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| Terrain:  By: pudentane @ | Hide Date: 07/02/2005 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 49.533 W105° 07.418 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0 About a little more than half way to hikerons "Pancakes Anyone?", hence the name. NO pencil so bring your own. UPDATED 6-10-6. While hiking this area today we found that it was lying down trhe hillside about 15 feet. Replaced where it belonged. PLEASE make sure you replace the little rocks that you find there. These will keep it in place so the winds don't blow it away. Another one of my very small camo'd containers. Not big enough to trade items, just a log. This is a doozy of a hike, so go prepared. Take plenty of water. And take the DEET. We were tormented by the little buggers when we were there. In a VERY nice area! Where the Aspens come into veiw the trail becomes much nicer. If you make it this far and you have not done hikerons "Pancakes Anyone?" cache yet, go the rest of the way. It's a breeze compared to the what it was to this point! Enjoy! Oh, I hid one more about 1/2 mile farther up the trail, right along the trail. So do that one too. I did a little research on this area and found this info about the Pancake Rocks Marker (too late to check it out while we were there) This came right off the internet: Pancake Rocks Marker To find the marker at the Pancake Rocks, from the town of Divide on Highway 24 drive south on Highway 67 for approximately 9.6 miles to the Horsethief Park trailhead. Park by the south entrance to the old tunnel, now closed, and follow the trail that begins to the right of the tunnel. After about three-quarters of a mile, there's a sign pointing to the trail on the right that goes to the Pancake Rocks, two miles off. From the trailhead, the elevation gain to the Pancake Rocks is about 1,400 vertical feet. When you reach the large red formations that look like stacked pancakes, the trail drops off to the south and a large rock formation is on your left. The marker, a welded steel cross not visible from the trail, is located close to the north edge of the large rock formation. According to GPS-derived geolocation (accurate to within 10 meters), the marker's coordinates are 38 degrees 48'49.1"N and 105 degrees 06'58.7"W at an elevation of approximately 11,000 feet. The site overlooks the Gillett prairie to the southwest and dramatic cliffs to the east. The black marker's central medallion facing the rock reads: RICHARD SPENCER III 1921-1989 "PONY TRACKS" WESTERN HORSEMAN The medallion on the opposite side has three inverted rectangular U's, arranged in a pyramid. They are flanked at the bottom by two inscribed feathers. Dick Spencer III was born January 28, 1921, in Dallas, Tex., and died July 15, 1989 in Colorado Springs. A noted cartoonist and creator of the University of Iowa's mascot, Herky the Hawk, Spencer was a longtime editor and publisher of "Western Horseman" magazine in Colorado Springs. The American Mountain Men's Web page of deceased members lists his name as Dick "Pony Tracks" Spencer. Long obituaries of this consummate "man of the West" appear in the "Gazette Telegraph" on July 16, 1989, p. B1, and July 19, 1989, p. B6.
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