08/19/2018 By allenmabry
11:06:00 AM My wife and I are from Dallas, staying in Divide, CO for our traditional August vacation to beat the Texas heat for a couple of weeks.
Today is a bucketlist trip for me to Mt. Elbert. I've had this on my geocaching "To Do" list for over 4 years. Our first week here was spent with my siblings and their families, so I didn't plan any big geocaching quests. As a consequence, I was not expecting to have the opportunity to make the trek. Yama Gypsy happened to memtion that she and Lemonheadmafia were going to make this hike today and they allowed me to join them. They even outfitted me with camping gear for the night before. It was also fortunate that we had great weather (aside from the haze of the forest fires).
We traded some notes and came up with a plan. We started from the Mt Elbert North trailhead a few minutes after 0400 and finished at the Black Cloud trailhead at 1611. My patient wife picked us up and shuttled us back north, where we broke camp.
The hike was tiring, but I'll never forget the experience. Even with cellphone mafunction at the summit, I still managed to get a few good pictures before and after that point.
We are about 7 hours in at this point. The coordinates are good - thanks! Otherwise, this would have been impossible to find!
I had a note in GSAK that at one point I needed this find for the 13,750-13,999 band in W&T's Vertically Challenged 250 cache. I finished that at least two years ago... Anyway, this closes a grid on my next D/T Loop and there are some great views from here.
We signed the log. Thanks, ernie66, for the cache.
GeoWoodstock XVII
Ft. Worth, TX
May 25, 2019 10:00AM - 5:00PM
https://coord.info/GC7NBWQ
It is on the way to
Giga status, so please log a "will attend" if you are coming.
Sent from an Android device that sometimes auto "incorrects."
08/19/2018 By YamaGypsy
AllenMabry, Lemonheadmafia and I wanted to hike Mt Elbert today and get as many of the caches as we can. We climbed up from the main trail and descended on the blackcloud where his wife picked us up. We had also thought to do Bull Hill but once we realized how much of a detour it would be we nixed that and moved on. Tftc!
08/18/2018 By Kerewin0430
What an adventure and a half! Started at 3:30, summited (the first time) at 7, and found this cache quickly, thanks to the hint. After summitting, I misjudged the clouds nearby and thought I could easily continue along the south ridge for the other caches as the nearby clouds blew over (only 1 of the 4 weather reports I saw had precipitation starting in the morning). I re-summitted just after 11 (after approximately a 4 mile detour), having survived 2.5 hrs of rain & hail and 1.5 hours of snow and crazy wind. I was so happy to get off the mountain alive - there were some real moments of reckoning, realizing that I was alone...in a snowstorm...on the highest peak in the state...on a side trail! All's well that ends well. Thanks for placing this cache!
08/06/2018 By marmotandgoatcachers
Enjoying a nice, late summer hike and adding some smilies! Thanks for the hide 
!
07/08/2016 By MountainBear
Found this one with Java Chip while trying the Black Cloud route up Elbert. A lot fewer people on this route! TFTC!
66rand Central Elbert
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