GC15A8 Traditional Cache usmorrows summer vacation
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: Sam, Frances and Teddy @ | Hide Date: 08/08/2001 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 16.419 W106° 29.983 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
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View from the Cache

Hagerman Pass overlooking Ivanhoe Lake.
This cache contains a little bit of everything for everyone. It also contains a hitchhiker. He is a little sailor man with a note attached. We were in Colorado visiting from Texas on summer vacation and would like to see if the little guy makes it back home. The cache is located on the west side of the pass at a beautiful location overlooking the lake. It is only a short distance off of the road because there were thunderstorms rolling in as we got there. DON'T GPS and DRIVE! We will try to include pictures of the location at a later time. LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL STATE!
Sam, Frances and Teddy Morrow.

Please include the standard cache letter if you have one. We didn't have one with us.

If you would like to make a weekend out of it, there are some really great campsites at Chapman Dam Campground. We especially like #11. This would be about halfway between our cache and Rocky Fork cach.

This cache was placed by a member of the
Texas Geocaching Association.
Texas Geocaching Association

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base of a large pine near the tree line

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12 Logs: Found it 11  Didn't find it 1  

Didn't find it 09/26/2018 By alanandpat
Could not find evidence of a cache at the fallen tree or at the standing tree just to the west.

Found it 09/06/2018 By ibgpin
Began this geocaching trip at Turquoise Lake heading up Hagerman Pass and on to Basalt. Saw the container sticking out from a fallen tree but could not retrieve.

Found it 06/30/2018 By PARKERPLUS
I had found this cache some years ago but for some odd reason, I never logged it.

Found it 11/13/2016 By Killian33
I found this one with Nickgatt and my geohound, Cuervo. We drove over Hagerman Pass from Carbondale to Leadville. The weather was a bit chilly with some wind and flurries, but considering its the middle of November, we couldn't complain. TFTC SL.

Found it 11/13/2016 By nickgatt
@10:59:00 #26839 Killian33 and I drove from Carbondale to Leadville to find the Virtual on Hagerman Pass. The roads were pretty clear except at the top of Hagerman. TFTC

Thanks for keeping this old one alive!

Found it 09/08/2016 By ldkloss
TFTC with Kirchgeo and geo puppy Dickens. SL

Found it 09/05/2016 By kirchegeo
Nice hide with ldkloss and geo puppy Dickens. Tftc sl

Found it 09/28/2014 By 2Haulers
We went out and found this one in the rain on color sunday. SL TNLN Thanks for the fun!Smile

Found it 07/28/2013 By Me & Bucky

Bucky & I found this one on an awesome weekend of caching in the mountains! Today's objective was supposed to be Longs Peak, but when we arrived at the trailhead at 03:00 with a temperature of 45 degrees in a driving rain, we switched to the #2 target: the two virtuals near the top of Hagerman Pass. Of course, when we got to the west side of the pass, the temperature was 45 degrees in a driving rain, but I guess that beggers can't be choosers, and we just went for it! Approve

This turned out to be one of my favorite caching days of the summer! The long, slow drive up the pass from Leadville, the drive to the bottom with a major stream running down the road, then the drive back up to the parking area at the western entrance to the railroad tunnel were great, but that was only the beginning. Then the hike up the Telegraph Path to the Divide and the hike further up the hill to the border of the Mount Massive Wilderness Area. Then down to the pass and down some more to the Hagerman Railroad Tunnel on the east side, then back up the hill to the Divide again (for the 3rd time) and down to the truck.

Finally, I was able to grab this one on the way back up the west side of the pass! I don't know why more people don't go for it, since its not that far out of the way. Made the quick find, then continued up to the Divide! Smile

Thanks for the cache! Cool

Part of the Road, Heading Uphill

Bucky Was Keeping Watch on the Road!
Flowers at Elevation!

Found it 09/03/2012 By Frye guys
tftc

Found it 08/04/2012 By Denali41
I came to the Hagerman Pass area to make the hikes in for the two Virtual Caches up here. But I HAD to go west from the Pass to get to this cache--wow, August 2001 as a placement month! I love these old caches, and have great admiration and appreciation for the cachers who put them out and who have maintained them over the years. Thanks so very much for this cache, one of the oldest surviving caches in Colorado. It's too bad that the trees in the area have all been felled by the power company. That old spruce must have been a real gem when it stood presiding over this great cache. Two treasures.

Found it 07/29/2012 By hemr4
12:00pm, Wow, this was a revisit, last time we found this one was 6 years ago today.

note: The big pine it is behind is no longer there, just a big stump.