GC3R2MR Traditional Cache Moffat Tunnel Vision
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: rockywisdom @ | Hide Date: 07/22/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 54.181 W105° 38.763 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Parking available  Public restrooms nearby  Bicycles  Horses 
This cache will draw you to an exciting location that's been used in Colorado since 1927 and continues to provide rail passage from the East to the West side of the Continential Divide. The original geocache went missing in 2014 and a replacement is now in it's place!

Finding this cache will give you exciting views of trains passing through the East Portal of this tunnel, constructed between 1923-27, creating passage under the Continential Divide.

The drive to the end of the road will reveal beautiful scenic mountain views, without hectic traffic.
Start at the James Peak Wilderness Trailhead; parking lot and restrooms are available.
Do not cross onto railroad private property!
The Cache is a small, lock-top plastic container, with official Geocaching sticker on it.
The original contents are: logbook & pencil, screw driver, 3D glasses, race car, Vail trail map, quote rock, and a sparkle-in-a-box.
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9 Logs: Found it 2  Didn't find it 3  Write note 1  Needs Archived 1  Temporarily Disable Listing 1  Enable Listing 1  

Found it 10/22/2018 By Travalyn
Beautiful place to hike. We were out for a mountain drive and this drive was suggested to us and it didn’t disappoint. Thanks for the hide. We picked up the cricket travel bug and will move him along quickly. We did not see the longs peak geocoin.

Found it 09/24/2018 By theSoultrains
Found yesterday on a lovely autumn hike! Such a neat spot you found! I love seeing all the tunnel workings, so it was all great! Thanks!

Enable Listing 09/03/2018 By rockywisdom
I am replacing this geocache today and it will be better than ever! (9/3/18)

Temporarily Disable Listing 08/27/2018 By Heartland Cacher
Greetings I'm Heartland Cacher, one of the volunteer reviewers for new caches submitted to Geocaching.com.

This cache was brought to my attention by one or more of your fellow cachers that think this cache is missing and/or in need of maintenance. I want to thank you for the time that you have taken to contribute to geocaching in the past and I am looking forward to seeing your cache up and running in the future. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner the opportunity to check on the cache, and repair it, if necessary. Cache maintenance includes listing maintenance including updating any changes to the text, updating coordinates, removing needs maintenance attributes and enabling the listing. If the owner feels they will not be able to repair this in a timely manner, let me know, and I'll archive it. This will keep the cache from continually showing up in search lists. It can be enabled once you have made repairs. Please use the “Write Note” feature to leave notes on the cache page. Please do not use the "OWNER MAINTENANCE" log until you do the maintenance and the cache is ready to be found again.


When repairs to this cache are completed and it is time to enable your cache, it will be no problem. You can re-enable the cache page http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 by clicking the link under the cache name or by checking the box that says the cache is active. You may also drop me a note and let me know the GC waypoint number of the cache or better yet, the URL of the cache page. If a "Needs Maintenance" log was posted, you will also need to log an "Owner Maintenance" log to clear the "Needs Maintenance" icon from the geocache page. http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404

I look forward to hearing from you. Do not reply to this email. It is sent by a no-reply mailbot so I won't get it. To respond, please do NOT send me an e-mail or a message center conversation as they lack needed functionality for reviewing. Leave a new "Reviewer Note" log here on your cache page. If you're not familiar with this process, see the instructions https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=97&pgid=74. I have your cache on my watchlist, and I will receive a notification when you write your note.

Additionally, please note that if I've not heard from you in 4 weeks, I may be forced to archive this cache. Don't let your cache get archived for non-communication

Thanks for your understanding,
Heartland Cacher
Your friendly Geocaching.com Reviewer

Write note 08/24/2018 By escher53
This geocache is gone, I found it one year ago and knew right where to look. So sad

Needs Archived 08/24/2018 By bobbybear1966
This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

Didn't find it 08/24/2018 By bobbybear1966
I was with a cacher who had previously found this hide and she believes this container is gone. The hide has not been found since 2017 and the CO has not cached since 2012.

Not likely any maintenance will be done here.

Recommend archiving.

Didn't find it 08/24/2018 By bobbybear1966
escher53 and I looked pretty good and couldn't find it. And she had found it previously.

We both think it's definitely gone.

CO has not cached since 2012 so it's not likely this one will get any maintenance.

Frowny face.

Didn't find it 07/27/2018 By cajrrman
Well, I just didn't spot this one.