09/01/2018 By Denali41
For many years I actively worked at reaching the summits of the highest 100 peaks in Colorado (the “Centennials”). Then some issues slowed me down and eventually forced me to stop this quest. But last October I got to the top of one of them, and I recently decided to give it a “go” and try for a few this summer. Mt. Ouray has been unfinished business for me, so yesterday icezebra11 and I drove over from Wellington/Loveland to hike up the mountain. We camped above Marshall Pass and made the nice hike to the top; I hid a cache there. Watch for its publication. Mt. Ouray, with an elevation of 13,971 feet, is the highest of the Centennials I had not yet climbed. I now have eight remaining Centennials, and expect to get to the summits of a couple of these later this summer.
Of course finding some geocaches was the other primary objective of the trip–especially, making the hike to reach sapphyre. And there were a bunch of other caches of interest in the area, including this one. We enjoyed decent weather except for very light snow that briefly hit us the morning of our sapphyre climb. And indeed, we found some nice caches! Icezebra11's log gives more particulars about our finding this cache that I won’t repeat here. The overall effort in terms of both Difficulty and Terrain (because of the road) is higher than the rating given this cache, as icezebra11 also suggests. Thanks for placing this challenging backcountry cache, ibgpin!!
09/01/2018 By icezebra11
Denali41 and I left our homes in northern CO Thursday for a fun-filled climbing and caching road trip to the Sawatch range. Our two primary objectives for the trip were to climb Mount Ouray and to go for sapphyre.
We succeeded in our primary objectives and while we were in the area we decided to make a run for this cache. Well that was one hell of a ride! Denali41 was driving his small Blazer and the "road" was no match for the two of them!! Both the vehicle and the driver performed admirably!!! My full size crew cab pickup has the necessary clearance but it is probably too wide and long for this rugged trail. We were prepared to walk the last mile to the cache but when we got to the cabin there was no blockage so we kept going all the way to GZ. And while yes, you can drive to the cache, it sure seems to be worth more than 2 terrain stars just due to the brain-rattling beating we endured getting there. 
After a very slow journey we made it to GZ and commenced our search. It took a bit of time looking for a micro but we eventually found it. The cache is in near perfect condition. We opened it up to find the log sheet with just Kat & Tim's FTF signature. So with the second find by Droid61 verified with his photo, Denali41 and I are just the 3rd and 4th finders of this neat cache. We really enjoyed the fantastic views from the overlook! Thanks ibgpin & Redcx for placing it!!!
10/04/2015 By estes01
We were in the area today. Note that you are not allowed to drive down this road past John Goodwin's cabin. Also, they have put boulders in the middle of the road to make sure you don't try. We estimate that it's a little over a mile, one way, to reach the cache from the area where you can park. We would have done it, but were too exhausted after a previous hike. Maybe next time.
This entry was edited by estes01 on Monday, 05 October 2015 at 17:55:38 UTC.
08/04/2015 By Droid61
Found while on a ATV ride to John Goodwin cabin. No pen. Took photo. Thanks for the adventure. Droid61
08/08/2013 By vaughantimothy
TFTC
St Elmo Overlook
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