GCY09A Traditional Cache RM ORS #04-03: Beautiful View
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: RocketMan @ | Hide Date: 08/27/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 31.428 W105° 51.944 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
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Beautiful View


RM Off Road Series (ORS) #4: Deer Creek/Glacier Mountain/Saints John Creek

This cache is the third of seven in my #4 series of off-road caches located along a great loop trail that runs about 13 miles up Deer Creek, along an awesome ridge, over Glacier Mountain and then down Saints John Creek.


Cache Information
You will reach this cache as you approach the ridgeline. The view of the valley below is spectacular, but this is just a taste of the views ahead ahead of you. The cache is just above the trail.

RM Off Road Series #3 Complete Cache Listing (North to South)

1. First Meadow
2. Hill Climb Pull Out
3. Beautiful View
4. Are we Having Fun Yet?
5. Hill Climb
6. Stream Front Property

7. Cross the Pond

Trail Information

Rating/Description
The trail starts at Montezuma just above Keystone (Hwy. 6) and works it's way up Deer Creek eventually climbing above the tree-line. Once you are up on top, you will follow and awesome ridgeline with amazing views in all directions (don't forget your camera). After traveling along the ridgeline, you will climb up over Glacier Mountain and then traverse some switchbacks into a beautiful valley where Saints John Creek flows. Saints John Creek will bring you back to Montezuma where you started.

This trail is rated moderate and it lives up to that rating most of the way around the loop. There are a few sections of this trail that are trending more toward the difficult range because of the steep hill climbs. Many people do this trail in their SUV's, but this trail is not suited for low clearance soccer mom SUV's and you will definitely need (and use) low range a lot of the time. You should only attempt this trail if you are an experienced off road driver. Disclaimer: What ever vehicle you decide to bring on this trip, you need to decide for yourself if it is safe to make the trip in your vehicle.

Winter Months
The trail becomes 4wd impassable in the winter months and is probably closed. It was actually snowing lightly when I was up there to place the caches on August 27th.

Time/Distance
The entire loop is approximately 13 miles and you will need to take short side trips to get two of the caches which adds about 1 mile extra. It should take about 4 hours driving time and you will also need to include time for finding the caches, exploring, sight seeing, lunch, etc. I made a few additional side trips to do some exploring and to get other caches, and I ended up with about 18 miles on my odometer when I got back to Montezuma.

Trail Waypoints
See the waypoint list on the First Meadow cache for the trail waypoints.

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 Nearby Caches

GCY08Z RM ORS #04-02: Hill Climb Pull Out (1.91 kms N)
GCY09D RM ORS #04-04: Are we Having Fun Yet? (1.98 kms W)
GCY09Q RM ORS #04-05: Hill Climb (2.46 kms NW)
GCY067 RM ORS #04-01: First Meadow (3.20 kms N)
GCY0A1 RM ORS #04-06: Stream Front Property (5.00 kms NW)

   


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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 08/16/2017 By WingsAndTales
I have wanted to drive some of these roads for quite a while. We had a blast exploring and it's always a pleasure to find one of the RM ORS caches. TFTC

Found it 08/16/2017 By billkat
Had a fun day jeeping and hiking with WingsAndTales. Tftc!

Found it 07/07/2017 By KuhlManAZ
Awesome time out Jeeping today, so glad to see some caches up here in the trails! TFTCSL

Found it 07/03/2016 By Bloominglilac
Beutiful view is the perfect name for this one.

Found it 07/23/2015 By toshbar
I get excited every time I top out from Montezuma. It's incredible up here!
Looking North Toward Deer Creek

Found it 07/04/2015 By geoamyash
TFTC! Out for an awesome day of 4x4ing over Red Cone peak, Deer Creek, and Saints John and finding a few geocaches. The mountain goats are always cool too!

Found it 07/29/2013 By twbonline
Thank you for your cach.

Found it 07/25/2013 By grndslm
This was fun! Went past the cache on the way up thinking that walking along the same elevation to find it might be easier....it was NOT! Loved this location - great view and fun to find! TFTC!

Found it 07/22/2013 By The Farrill 4
Man, almost 2 years since this cache has been logged. Thanks for the fun cache. Everything was good inside. TNLNSL

Found it 09/23/2012 By Goldfinger17
4:45PM. Took some searching to find this one. TFTC!
-JSM