GC7B0D Virtual Cache Flagstaff Summit
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: N40° 00.253 W105° 18.202 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 64
Taller Boulder Overlook. This is a 3-part virtual multi-cache. Email me the answers to the 3 questions below to validate your visit.
According to GC1D37, Boulder prohibits caches on public lands. Since there are so many great places to visit in and around Boulder, I am establishing a few virtual caches for locals and tourists alike.

THIS IS A THREE-PART VIRTUAL MULTI-CACHE. YOU MUST EMAIL ME WITH DATA FROM EACH PART IN ORDER TO VALIDATE YOUR VISIT.

The coordinates for this cache take you to Flagstaff Summit on a road with many switchbacks. Drive carefully! As you approach the end of the road and the overlook, you will pass a sign with the elevation. Check it with your GPS unit and EMAIL ME THE ELEVATION STATED ON THE SIGN (Question #1).

Now go to N 40 00.221, W 105 18.076. EMAIL ME THE NAME OF THIS LOCATION (3 WORDS)(Question #2).

Finally, go to N 40 00.195, W 105 18.304 (Morse Well). You can do the first two without getting out of your car, but this time get out and take a look at the well. Find the plaque and EMAIL ME THE YEAR THE WELL WAS ESTABLISHED (Question #3).

Please put all your data in one email. If you want a reply, please include your return address.

Enjoy your visit!
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From Boulder, approach on Baseline Road and continue on past my Boulder Overlook cache. There is a turnoff to Flagstaff Summit. I'm not sure where the road continues to if you don't take the turnoff, but maybe you can approach from the other side as well.

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23 Logs: Found it 23  

Found it 06/18/2019 By LostinDenver
This was one of my toughest, scariest, and most frustrating geocaching days so far. I started by spilling my coffee on my work shirt, then driving about 3 miles past the first geocache in the mountains. Wandered around till I found my way back. Then an Audi (I already have a distaste for them) was on my rear bumper when I came around a sharp corner to find a deer in the middle of the 2 lane road. I slammed on my brakes. The Audi barely missed me, swerved into oncoming traffic and nearly hit an oncoming car. He fishtailed and took off. I pulled over at the next pull off to calm down. Then I got in over my head climbing a rock wall (solo, no ropes and I'm not a climber). Finally got down after I was drenched in Adrenalin based sweat. Then a 20 minute search for a different cache without luck. I ended the evening at 9:30 pm with 14 finds.
This is the first cache I went to. It's also the one I drove waaay past. I didn't realize that I missed a turn. Made my way back to the GZ and gathered the necessary info. It is beautiful up here! Answers sent. TFTC!

Found it 06/17/2019 By HelloRose
New to the area, so I’m out doing some exploring and letting the caches lead the way :) Thanks for the little summit tour!

Found it 06/11/2019 By saksiger
Found it

Found it 06/07/2019 By Mixed Breed
It is so beautiful up here. The Mixed Breed 2.0 (Sir Barney) enjoyed the walk to the various waypoints. Answers will be sent.

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 10/15/2018 By caverdon
Our family is in Colorado on vacation. Today we arrived in Boulder and decided to go see the views from Flagstaff mountain. After the winter storm yesterday we expected a lot of beautiful scenery provided the roads were open. We were not disappointed!

After spending an hour walking around the summit and admiring the views, I noticed this VC. Once I checked all coordinates, I knew exactly where to go. The first two stops were quick.

For the third, I walked down from the parking lot and there was another cacher there (4smallfrys) also hunting for the plaque. It was quite a challenge, because the winter storm on the previous day had dumped inches of snow in the area. At the coordinates the snow was almost a foot deep.

I hated to disturb such a beautiful scene, but we needed that answer! We each guessed a location and started to dig through the snow. 4smallfrys came up with the plaque first. Fortunately we didn't have to mess up the scene too much. With the answer, we parted ways and wished each other safe caching adventures.

Many thanks for placing this VC at a great location!

