12/12/2017 By Back Country Horsemen
We rode our horses around the Noddles trail & found the 2 track up to this rock point. We surveyed the situation & determined it would be too dangerous & not worth a broken bone. I've already had to call 911 several times for my huggles accidents & a broken arm. It's too scary.
Maybe if others would like to hike out that can climb rock faces, I would love to come along.
05/28/2016 By hartsdale
Out hiking with Rob14erGuy and SnailMan1 on a nice Colorado morning.
After this one, I am sticking to only Noodle soup.
Thanks for a fun cache to hunt up!
HD
05/28/2016 By Rob14erGuy
Toughest one of the day! Hartsdale, Snailman1 and I spent some time figuring out the best route. My way was just too dangerous, so I came back down. Snailman1 found the best way as always and eventually, we accomplished our mission! Incredible view from on top!
Thanks for the cache!
05/28/2016 By SnailMan1
Wow, this was one I really didn't think we would find today. Rob14erGuy, Hartsdale and I each tried a different approach and all failed on our first attempt. I was too far to the North but was fairly high and I could see what looked like a promising approach so back down I went. It turn out that Rob14erGuy had the right idea but he too was a little too far North. We reset and started back up on a path that seemed very promising Once near the top Rob14erGuy once again found a path which I would have never tried on my own. He looked to be in a very precarious location, but he made it. Next thing I knew he was on top. He had found the correct path and we headed on up and around. It wasn't quite as bad going around that rock as I thought it would be. Thanks for the challenge!
07/13/2013 By Raddad637
I wanted to do something a bit more memorable for my 15,000 milestone and this one certainly fit the bill. I scouted it out last weekend and wanted to bring my son to join me. His work schedule didn't allow him so I had to do it solo. With my son I was planning on rappelling down but went for the daring solo myself today. I'm certainly glad I still brought my rock climbing shoes. My hiking boots were slipping on some of the friction parts at the beginning. The rock shoes stick like magic and made things much more secure. I'm not sure I took the same route as the Birdroppings. The only part I recognised from Birddropppings handy pictures was the bridging the gap window shot. I climbed up the north side of the noddle to the gap. From the Gap I went to the north side to view the routes up to the slings that I could see. I then went over the top of the window boulder and up the channel to the slings. At the top, I thought the cache was replaced with a nice new ammo can! That turned out to be a relatively new summit register. Those muggles! What will they think of next?! 
The actual cache was there just as described with all the cacher's signatures and stamps. I stamped the log and signed the muggle log in the ammo can too. 
I wasn't able to stay and enjoy the summit too long as there was lightning to the west so I thought I should get down instead of being a lightning rod. 
When I got down I still tried to go for the two caches to the north but only got half way there before thunder, fatigue and lack of a trail made me turn around and head back.
Stats: 3.19 miles hike to the summit from the hiking trailhead.
6.7 miles round trip distance in 3 hours 55 minutes total including the aborted attempt towards the norht Noddle head.
2 1/2 hour nap in the car when I got back. This is when it rained. Perfect timing!
Over 1/2 hour writing this log at home.
It was far from the hardest rock climbing I've done but certainly the the most difficult cache adventure for me yet. It's not for everyone and requires above average skill and care hence the appropriate terrain rating. Thanks so much for an exciting, memorable 15k milestone cache experience Birddroppiings.
Raddad637
Ron
South Noodle Head
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