GC39VRH Traditional Cache Pathway to Alpine
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: RustyBeerCan & Marma @ | Hide Date: 08/30/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 38.395 W106° 21.969 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Scenic view  Not Available during winter  Bicycles  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Up in the mountains around 11,110 feet on a the old Denver,South Park and pacific Railroad Grade
Be watchful of afternoon thunder or snow storms
Marma and I had a Great time up here camping/caching and gold panning near ST. Elmo
We come across the Alpine tunnel trailhead just outside of the old ghost town of Hancock and was Just Amazed by Our surroundings and the history of it all.
We took a little hike on up the Denver,South Park and Pacific Railroad grade to place a cache
The hiking is easy on the railroad bed but Up around 11,110 feet the air is thin.
We think the cache is close to the bend of Sawmill Curve where many of trains went off the track
PLEASE NOTE THIS CACHE WAS HIDDEN IN THE SUMMER TIME
I wanted it buried under 20 feet of snow before publishing
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Congratulations R to the 6th on the FTFPhotobucket

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6 Logs: Found it 6  

Found it 09/13/2018 By Team J&K
Lots of bounce in the GPS today. K finally found it after a lots of looking.
Great area, we hiked up to the tunnel and then on up to the top to retrieve our cache.
Love the area but we are just getting too old to make the hike to the top.
Thanks for the hide. A favorite for the location on the DSP&P grade.

Found it 08/08/2017 By sc00bysnacs
Found it! Parking is a little tight so you have to be quick.

Found it 08/06/2016 By Takes the Hard Way
Found the cache with the group on the 4X4 run for the Mountain 4x4 10th Annual Caching Adventure.
It was a fun...and eventful day!
SL

Found it 08/06/2016 By Team Laxson
There wasn't enough room for our large group to stop here, so our original plan was to pass on it and find it some other adventure, but OneKindWord had a little tire trouble below here, so we stopped nearby and waiting for some field repairs to be done. During that wait, GrandHighPobah and others traveled back to this spot to find the cache. Good thing too, it wound up making the numbers work out for me.

SL
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Found it 08/06/2016 By COpackrat
Found with GHP during the 4x4 run - thanks for the hide.

Found it 08/06/2016 By Team Teman
In the area for the 10th Annual Geo 4x4 Event and picked this one up. Thanks for adding to our adventure & TFTC BigSmile!