GC862D Hunters Run Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Gil&Ani @ | Hide Date: 08/28/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 49.113 W104° 54.869 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 5
   

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Hunters Run cache is just west of Bear Creek Park in the Pike National Forest.

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During the summer you can take the High Drive off of Gold Camp Road and park at N38 48.755 / W104 54.006 where the trail begins. If the High Drive is gated off, park where the one-way High Drive rejoins Gold Camp Road at N38 49.238 W104 53.482 and hike up the High Drive 0.77 miles to the trailhead.

At about .14 miles, you come to a Y in the trail with a narrow trail going ahead and a wider one turning right almost 180 degrees. Take the turn. Just a few hundred yards before reaching the log bridge over Hunters Run is the Bear Cave at N38 49.108 / W104 54.808. We thought briefly about putting the cache there then thought better of it. I’m sure someone furry lives there at least part of the year.

You can also get to the cache by parking at the Section 16 Trailhead (N 38 49.417 W104 53.361) and taking that trail. By doing so you can do a double- or triple-header with Red Rocks Ramble and/or St Patty's Overlook caches.

05/04/2019 By PAOutdoorsman1981
#PAresidents

10/07/2018 By Kerewin0430
Out for a chilly day of hiking with GoMRT. Didn't see a lot of views today, but being socked in fog ALL day (and not getting rained on!) was a cool experience. Wow, GPS bounce is serious up here! Thanks for placing this cache. The food in the burlap sacks is still all there...green beans or dried chow mein, anyone?

07/29/2018 By GoMRT
Back on the loop again today finishing up the caches and going way up high on the spur trail to recon other caches. Nice little side hike to this one. Cleaned out the container while at it. Rehid to fit in the area.

Found someone's food in a burlap bag too (see attached photo). Odd...

Photo

05/12/2018 By MooseMania
Great fun with family and friends. TFTC!

01/20/2018 By nevergiveup2019
Found cache with parents. Good location and awesome finds! Did a prize exchange.

12/16/2017 By colorado-rattll
This area is very snowy and icy. The trail mentioned was snow covered so couldn't find it. Scrambled up the icy rocks instead. Jumped over the cache at one point but spotted it after backtracking.

11/25/2017 By LLYN-lhvwn50
This cache has been beckoning for awhile, but I hadn't been along the trail through here and was uncertain about the last 300 feet. Was it screeee? No. It is steep, but in a woodland way. Thanks for a great walk working off some Thanksgiving dining.

11/14/2017 By deniseflygirl
Yay! Nice cool weather today, enjoying the hike. TFTC :-)

10/04/2017 By legg1013
Out hiking on my birthday and decided to seek this one out. TFTH!

09/13/2017 By Rotdu
Great spot for a break during our hike. We enjoyed seeing a couple of labradors frolic in the water while we were there. Cache is in good condition.

08/12/2017 By gampa&gamma
Out for a run around the 5.5 mile Section 16 loop. Had a friend along so decided to introduce him to geocaching. What fun to find a cache that is almost 15 years old and read the original logbook. Signed log. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

06/21/2017 By XTerra85
I was so happy to finally find this cache! The first time we attempted this cache we were pretty new to caching. Two more attempts failed because the hikes had to be aborted. Today I ended up on the wrong trail. It didn't matter I was determined to get here. So up and over the ridge and down to this cache I came from the Crystal mine trail. I was exhausted by this point so after this cache I headed down the trail and back to the car. Cache is in good shape. Thanks!