GC14GKE Traditional Cache Gendarme Overlook
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 4 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: climbstuff @ | Hide Date: 07/20/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 52.293 W105° 05.335 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 4
Scenic view  Available during winter  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
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Gendarme Overlook
The cache location from the East
The cache location from the North
The spoiler image



At over 12,000 feet, the hike to this overlook is approximately 5 miles roundtrip along trail 664, with 2500 feet of elevation gained. From here, the view of the crags is incredible. This cache is a small log only container hidden behind some rocks, (to keep the marmots from knawing on it.) Included in the posted images are hints to the cache.
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11 Logs: Found it 11  

Found it 07/05/2019 By Kerewin0430
Got an early start from the Crags trailhead this morning and had a very nice hike up to Devil's Playground. Weather was perfect, so I took several detours once up top (and on the way down) to pick up some nearby caches. My goodness, some of these have been lonely for a while - like this one! There was no log, so I signed one of the bandaids and a card that was inside. Thank you for placing this cache! Beautiful walk up to this one, and GORGEOUS view from here!

Found it 06/22/2018 By hustler13
nice hike, good view. TFTC!

Found it 06/28/2017 By Squedon
I actually found this cache about 2 years ago on pure luck. I wasn't even there looking for it. I just climbed up a rock and thought hmm... maybe theres a geocache here so I went and looked for one and what do you know there is one. I finally went on here and searched around on the map till I found this one. I don't live in colorado but I hope I can go look for it again sometime.

Found it 07/08/2016 By nat16dick
Found this cache with a group of campers from Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp down in Divide, CO. Was great fun for the kids to see the cache and put their names in the log book! Great location for a cache!

Found it 08/06/2014 By hartsdale
This one was placed before I started.

After finding a few of your other hides I went right to it.

The container is in fine shape.

Thanks for a cache in a very cool spot!

HD

Found it 09/30/2013 By COpackrat
Nice day for a hike to Devil's Playground. Thanks for the side trip and cache.

Found it 07/29/2012 By WalksLikeTrees
Got it this time! Brought someone with long legs to help get me there. BigSmile Left small handmade brass ring and leather keychain.

Found it 09/18/2011 By estes01
It's taken me a long time to get to this one. It was always just that much out of the way and I kept saving it for another day. Well today was the day – no more excuses. Thanks to ernie66 for encouraging me to do it because it will go down as a favorite. What an unbelievable sight! Thank you for bringing me to this unique spot.

Found it 01/16/2011 By mtn_goat
Spivey and I were on our way up to Devil's playground today and we decided to take a little detour to this cache. It was a nice place to take a break and get out of the wind.

Found it 12/18/2010 By Spivey
Today I decided to do a pre-winter hike, and the Devil's Playground seemed like a great place to head out and explore before the true winter sets in. (I hiked up from the Crags' T/H). Wow, I loved the views from this cache looking back down toward the Crags, so thanks for highlight views from this part of Pikes Peak. Your cache is in great shape and ready for the next winter cacher wishing to follow my tracks. But if they don't get up soon, then their next window might be late Spring. Another Classic from Climbstuff...

Found it 07/03/2010 By SuperDolph
Loved the location on this one! It was tempting to camp here but threat of a storm was looming and I wanted to get below timberline. Left the Australia geocoin. TFTC!