GC18F1 Traditional Cache Colorado Island
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: SummitCachers @ | Hide Date: 08/25/2001 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 35.540 W106° 04.076 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 16
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Lake Dillon near Colorado Island Cache
Escape from Colorado Island
Diane and Cam near "Colorado Island" cache site


Here's a nautical adventure for you land-locked Coloradans. The cache is on an island in Lake Dillon. Don't despair... it's easy to get to and a great family outing. Note: This is one of the 25 oldest active geocaches in Colorado.
We thought it would be fun to give our fellow geocachers a chance to use their GPS receivers on the water. The cache is easily reached by any kind of boat (motor, canoe, kayak, dinghy, etc.). If you have your own boat, you're all set. If not, they're easily rented at either the Frisco or Dillon marinas. If you don't have a boat and would rather not pay to rent one, try explaining geocaching to one of the many boaters at one of the marinas. Maybe they'll join your hunt and provide transportation! In any case, bring the family, a picnic lunch, a fishing rod and enjoy yourself exploring this beautiful mountain lake.

The cache is in a Rubbermaid container and is covered to avoid accidental detection. Please recover it when you leave. The initial contents are: Colorado keychain, Colorado shotglass, mini tape measure, pocket knife, Riviera keychain, vortex football, plush cow, golf puzzle, and Celine Dion video.

Although this cache can probably be reached over the ice in mid-winter, we stongly recommend against it due to the unpredictable ice conditions on Lake Dillon. If you decide to try it, it's at your own risk.

NOTE: In recent years, low water levels in Lake Dillon have enabled at least 1/2 the cachers who found this cache to walk to it. We have therefore set the terrain raiting at 2*. We realize that this is not totally fair to those who rent boats and want a 5* terrain, but we can't be continuously switching the terrain rating back and forth.

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 Hints

Here are two clues. The 2nd one must be read from right to left:

1. It's on Fishhook Island.

2. DEPMUTS eb tsum uoy eulc siht deen uoy fI.

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 Logs

21 Logs: Found it 19  Needs Maintenance 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 10/28/2018 By Moonfamilyhobbits
Moon Family Hobbits. We were able to walk to it with the water so low. Tftc!

Found it 10/04/2018 By ladditude
I’m so glad we were able to get this oldie while visiting Breckenridge! We had to pay $7.00 to park nearby, but at least we didn’t have to use a boat to get to the island! A biker went by us telling us we shouldn’t be swimming in the lake. Ha! We found some thing interesting on the walk which you may enjoy seeing too. We left a matchbox Army Jeep for next kid who comes along! Go Army! Thanks for keeping this cache in good shape and active... another favorite point for you!

Found it 10/04/2018 By lannie7
Great hike over slightly soggy ground since the water is so low. Found with family who came from NY to attend sister’s wedding at Sapphire Point.
TFTC SL

Found it 09/30/2018 By dzadventurer
Found it. Super excited to trade out some stuff! I am super easy super easy to find once you get to the island. We were lucky, water was so low we could walk across land bridge.

Found it 09/22/2018 By Jmerecki
Thanks! Found it. Left some bouncy balls. Cache in good shape

Found it 09/18/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
This is my 2nd 2001 CO cache to find this week. Things have changed out here on the peninsula. Closest Parking will cost you $7. I went back up the road & parked outside the FS area & walked the extra 1/2 mile. A bike would have been most useful.

Found it 09/03/2018 By Tobindog
No boat needed today due to the low water level. We walked to this island. TfTF!!!

Found it 09/01/2018 By blueflamingo96
We rode our bikes from the Peak One campground and were able to cross on foot. Kids enjoyed climbing over all the fallen trees and we spotted the cache no problem.

TSLS SL TFTC!

Found it 08/28/2018 By J&J Team Yukon
In the area for a fun week of caching. Took advantage of the low water and hiked to GZ. Was nice to be able to sign the log. TFTH

Found it 08/26/2018 By alohaBADA
Walked to this one! No water in the lake! Tftc!

Owner Maintenance 08/21/2018 By Mr Ed
Replaced cache with 1 gallon plastic jar covered in camo tape. Moved contents and added new log file to cache.

Found it 08/13/2018 By oklar@comcast.net
Such a cool place. Camping nearby and took a random hike. Thought we’d see if, by chance, there was a cache nearby. Thanks for the fun!

Found it 08/05/2018 By rangerhal
Logging some finds from a recent trip. Walked across the mud flat from the parking lot to grab this one. Glad to see that the cache container was replaced as it was in poor shape. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 07/25/2018 By juliaporterr
Lots of fun!
GC18F1

Found it 07/25/2018 By andrewolivera11
Great find. The book inside is wet. Still would recommend best find yet

Found it 06/25/2018 By mexemx
Super fun! Log book wet but full of stories, needs maintenance.

Found it 06/23/2018 By TheBigKlosowski
Book needs saving lots of history in this one. Needs maintenance. Great location.

Found it 06/09/2018 By migboys
Yay! Lovely island

Found it 09/10/2017 By krsgeocache
Out kayaking with friends.

Found it 09/10/2017 By Resonant
TFTC!

Needs Maintenance 09/09/2017 By oconnelljen2
Top of container was cracked and moisture has leaked in.