GC7RNPM Let's Go For A Hike 17: Boulders and Fossils
Type: Event | Size: Other | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: MikeAndJuli @ | Hide Date: 09/01/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 54.697 W105° 18.360 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
               

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We are having a blast bringing back the "Let's Go For A Hike" Event series.  This series of geocaching events was started by famed Colorado Geocaching family Memfis Mafia. It's a great excuse to go out and explore a new area while meeting up with some of the coolest people - Geocachers!! The event will take place at the POSTED COORDINATES from 1:00PM to 1:45PM on Saturday September 1st. Get there however you can, and plan adequate travel time!

For those whom aren't familiar with the LGFAH geocaching events, this will be a Meet and Greet style event. We will swap geocaching stories, trade and discover trackables, and just get to know one another.

There is a twist: This event isn't in some comfy coffee shop or a busy restaurant. The event is at a cool boulder formation at 8,485 feet!

There are a few different hiking trails and loops that you can take to get to this event, and all of them involve hiking from the visitor's center of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (parking coordinates listed on this cache page).  The most direct loop is about 3 miles, and all of the hiking routes from the visitor's center are not too strenuous, many taking us back in time with petrified wood and fossils. 

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Don't forget! You are outside in Colorado. Be prepared for whatever mother nature might throw at us! I will try to make announcements closer to the event date regarding predicted condtitions, however you should always be prepared for anything.

 

See you at the boulders!

Additional Waypoints

P07RNPM - Parking Lot for the Florissant Fossil Beds NM
N 38° 54.812 W 105° 17.067
Parking at the visitor's center - Grab a map!

09/02/2018 By Imyy4u2
What a great hike in a great area! Thanks for putting on yet another LGFAH! Nice to see everyone, and nice to meet a couple new faces!

09/01/2018 By Arbuckle35
Woohoo!!!! Made it just after the picture!

09/01/2018 By BowHuntress16
Big drop

09/01/2018 By BowHuntress16
Great hike! Great weather! Thanks for hosting.

09/01/2018 By MikeAndJuli
We attended our own event! Hooray!!!

It was great seeing so many cachers put at the rocks. We will post the group photo later (sorry to the four people that didnt make the group photo). Thanks to bowhuntress for representing gcco and bringing a gold coin! Way to go Juli for winning it!!!

We havent yet picked a location and date for our next hike, so keep an eye out for it! We had a great time, and thanks to NorthernStorms for donating a logbook!

08/20/2018 By billkat
Sounds like fun! I should be able to get there

08/18/2018 By BowHuntress16
I'll be there with NorthernStorms

08/08/2018 By It Iz What It Iz
We will be in town that day and plan to attend the event!

08/07/2018 By NorthernStorms
It's my birthday, and I decided to go for a hike! Mostly cause our other plans fell through. Darn you labor day weekend! shakes fist

07/19/2018 By gnome_goddess
I'd be interested in attending this one. Would it be a relatively easy hike for someone who has never hiked in the mountains before?