GC32BZJ Traditional Cache Owl Mountain
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: Denali41 @ | Hide Date: 08/14/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 28.107 W106° 02.510 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes more than an hour  Bicycles  Motorcycles  Off-road vehicles  Snowmobiles  Medium hike (1km-10km) 



Owl Mountain is a long, graceful arcing ridge in Jackson County
that’s highlighted by several gradual projections. The
highest of these has an elevation of 10,957 feet, just 13 feet
higher than a small mound about a mile west of it that is commonly
referred to as the Owl Mountain summit. The latter supports a small
“tower’, whereas the true high point, the Ranked Peak,
is forested and has nothing special to discern it other than its
slight elevation advantage. And it has a summit register
that’s rarely visited: it was placed there in 1995 and has
been signed by only four adventurous spirits who have made their
way to the true top of Owl Mountain.

But now the highest summit point has another feature of
interest–a geocache! This cache is hidden north of the summit
register by several dozen feet, so there is no chance that one can
confuse the cache container and the summit log. Make the approach
on the rough road and take the hike up to the top of Owl Mountain.
Sign the summit register. Find the cache and sign its log.
It’s fun when you have the chance to double dip, as you have
in this case.


Unfortunately, the trees surrounding the summit preclude decent
views of the Never Summer Mountains, the peaks of the Rawah Wilderness, and of the lower country of North Park including Owl Ridge. Your treasure here is the cache log, and the fun hike you had to reach
it. Enjoy!!

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5 Logs: Found it 2  Didn't find it 2  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 08/11/2018 By waawhoo
Waawhoo, made the small treck up the hill to search for this guy. took a little bit of time but after we found the summit log we searched again and then found him. All was in good shape for not being found since 2013. Thanks Denali41 for the hide!

Owner Maintenance 07/22/2018 By Denali41
So sorry to learn about your miss on this cache! It's doubtful that fallen trees would have prevented a find if the search was made in the correct spot, so I'm assuming the cache is fine. The next time I'm in the area I will check on it to confirm, but I see no reason to prioritize getting there based on your log. Thanks for making the attempt!

Didn't find it 07/21/2018 By momcheers
What a hike for this heavy ole lady! There are many down trees at GZ and after a pretty good search I fear the cache maybe under one of many trees. Oh well. I gave it a good effort!

Didn't find it 08/21/2016 By MountainGoatsx3
We attempted to get to this one driving our truck, however we made it halfway up the road and decided to turn back. The road is very rocky so we decided it wasn't worth it. If attempting this one, I recommend taking an ATV.

Found it 08/24/2013 By mapdad
Did some ATV riding up with 1/2 of EmmandDiv and found it after some through scouring. It was truly East of the summit cache and the setting sun really helped remind me of where East was. Nice hide.