GC8D32C Traditional Cache Big Jilm
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: GeoDog74 @ | Hide Date: 09/02/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 32.825 W105° 22.851 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Scenic view  Significant hike  Difficult climbing  Dangerous Animals  Abandoned mines 

The final cache in the WEEN discography series.  Big Jilm was is the 4th Track off of the 1992 album "Pure Guava".  "What's the biggest damn thing you ever done seen Big Jilm?" This cache is every bit of a 4 on Terrain, make sure you have adequate footing, with plenty of water. The best approach is from the the previous cache "I fell in Love today.", heading south/south west. There is no trail, just a bushwack to the top, the final 500 feet are really spongy and tough which may require some scrambling up to your destination, the lunar rock piles overlooking the valley!  You are at least 45 mins to an hour from the parking spot, so keep an eye and ear on any incoming weather and make sure to announce yourself to the animals.    Savor the view and post some pictures, and make sure to check out some unexpected things going on up on this rock pile. Happy Hunting and BYOP

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Under/inside a small rock overhang facing south. After snow or rain there is a perfect dog bowl carved out towards the rear on top of the rock. Geodog shorty picked the spot....

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5 Logs: Found it 4  Didn't find it 1  

Didn't find it 10/17/2019 By Wulff Pack
I don't know what it is about "rock overhangs", but we are clearly not on the same page! Searched all the obvious places for a half-hour with no success. But - for the second time ever - I'm giving a DNF a fave point. Just loved the location! Between the superior view and the "surprise" near the top (something I think you will agree is totally unexpected in this setting), this was the most memorable stop in the day.

Found it 10/06/2019 By PantalaNagaPampa
We set out for a little geocaching in this area today to round out some of the newer containers placed in this muggle-free zone. I wasn't paying attention to the specifics of the caches and couldn't download to my GPSr because the power was out when we left the house. Heading in a clockwise direction today, this was next on the hike for us coming from "Fluffy". "It's 1/2 mile a way and a 4 terrain ... maybe we should leave this for another day" said evgnhiker? "But why?" I asked, "we are here now and it is pretty much the perfect day."

So we pressed onward. Up the 45 degree angle hike of the terrain. I agree with the previous post that the ground is very squishy with pine needles and other debris. We speculated that there was a fire here many many years ago as there are lots of trees that are dead and still upright. I had to test pretty much every tree I touched for leverage to make sure I wasn't going to fall down the hill by using it to push myself up. A little bit of scrambling at the end and I even put my phone in my pocket so it wouldn't end up in 100 pieces if I lost my balance.

The extra effort up here is 100% worth the hike. Perfect time of year with all of the yellows of the Aspens on the way up and the views from the top are fantastic. There are a few odd things going on up here, but you will have to see for yourself when you make the hike. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 10/06/2019 By Evgnhiker
Found

Found it 09/22/2019 By LostinDenver
Whew! Looking at this cache from Denver, I didn't see how this could be a 4 terrain. Seemed like it wouldn't be too hard... boy was I wrong. The last 500 feet or so were tough - spongy ground, no trail, downed trees, and rock hopping. All perfect ingredients for a 4 terrain cache. We arrived at the GZ and ignored the beautiful view until we found the cache. Or more accurately when @Out14nd3r found it.
CO- [FTF] 09-22-2019 at 3:14 pm. I swapped travelbugs, then we relaxed and took in the views. Amazing. I never would have been at this spot if not for the CO's cache placement and geocaching.
Today I joined forces with @Out14nd3r for some mountain geocaching fun. We had this crazy idea of coming up here for a few easy FTFs in the woods. No problem :) About 3.5 miles and 4 hours later we finished.
TFTC!

Found it 09/22/2019 By OUT14ND3R
CO{FTF} @ 15:14
Been eyeing these for awhile, finally got up here thanks to Lostindenver.
Out with LostinDenver.
Thanks GeoDog74 for Big Jilm.

TFTC SL