Found it 10/15/2018 By 4smallfrys
Nice views!!
Ran into a fellow cacher while digging thru the snow to find the plaque for question #3!!
TFTC ToungeOut

Found it 10/07/2018 By ffmfmartin
I actually visited this site twice today. This AM, I stopped by and secured all of the answers, but I couldn’t see anything due to the fog. I returned later in the day with my wife and was able to see the views. This place is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for bringing us out here. Fav for sure! Sending my answers now. TFTC!!!

Found it 10/06/2018 By geogooose
I really enjoyed taking in the sights in this area and doing some hiking while visiting these earth caches. Thanks for placing this and keeping it around through all the years! Answers coming.

Found it 09/23/2018 By katiekakes923
Montaukjen sent the answers! We almost crashed a wedding at this cache! With montaukjen and tippytoes4489

Found it 09/03/2018 By Firemnky
On a Fall trip through Colorado doing some caching and seeing the sites. A beautiful scenic drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Visiting the downtown areas of Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Colorado Springs to name a few. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the Barr trail at the Summit of Pikes Peak. It was a wonderful trip with quite a bit of caching thrown in along the way. Thanks for another interesting virtual. Answers sent.

Found it 08/30/2018 By 5thApe
Had a great time up here today. Waypoints let me around to places I might not have seen otherwise, which made it even better.

Thanks for the virtual.

Found it 08/24/2018 By wasillian
5:52 PM: Find 2 of 2 total finds for this outing with my wife while visiting from Alaska. Hazy view on the drive but very enjoyable. This was the 2nd of 2 of your caches we visited. Answers have been messaged to the CO. TFTC #3334

Found it 07/28/2018 By aryahmmr
A decent hike from the bottom. The road spliced the hike multiple times so it's not that solitary. I reached the summit right as a thunderstorm approached so got to see a nice flash of lightning

Found it 07/27/2018 By adsman34
Another neat area above Boulder. Thanks for bringing me here.

Found it 07/24/2018 By Foosprints
I've been visiting family in Lafayette, thought we would go explore some new areas of the mountains. We were not disappointed. TFTC

Found it 07/21/2018 By nclyga
We ended up in Boulder during art fest. The summit was lovely. Thank you so much for bringing us here!

Found it 07/17/2018 By The_Moops
#1750: glad to have driven up here. Beautiful views. Sent answers. TFTV

Found it 07/12/2018 By tc54915
Two week vacation started and working my way out today Denver... Grabbing counties a few delorme squares in Iowa and a few special caches along the way..Tftc.

Found it 07/06/2018 By herndonrd
Out caching with FeartheFish. He sent in answers to both virtuals for both of us. TFTC!

Found it 07/06/2018 By fearthefish
My oldest kid will be attending CU in the fall. We came to campus today because he has an orientation program that he had to attend. After I dropped him off I took advantage of the free time and went looking for some caches.

Herndonrd was kind enough to meet up with me and together we decided to check out your two virtuals. This was our second stop and we enjoyed the view here too. Unfortunately the haze from all the fires limited how far we could see. I look forward to coming back again in the future.

After we found the answers to your question we were back in the car and off to look for more caches. Thanks for the fun hide and for keeping it around for the rest of us to enjoy. I will send an email with the requested information on behalf of both of us.

P. S. No animals (human or otherwise) were harmed in the writing of this log.

Found it 06/30/2018 By zanna
Out from Atlanta exploring Colorado with FLtravelers for a few days. He was able to finish all his counties, while I made more progress on the state. Lots of fun caches were found along the way, including this one.

Great tour of the summit! Answers have been sent.

TFTC

Found it 06/30/2018 By FLtravelers
Flew out to Denver with zanna to grab a cache in the smattering of counties I had left in Colorado. Along the route we stopped for highly favorited caches, virtuals, earthcaches, webcams, Colorado's oldest, and whatever else that looked interesting. This was certainly one of these. Great spot. TFTVC.
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