GC1139 Stairway to Heaven
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Dean @ | Hide Date: 07/15/2001 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 49.108 W105° 40.197 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 4

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It's < 1 mile up a 4x4 trail from the main dirt road. If you have an SUV, you only have to walk up a very steep grade for 100 yards. If you don't have an SUV, you'll have to walk in from the main road. In this case, "SUV" <> Subaru - you need a truck. Cache altitude is 10,800 feet !!

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The cache is nicely tucked in under a pair of crossed logs and a wind-swept evergreen. It should stay pretty dry...in the summer months that is! Who knows what will happen to the poor, disposable Glad container during a high elevation winter with dozens of feet of snow! Due to a 2001 Ford Explorer with running boards not being able to climb up the steep grade over a HUGE rock (boulder actually!) on the way to the lake near Alice, Colorado, the cache was hidden near the failed point. Original stash includes log book, herkimer diamond, toy car, doggie treat, keychain bottle opener, guitar pick, and other goodies.

06/13/2018 By HART4Baylor
We found it using our phone app by bush-whacking up from the road- much harder than we needed it to be! Used the trail back to the road. Cache needs a new container. It's only in a trash bag right now. Thanks for a fun adventure!

04/18/2018 By marebear8998
Nice find the container is destroyed really bad but I will bring another container when it's not snowing....

06/19/2017 By wq64815
Yaaa

09/20/2016 By LLYN-lhvwn50
10,000 feet - no wonder I was huffing and puffing on the way up. Sadly, the container is destroyed. Someone wrapped it in plastic and the log is in a baggy, so that helped. But it really needs a new container. I re-wrapped it, but wish I had been able to bring in a new container. Thanks for keeping this one going.

07/12/2016 By wesleygretz
Thanks!

07/12/2016 By CraigandJenn
Tftc!! Beautiful spot!

07/24/2015 By flamewoman
So thats how you get to Heaven. Need to be pretty sure footed. TFTC

07/24/2015 By stardancer2
It was a stairway, all right! We, too, parked the car, but even before we got to this place. It just felt better to leave the car in a nice wide spot and travel by foot. We walked up to Loch Lomond and really enjoyed the day. Thanks for placing this cache :)

07/04/2015 By teamhaas08
Hey there is a trail up here!

07/06/2013 By cajrrman
My main route today was to hike up to Loch Lomand but a little side hike up to this cache was great. One of the oldest caches I have found - I have only found 4 older ones. Cache is in fine shape. 9:31 am at 10,776 feet.