiking with prunes_a_burro, but saw it was nearby on my GPSr. Briefly considered climbing up to it via the rocks for fortunately we took the road instead and it was a quick find. We kept going up the road to another mine for lunch, then over the ridge and back down to the parking area. Thanks for placing this cache!

Found it 08/04/2012 By prunes_a_burro
Hiking with the dog and LittleBaldy. Love this area -- got to peruse many mines (carefully)!

Took the Sugar Bear trackable, left some camo duct tape. Thanks!