GC1W8QR Traditional Cache Heck of a Hike
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 5 out of 5 | Terrain: 5 out of 5
By: odoME adopted by WingsAndTales @ | Hide Date: 07/22/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 20.378 W106° 08.395 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Scenic view  Significant hike  Not Available during winter  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Near the summit of Mount Democrat - 14,148 feet above sea level



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On 10/1/2013 the cache was replaced with a clear, hard plastic otter box style container. It is 4 x 4 x 6 inches and will hold coins and small TBs. The cache has been moved a little further from the summit to prevent confusion with the summit log. The cache is about 40 feet ENE of the highest rocks(not the summit shelter). Look a few feet north of the ridge as the trail approaches the summit.

From the town of Alma take Buckskin St(County Road 8) to Kite Lake. Depending on the road conditions you may not want to take your vehicle all the way to the lake. It is rough but normally doable for most 2WD cars when it is dry. My Subaru Outback handled it just fine. There is a $3 fee to park close to the trailhead. The hike is about 4 miles round trip and 2150' in elevation gain.

The summit log in the metal pipe is NOT the cache. You must sign the cache log to claim a find on this cache.
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5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 09/02/2018 By magashi
woohoo we made it! quick find had some help, tftc!

Found it 08/12/2018 By timfrankl
Beautiful cache!
TFTC

Found it 08/08/2018 By ddumler1
Great day for a climb tftc.

Found it 07/18/2018 By strontium87
#1092 - wow what a climb! We’re visiting from Texas and have trained for months to be in shape to summit. Unfortunately the rains rolled in and we were Mt Cameron/Lincoln. Cache is in great shape TFTC

Found it 06/18/2018 By drwitzon
#1 of my clock-wise hike of the DeCaLiBron combo (omitting Mt.Bross). Found the cache in good shape after a quick search. When I reached the car park at Kite Lake at 7:30 it was already pretty full (on a Monday!). Great hike in good weather (just a very strong, very cold wind) up to Democrat summit. There was only one short, unproblematic snow field near the summit. No crampons or similar required anymore for the season.
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