GC7T705 Traditional Cache Tunnel Vision
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Room Ten-O-Nine @ | Hide Date: 07/05/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 26.022 W105° 16.759 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Scenic view  Dangerous Animals  Thorns  Medium hike (1km-10km)  Tourist Friendly 

9-rushman&farmgirl79
    got the FTF

Tunnel Drive Trail is located just west of Caņon City. It is a spectacular 2 mile (4 miles round trip) trail that passes through three tunnels bored through solid granite, traverses a couple of bridges, and ends just short of the Royal Gorge. This cache is one mile from the trailhead. The first 0.2 mile is uphill, and the trail is almost level after that. The cache is about 200 feet off the trail and requires navigating some steep terrain and avoiding a cactus minefield. No scrambling is required if you pay attention to your route.

This trail was originally the route of a pipeline that carried water from the Royal Gorge to Caņon City. You can see many remnants of the old water pipeline that ran along, and sometimes under, the trail. The pipeline was abandoned in the 1960s after a more modern facility was built.

The cache is big enough for trade items and travel bugs. There is a nice FTF prize.

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P07T705 - Trailhead Parking
N 38° 26.018 W 105° 15.901

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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
P07T705Trailhead Parking Parking Area  07/05/2018 N 38° 26.018 W 105° 15.901 1.25 kms E 

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7 Logs: Found it 5  Publish Listing 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 06/01/2019 By KC0HEV
Third find of the day after a 1000 day hiatus from caching. Great trail and nice little hike into the bottom. TFTC

73 Bryan

Found it 02/09/2019 By geo14er
Tftc

Owner Maintenance 01/19/2019 By Room1009
I hiked Tunnel Drive today and checked my caches along the way. This one is in perfect condition and waiting patiently to be found. The travel bug was getting bored so I swapped it out. Cache on!

Found it 10/28/2018 By Mikejama
Tftc lots of cati!:)

Found it 10/23/2018 By JAE2920
Nicely done cache, be careful of your footing on the way down and back up! Thanks for placing this cache Tony, you are a real asset to geocaching. Discovered the TB and signed the log.

Found it 07/06/2018 By 9-rushman&farmgirl79
I always like hiking on this trail. The lizards were thick today. We found a good place to get down the hill and I spotted it right away. FTF at about 12:00 pm. I traded out the traveler and we hiked back to the truck and ran into Hartsdale. We had a good chat and headed out. I REALLY like these FTF prizes. [8d][8d] SL TFTC

Publish Listing 07/06/2018 By Heartland Cacher
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