GC1ED1P Traditional Cache Oil Creek Tunnel Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: The 5C's and Team Corson @ | Hide Date: 07/12/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 51.567 W105° 03.316 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
On Pikes Peak, near an old mining tunnel
This was a joint effort between The 5 C's and Team Corson. We'd be planing this for while and got a super day to make the trip.

Great destination for a moderate hike. If you park at Elk Park Overlook (just before mile marker 14) the hike isn't that bad. Beware they are working on the trail from that point and you might have to take a small detour. You can also come up from Barr trail as well, however our terrain rating does not reflect that route.

Some other great caches in the area. This might be a summer cache not for the fact that it will be hard to find with snow on the ground, but harder to get to.
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They sure did leave a lot of machinery around the site - some of it pretty big too.

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5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 07/20/2017 By rkster
Have been coming to this site since the 80s and it never gets old. The flowers were in full bloom along the trail. Quick and easy find and the cache is in great shape. TFTC SL

Found it 07/25/2016 By hartsdale
Lots of water coming out of the mine and up out of the ground.

It was ice cold and just had to put my feet in it. ( shoes and socks off, of course )

Very cool area back in here.

Thanks!

HD

Found it 07/15/2016 By hintonkids
found it with the family, great hike

Found it 07/06/2016 By Mikejama
This one has been on my list for awile...beautiful day and spot..nice to be the first to find in 3 years...tftc:)

Found it 06/21/2012 By WingsAndTales
I had a great day in Elk Park with estes01. It's always an adventure and in this case we made some progress on planning future adventures too. We had lunch in the area and enjoyed the scenery. It's great to see some of these areas up close after looking at them from town for so many years. TFTC

This entry was edited by WingsAndTales on Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 18:55:59 UTC.