GCK97P Traditional Cache Grandpa's Place
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Powderhoundz @ | Hide Date: 08/14/2004 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 53.882 W105° 42.387 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
Available during winter  Motorcycles  Quads  Off-road vehicles  Snowmobiles 
From US 40 after mile marker 232, turn onto Grand Cnty Rd. 80, there is a sign titled, "The Moffat Hill Route". Take a minute to read the sign to get some background on the area. Follow this road until you reach FR 149. Follow FR 149 and let your GPS guide you.Bushwacking is required from the road for approx. .5 miles. For you flatlanders, there is an altitude change of 150 ft. at 11,000+.
This cache is accessable with all modes of transportation in the summer including 2 wd. During the winter months the road is closed and only accessable by snowmobile (or other snow bound forms of transportation). This cache is snow friendly and NOT impossible to find in the winter.
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Located in a group of trees above a small plateau.
You won't have to dig in the snow for this one.

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10 Logs: Found it 8  Didn't find it 2  

Didn't find it 07/30/2017 By B5Colorado
Look for an hour and didn't find anything. Not sure what we were looking for, or if it was in a tree?

Found it 09/27/2016 By nevadacachehunters
Great fall day for caching with friends.

Found it 09/27/2016 By clayton&karen
Highest elevation cache we have found so far! Beautiful, bumpy ride to get here. TFTC.

Found it 09/14/2016 By kirchegeo
Nice hide with ldkloss and geo puppy Dickens. Tftc sl

Found it 09/14/2016 By ldkloss
TFTC with Kirchgeo and geo puppy Dickens. SL

Found it 09/20/2014 By Scaber
Thank you for placing this cache. Found and logged with my HTC One. Thank you for the cache.

Found it 07/29/2014 By OF-Erad
Just got my old phone back repaired, and publishing saved found log in C:GEO. Found with the wife while on our way to Anderson Farms. SL, TFTC!

Found it 07/29/2014 By k9jayhawk
Wife is out of town so traveled to Winter Park with good friends for some caches and good food...TFTC SL

Found it 07/29/2014 By psych01
TFTC a climb uphill that was before the rain. Caching & hiking w/mentor k9 is always fun.
Corona Pass

Didn't find it 07/13/2014 By KA&JWest
I climbed straight up the slope from the parking at the old trestle. Found the trees. Didn't find the cache!

Nasty climb for a DNF!