GC3V8V7 Traditional Cache Cowboy's The Road to a Ghost Town
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 4 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Magnus McPhee @ | Hide Date: 08/23/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 53.050 W107° 53.298 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Not Available during winter  Short hike (less than 1km) 
Cowboy wanted to visit Alta, CO so he saddled up his horse and headed toward Telluride.  He went to Alta and saw where all that was left were beautiful shells of buildings that were once used by  gold miners starting in the late 1800's.
The cache is located near the intersection of Hwy 145 and CR 64F.  It is near the head of a trail.  The cache is a small bottle but hidden out of site in an object that needs inspection to be found.  The cache is for those who possess good intuitive searching skills.  Many will walk right over it without finding the cache. If you have time, be sure to drive up the road to see Alta. It is a rough road but many cars go there in good weather. Do not attempt in severe rainy or snowy weather as there are some narrow places in the road and it may be slick. 4WD is useful. Lots of marmots in the area.
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12 Logs: Found it 12  

Found it 07/04/2019 By okls1596
Thanks! You either love or hate it these type of geocache containers.

Found it 07/04/2019 By hortcacher
OKLS1596 and I are traveling from Cortez, where we have spent several days, to Montrose, where we will spend a few more days. We are visiting National Park Service sites on this trip. Today we were stopped in traffic south of Rico while they had their 4th of July parade. It looks like they had a great celebration there! We stopped here because of the desirable D/T rating and also to log a find in San Miguel County. This one is in great shape!! TFTC!

Found it 06/26/2019 By wildteach
clever hide. TFTC

Found it 06/24/2019 By Tex6
TFTC!

Found it 03/24/2019 By emmipat
Found in 2014,moving to this axcount

Found it 09/12/2018 By midwestgals
TFTC

Found it 08/20/2018 By Wadcutter
Running around the Ouray-Durango area and logging a few caches along the way.
We just got home and 1st chance we've had to get our finds logged in the computer.
Found at 12:55 PM.
Cache in good condition.
TFTC.
the Wadcutters

Found it 08/19/2018 By IowaGerd
Thanks to the good coordinates, this was an instant find.

Found it 08/11/2018 By GoldPony2
So surprised to find this as fast as I did. Very cleverly hidden! Thanks for taking the time to make this a fun hide. SL

Found it 07/26/2018 By msmosier
Had to avoid a large herd of elk on the way to this cache.

Found it 07/20/2018 By hasteplague
Dope

Found it 07/20/2018 By Jace Cavness
In a log