GC4FVAJ RM ORS #20-05: AGV (Another Good View)
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Team Red Rubicon @ | Hide Date: 07/05/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 25.371 W105° 42.268 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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Rocky Mountain (RM) Off Road Series (ORS) #20: Twin Cone
A series by: Team Red Rubicon.

This is the fifth of six caches in the #20 series of Rocky Mountain off-road caches located along the difficult Twin Cone trail. The Twin Cone Trail starts along Highway 285 at Kenosha Pass where the Colorado Hiking trail crosses the highway. The trail offers a lot of great scenery, including views of the surrounding mountains with Red Cone to the North.

Cache Information
After the steep hill climb, you will start climbing above tree line with great views all along the way.

RM Off Road Series #20 Compete Cache Listing

1. Kenosha Creek Cache
2. Quiet Spot
3. Big Valley
4. Hill Climb
5. AGV (Another Good View)
6. The Girlz

Trail Information

Rating/Description
The trail starts near Kenosha Pass just off of Highway 285 about 60 miles from Denver.  Take a left off of the highway at N39 24.749 W105 45.487 while heading west.  The trailhead is just south of the highway inside the campground at N39 24.826 W105 45.267.   There are pit toilets and and a good parking area to air down next to the trailhead.  Shortly after starting the trail, you will come to an unlocked gate that you must unchain and open to proceed.  Make sure you close and chain the gate behind you.  The trail travels through some private property for a while before you come to another similar gate that you must open and close.  After passing through the 2nd gate, you will be on National Forest land. You will travel about 7.2 miles total up to the top of North Twin Cone at 12,300 feet elevation and then return via the same route.  The trail starts getting more difficult at N39 24.968 W105 42.056 and there is a steep hill climb at N39 25.253 W105 42.292.  Make sure you spend some time to enjoy the scenery along the way and plan to spend some time at the top of the mountain.

The Twin Cone Trail is rated difficult but if you take the easier routes, the trail is on the high side of moderate.  There are also plenty of optional difficult sections if you are up for more of a challenge.  You will need a decent vehicle with 4x4 low range and good ground clearance, preferably lifted, to run the trail. The trail is rated a 5 (easiest routes) to 6 (most difficult routes) out of 10 on the traildamage website. Disclaimer: You need to decide for yourself if it is safe to run either of these trails in your vehicle and if you have any doubts, don't do it.

Note: All coordinates in the above description are included on the waypoint list on the first cache page.

Winter Months
This trail is not accessible in the winter. The Twin Cone Trail typically is passable early in the summer because most of the trail gets full sun exposure. It's usually one of the first high mountain trails to open in summer around mid June.  Conditions will vary from year to year.

Time/Distance
The total distance to run the trail is about 14.4 miles round trip. The trails can be run in about 3-5 hours with a few stops thrown in, but make sure you leave extra time to have lunch on the trail, find the caches and to do some exploring. To reach the trailhead from the Denver area takes about 1 to 1.5 hours.

Trail Waypoints
See waypoint list on the first cache page.

09/21/2018 By FlyingBug
The name suits it perfectly. Another great view of the leaves changing.

09/11/2018 By ibgpin
I bagged a total of 14 finds today but the six on the Twin Cones trail were my primary objective today. This trail has two distinct personalities. The first half is fairly mild and the second half is fairly rough. Glad I had the Jeep as it made easy work of the rough areas. Another easy one due to good coordinates. Nice views from here.

07/05/2016 By splashman
We visited with a very cool marmot right here, he watched us as much as we watched him. Guess he lives in this rockpile. We walked down to grab the cache, then enjoyed the views......wow!
On to the peak!
Thanks for the fun,
The Splashes

10/19/2015 By Team Laxson
We actually stopped by this spot twice - once for the cache (on the way up) and the 2nd time for lunch (on the way down). Again, walking with the over sized boot makes the terrain interesting, but I managed to make it to the cache. On the way back, we all had fun picking up brass casing (leave it better than you found it!). We were going to eat lunch here after finding the cache, but sassydil wanted to find the cache at the summit before getting distracted by food. Very nice views from here, in all directions.

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(2905)

10/18/2015 By roc buff
Great view on a great day.

10/18/2015 By sassydil
Lots of good views from here!