GCAXBMQMany Thunders #2 - Big Drop/Climb
Type: Traditional
| Size: Regular
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By: LeeHunts & geomojo78@
| Hide Date: 08/31/2024
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N40° 50.247 W105° 35.962 | Last updated: 09/29/2024 | Fav points: 0
This is a large ammo can located right off the road before it drops down (or right after it climbs up depending on which way you are coming from). It should be pretty easy to spot. This cache is very close to where GC14B8R was before it got archived. Note that after the drop it looks like you could either go right or left, but do not go right since it will eventually become impassable and hit private property.
About the series...
The "Many Thunders" cache series is a series of caches all placed along Many Thunders Rd that can be found from either entrance to the road, though the numbering of the series goes from the County Rd 73C entrance. (Many Thunders Rd is also known as Forest Rd 311/311A or North Lone Pine Creek Rd and is often confused with the nearby Chicken Park series of roads, but Many Thunders is the coolest and most common name.) Many Thunders Rd is not a regular road, it's an offroad trail, so I would not recommend attempting this if you aren't in a car with high suspension and four-wheel drive. Highway vehicles are allowed (which in this case would most likely be a Jeep, pickup truck, or something along those lines) but any form of OHV (usually an ATV, dirt bike, or snowmobile) is not. Many Thunders Rd is only open to vehicles between June 15th and November 15th so do not attempt this series during the winter unless you happen to be somebody that loves hiking in the winter or you are a cross-country skier. As you go down the road, you will come across quite a few gates. These gates do not indicate private property, they just prevent livestock from moving too far. Note that it is also possible to hike to these caches, though if you decide to hike the entire trail you would be looking at a seven-mile hike. I hope you have fun on this off-road adventure!
Additional Waypoints
01AXBMQ - Entrance to Many Thunders Rd along County Rd 67J N 40° 49.669 W 105° 33.984
R0AXBMQ - Entrance to Many Thunders Rd along County Rd 73C N 40° 50.754 W 105° 36.360
09/22/2024 By DaValentine This one was a much quicker one to find. I do love this little area. TFTC!!
DaValentine Fort Collins, CO
09/02/2024 By Denali41 This was a fun group of three new caches along a high clearance road I have not traveled for at least a decade. I came in from the west end, doing the three caches in their numerical order. But I had “missed” the entrance gate as I drove north toward Creedmore Lakes and went right past it. I pulled to the side of the road and consulted a map, and shortly after, a Larimer County Sheriff’s office vehicle pulled up to ask if I needed assistance. He then told me that the gate had been locked and I could not access this road from its west end. That surprised me, since gate closure here does not occur until November 15th, and I showed the deputy the USFS Road Vehicle Use Map indicating such. I turned around, went back and found the correct gate. Yes, it looked to be padlocked, but the lock was simply looped and then locked through a chain link having nothing to do with the gate security, as it should be for this time of year. It took little time to open, pass through, and close the gate. Each of the three caches were easily driven near to, with only short walks to the cache sites–the third one took more effort to reach from the road, as the cache write-up suggests it does. My puppy Chimborazo was with me and loved these three times out of the vehicle.
This hide, just as is the case for this first cache, was nicely placed, nicely covered, but easily located. Yes, it’s a large container, all right, and LeeHunts invested a lot in purchasing these three huge ammo boxes! I’ve found many others of this size in the past, and all have been designated as “Large” instead of Regular for cache size–something to be considered here.
I hope the CO considers extending this series by adding additional caches toward the east end. What a great contribution he has made to our geocaching community by the placement and ownership of these three new caches (as well as all his other geocaches). I was pleased to have the {FTF} on each of these three!
Many Thunders #2 - Big Drop/Climb
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