GC1Y42C Traditional Cache Smoky Hill Trail
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Grand High Pobah @ | Hide Date: 08/28/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 48.766 W102° 28.149 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available  Bicycles  Motorcycles  Stroller accessible 
You will be looking for a match container. Watch out for sharp edges while searching for the cache. Be aware that rattlesnakes are no strangers to these parts
We were driving down the highway when we noticed a very large monument and an historic marker on the side of the road. It seems this marks the end of the Smoky Hill River drainage and the start of the Smoky Hill Trail to Denver. This was supposed to be the quickest route to the Colorado goldfields althought a Denver newspaper at the time noted that those that took the route were "foolhardy and insane" given the ongoing indian wars and the lack of services along the trail.
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10 Logs: Found it 8  Didn't find it 2  

Found it 06/29/2019 By TeamMiracleMax
I'm actually on my way to California. Stopping nearby to camp for the night. This will be my 1st cache in the Colorado.
tftc

Found it 06/02/2019 By Rojo464
A quick find on a beautiful day, TFTC

Found it 05/29/2019 By FresnoDancingFool
Once again I found myself replacing what was obviously a missing container in order to get a cache alive and to save a CO a maintenance trip; I hope that was okay. After two straight DNFs, a paucity of hiding places, and damage to the area it was pretty obvious that the container was missing. I didn't have a match container with me, but I had something a bit smaller to leave in place. Nice job and TFTC and history lesson!

Didn't find it 05/12/2019 By donnmarlea
Look dnf

Didn't find it 04/27/2019 By mnboyscout
I don't know how I missed it ...

Found it 08/13/2018 By greg527
#1206 This is my first geocache I found in Colorado! I am on a cross country road trip, on my way to Colorado Springs on this part of the trip. Now to see where my adventure takes me next.

Found it 07/31/2018 By lostawol
Very interesting history. Thanks for the hide. Found it.

Found it 07/27/2018 By MightyMouse_2
We signed a rock and added it to the collection!! The person who hid it has serious skills!!

Found it 07/27/2018 By irenby
Family vacation July 27th 2018

Found it 07/03/2018 By JeepGirl2013
Lid is cracked. Put log in plastic bag to keep dry.