GC30407 Traditional Cache Gelande Run View
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 4 out of 5 | Terrain: 4.5 out of 5
By: PurgyMan @ | Hide Date: 07/13/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 37.420 W107° 48.910 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Significant hike  Difficult climbing  Parking available  Bicycles  Horses  Short hike (less than 1km) 
Gelande Run is a double diamond ski run at Purgatory Ski Area (Durango Mountain Resort) in southwestern Colorado. It is seldom open for skiing because there is only a flat road for return to the Columbine lift area. Gelande Run looks down at a future day-skier base area.
Years ago, it was the site of the gelande ski jump competition (ski jumping using downhill skis).

The cache is an plastic can in a rock crevice. Note the difficulty for getting to this cache. The elevation is almost 9200’ and the hike is not for the faint-hearted. Good hiking boots and a hiking pole are highly recommended. The gallery photo of nearby aspen trees shows the slope of the terrain.

This cache is not accessible in winter due to snow cover. At other times of the year. be aware of afternoon thundershowers. Because of tall trees, let your GPS settle down in an open area, then use bearing and distance to approach the cache.

The initial contents are a large dime, rubber lizard and an electronic pedometer. There is also a Geocaching info sheet, log book and pencil and pen.

FTF gets the electronic casino game.
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A loop of the mountain bike trail is in a flat area just below the cache site.

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6 Logs: Found it 4  Owner Maintenance 2  

Found it 03/24/2019 By emmipat
Transferring finds from old account. Found this in 2014.

Owner Maintenance 07/03/2018 By PurgyMan
Owner checked on cache. Everything okay. Dropped geocoin TB3PQXK.

Found it 07/29/2017 By chattycathy55
Hubby had to scramble to reach this one!!!

Found it 07/29/2017 By lgf
This is #6000 for me. I didn't want an ordinary easy cache for this milestone. At least when I started I didn't. Started to reconsider when I got halfway here. Parked at the end of a paved road about 500' away and spotted a nice trail. Good. About 150' away, I left the trail straight up the hill. That was tough and slippery in the light mist. Made it to what my GPS showed was it. Spotted a likely spot about 20' further up but searched where I was first. Got my phone out and it showed the likely spot up the hill so I scoot up there and make a quick find. Great shape and a great milestone cache for me. Had heavy rain driving up from Silverton, but it held off nicely here (mostly). Thanks.

Found it 07/16/2017 By Gabehart17
Find the hiking trail it makes easier. Super fun!

Owner Maintenance 09/20/2015 By PurgyMan
Replaced contents of cache, including new log book.