Sport's Pikes Peak Summit Stash

07/04/2019 By LucyBelle16
This one took me longer than I care to admit. I'm so out of shape. But what an amazing view! Tftc SL lb16

07/02/2019 By scheblo25
Had the caches up at the summit saved offline so I was able to make some finds!! Early in the morning construction was rolling along but not too many people yet. I was able to walk around the construction site to get to this cache. Decent path, had to look methodically when I reached GZ, but made the find! Exciting to find caches way up here!!! Donuts were good.

06/26/2019 By bucknuts

The Bride and I had weddings in Kansas City on June 21st and then another one in Omaha on June 29th. I told her I really wasn’t interested in driving to Kansas City and driving home for 9 hours and then a few days later drive all the way back same direction for 13 hours. So we decided we would take a mini vacation in between weddings and head to Colorado for a week. We rented a car, but little did we know the car was going to be a Cadillac sedan, and I’m thinking this is going to be my caching mobile for this trip.

###So over the course of the 11 days, we visited 10 states. I was able to get 5 caches that were Year 2000 including Mingo. I was able to get the oldest cache in 3 states…Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. Colored the state of New Mexico RED and put 3940 miles on the rental car. ###

This trip started out in Kansas City as the wedding was on Friday. So we cached the morning of Friday and did the Powercat challenges near Gladstone area. Loved walking the sidewalk, we did get a downpour on us, so hoped into a local spot for lunch and then once the rains lifted we went hiking again. Then went to the wedding on Friday night. Then next day on Saturday, went caching with Gnomecat, Louinliberty and Debrajean grabbing a few caches that I had handpicked out. Was great to see my KC friends for the 2nd weekend in a row after the previous week in Indiana and by the end of this trip it will be 3 weeks in a row. Had an amazing dinner at Gnomecats and enjoyed the great hospitality.

Then on Sunday June 23 is where the journey begins. We headed towards Colorado Springs and grabbed Mingo on the way there. This day was about 9 hours of driving and grabbed a few caches in the Colorado Springs area before meeting up with friends in the afternoon.

Monday June 24 was always going to be a big day both driving and hiking. We started it off by going to Paul Barkley (2nd 2000 year cache). Got lucky as that section of the park was closed to people on Tuesday due to electric work being done. Then from there the Cadillac took us to Geocache (3rd 2000 cache). Then after that we headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tuesday June 25 we cached in Albuquerque in the morning doing a few wherigos and then headed over to the oldest cache in the state. Found the place to park and made the short hike up the hill. Then went across the way and did the Hangman hiking series. After we completed that we headed to Santa Fe to visit and then back to Colorado Springs.

Wednesday June 26th, we got up and headed off to Tarryall (4th 2000 year), those that get nervous about driving well the Cadillac made it just fine. After that we headed to Pikes Peak, it opened late because the car race practice was that morning. We drove up to mile 16 and then shuttle to the top because of the renovations to the new visitor center at top. After this we are now heading back East. We get to Kansas and find Airakee and then spend the night in Kearney. I was able to watch on the phone Vanderbilt win the World Series…Go Vandy Boys

Thursday June 27, drive to Omaha and meet the KC crew for the 3 week in a row and we drive to Sioux Falls to get the State Bird.

Friday June 28th, finish the last 21 of the Ficks Fizzy we had left. Bad news was on 61 Gnomecat fell in the ditch and went over his head in the water. The ditch had probably 8ft of water. Then headed to Omaha and did some challenges and parted ways

Saturday June 29th, some light caching before wedding and then came home on Sunday 13.5 hour drive.

Thanks to all the hiders. Earthcaches and Virtuals have sent answers. Challenges will either have a picture or available via public profile. Was able to leave my signature pencil in a few caches. Thanks for the cache-signed log.

06/13/2019 By SpanDino
0253p , fs 2.5 ; app marks 7m to NE

06/08/2019 By unclerojelio
Awesome. Thanks!

09/13/2018 By Imstobu
Nice view tftc

09/13/2018 By igetaround
Nice view. TFTC

09/12/2018 By seod42
Another good hide at great place on top of the world thanks.

09/12/2018 By jim and jan
Loved grabbing all the caches on the summit but it was not easy . The elevation is real. Great day on the mountain though

09/05/2018 By Firemnky
On a Fall trip through Colorado doing some caching and seeing the sites. A beautiful scenic drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Visiting the downtown areas of Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Colorado Springs to name a few. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the Barr trail at the Summit of Pikes Peak. It was a wonderful trip with quite a bit of caching thrown in along the way.
We arrived at the entrance this morning and were second in line. When the ranger came by to talk with us they recommended we go straight to the top as there was an 80% chance of snow. We took her advice. We had sun on the way up and during our hike then the clouds rolled in and we endured snow, hail, sleet and rain on the way down. This made for an interesting day of caching with all the stops, but we survived and had fun. Thanks for placing this one.

08/25/2018 By B0NE
I think I'm really starting to like these western states..., gotta get outta Jersey! Another adventure with Milek78, starting in Denver and finishing in L.A. This time we came armed with a Durango and climbing gear, I want to get on some rock and give the pine trees a rest!

Our Focus:

• State Highpoints
• High Terrain
• Climbing
• Counties
• High Favs
• Oldies

Although it's a drive up... it still counts as a 14'er in my book!

08/20/2018 By joshua_stephie
Took us a while to find it. Some small rocks had either fallen or been placed on top of the location. We just barely noticed the container. So much fun!

08/04/2018 By f1ipper
Making the rounds for those up at the Peak. With all the construction I wasn't sure I could get to this one. Luckily I did. Thanks for hiding!

08/03/2018 By cal25
Today was the day I got to go up to Pikes Peak. Exciting trip. Got to the top and the 1st cache I had loaded was fenced off that brought me to this one.
Took a little bit to spot but after re reading the hint and description, I was able to make the find within a few moments. Thanks for placing and maintaining this geocache.

07/29/2018 By fshnfvr
Woohoo. Officially my highest cache. TFTC.

A cache just off the trail on the summit of Pikes Peak.

Please, please, replace the cache exactly as you found it.

Then on Sunday June 23 is where the journey begins. We headed towards Colorado Springs and grabbed Mingo on the way there. This day was about 9 hours of driving and grabbed a few caches in the Colorado Springs area before meeting up with friends in the afternoon.

Thursday June 27, drive to Omaha and meet the KC crew for the 3 week in a row and we drive to Sioux Falls to get the State Bird.

Friday June 28th, finish the last 21 of the Ficks Fizzy we had left. Bad news was on 61 Gnomecat fell in the ditch and went over his head in the water. The ditch had probably 8ft of water. Then headed to Omaha and did some challenges and parted ways

Saturday June 29th, some light caching before wedding and then came home on Sunday 13.5 hour drive.

Thanks to all the hiders. Earthcaches and Virtuals have sent answers. Challenges will either have a picture or available via public profile. Was able to leave my signature pencil in a few caches. Thanks for the cache-signed log.