GC7B05 Virtual Cache The Road To Eldorado
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: IWCOTTON @ | Hide Date: 08/05/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 55.845 W105° 17.652 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 23
Drive-up cache in an elegant location (or hike in for some exercise). You must email me with the answer to a question to validate your visit. For the more adventuresome, park the car and walk in; it's about a mile to the cache with a gentle upgrade much of the time.
According to GC1D37, Boulder County doesn't allow placing caches on public land. This one is on state land, but since I'm not sure of the rules there - and since this is a location worth visiting by locals and tourists alike - I'm establishing this as a virtual cache.

You can actually drive right up to the cache location, but drive slowly and carefully on the road in. Or you can park outside and hike in - not too steep a grade and more time this way to really see the surrounding scenery.

When you arrive at the site, you will see a large information sign. At the top left, there is a greeting: "Welcome to XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX."

To validate your visit, please email me the four words following the "Welcome to." PLEASE DO NOT POST THE WORDS IN IN YOUR LOG, EVEN IF ENCRYPTED. LOGS WITH THE ANSWER WILL BE DELETED.
Enjoy your visit!
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21 Logs: Found it 21  

Found it 06/28/2019 By Catphish1224
Beautiful and hot day here today!

Found it 06/22/2019 By herndonrd
Mrs. Herndonrd had a horse thing between Longmont and Boulder so I spent a couple of days getting some virtuals, earthcaches, and assorted others up in the area. FeartheFish tagged along for part of it. Nice park although the road is a bit rough in places. More people there than I thought there would be. TFTC!

Found it 06/10/2019 By EasternGirls
Yeah I wan't putting my feet in there. Left that up to Irid3sc3nt. TFTV

Found it 06/10/2019 By irid3sc3nt
Found with EasternGirls. While there wasn't much for us to "do" since we aren't climbers or steep trail... climbers... we enjoyed the Visitor's Center. I put my feet in the freezing water to cool down. Wow, putting those socks back on was great! I also learned that the hummingbirds at my house are not Ruby-Throated, but Broad-Tailed. Interesting. TFTV!

Found it 06/01/2019 By kteeeee
Great times had with sweet-marie, MissPeach13 & Laphamclan (CCCs) on our roadtrip into Colorado! Thanks for the virtual.

Found it 10/11/2018 By BigChiefS4
Day 5 of an epic 6 day journey out to the western frontier. I had some vacation time that I needed to burn up by the end of the year, and what better way to use it than to go Geocaching! My main goal was to find caches in New Mexico and Nevada, which would complete my map in the western US. The rest of the 4 remaining states are on the East Coast. Secondary goals were to find oldies, mostly virtuals, and high favorited caches. The only bad part of the trip was that it rained every single day of my vacation.

I headed south out of MN on Sunday and returned home on Friday.
Sunday - Drive all the way through to Colorado (15 hours!)
Monday - Cache in and around Denver and Colorado Springs, with an attempt at Pike's Peak (closed at Mile 14)
Tuesday - Head south towards GC19 and then west through Wolf Creek Pass
Wednesday - Four Corners monument and west towards Nevada
Thursday - After a night in Richfield, UT, head east through the skiing areas of Colorado towards Nebraska
Friday - The long drive home

Thanks to all the cache owners for placing these caches for me to find and for keeping the oldies going all these years.
Thanks for the quick virtual!

Found it 09/28/2018 By GMommy
Enjoying the State Park and trails. Were here earlier in the year, but didn’t have a chance to hike. A little cool today for Georgians, but we survived! Answer sent. TFTC

Found it 09/13/2018 By ThickerThanWater
TFTC - very nice park. Hiked rattlesnake gulch ...but didn’t see any snakes ;-).

Found it 09/02/2018 By mtnbikeandy
Tftc!

Found it 08/28/2018 By garrun
Happy birthday Charlie. Beautiful hike on the rattlesnake trail!

Found it 08/28/2018 By SoniaBeard
Great day on the Rattlesnake Gulch trail. Excited to come back and explore more of this amazing park. Thanks, owner for bringing us to the visitors center.

Happy birthday, Charlie!

Found it 08/12/2018 By Chris Inger
We did little hiking in the valley and went to the spot of the final. Answer is sent. Thanks for the virtual!

Found it 08/12/2018 By bigfeeters
Native that has not been here in many years- others found out about it! Beautiful day and a lot of climbers out here- thanks for the cache and for bringing us here again! Gets a favorite!

Found it 07/27/2018 By Geocath73
Tftc from France

Found it 07/22/2018 By jsarche
I had a great day hiking in the park today with my wife, some friends and our dogs, then taking a dip in the pool. We had a great time, and I was happy to be able to log an older virtual too. Answer coming soon via email. Thank you!
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Found it 07/12/2018 By tc54915
Two week vacation and I made it to Denver without a problem. I have until 1130 pm on Friday to cache until I pick up another cachers at the airport....ohh what shall I do??? Hitting the virtuals and oldies of course...Tftc.

Found it 07/11/2018 By coach.bennett
Found this one just before catching our fight home to Michigan.
TFTVC

Found it 06/17/2018 By 5thApe
Had a nice hike with my wife and dog.

Found it 05/19/2018 By Breezy406
My muggle hubby and I are visiting from Missouri. Our granddaughter is graduating today from high school. The graduation ceremony was here in Boulder, so after the ceremony we took a drive up here to get me a couple virtuals and traditionals. Thanks for placing and maintaining, answers sent.

Found it 04/23/2018 By Geobunkelj.si
What a great place to visit or climb. Tftc
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Found it 03/30/2018 By Schwarzentraub
TFTC, quick find. Answers sent to co