GCY74Y Traditional Cache Critter Cache by the River
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: 2sumnersago @ | Hide Date: 09/04/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 24.518 W105° 09.946 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Poison plants  Bicycles  No Motorcycles  No Quads  No Off-road vehicles  No Snowmobiles  Horses  No Campfires 
Seeking this cache will take you along the less travelled path. Beware of poison ivy along the trail!! Dogs can be off leash.
Traditional ammo can. Original contents include a monkey, fossils, lion, dog, and other little critters. Bring your fishing pole for a day of fishing. This area has an interesting history. Along the river, there used to be a railroad that took passengers to the now abandoned Platte River Hotel that you are sure to see near the parking area. Enjoy your day!
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South side of river

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 09/19/2017 By Bhob
Went out and about with "animjason" to find eight geocaches - this was the seventh of them. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

Found it 09/19/2017 By animjason
Hiking today with bhob grabbing another trailmix cache, and everything on the way.

Hasn't been found in a year, that changed today.

Thanks 2sumnersago! Logged Critter Cache by the River from a seventh galaxy using c:geo!

~ Cache find #9097 ~

Found it 09/18/2016 By PantalaNagaPampa
Found with Evgnhiker on a nice hike down the Platte. We haven't spent much time down here this summer and decided for a nice flat hike. We started on the trail on the north side of the river, which we have hiked before, but decided to move to the other side of the river where there seemed to be more shade. The north side of the river is cooler and very much less-traveled with a single-track trail which lends to some bushwhacking. After finding the cache we hiked as far as we could down the trail.

Thanks for the hide!

Found it 05/30/2016 By youkfish
I have made the cache trek down the other side of the river, so this one has been on my list for a while. Was in the area and walked down to this one after a nice hike. Of course, the rain didn't start until I got within 100 ft of the cache. Had to use a faint geo-trail to find this one, gpsr wanted me downhill and downstream a bit. Cheers!

Found it 05/14/2016 By JMKR
Saw a couple of stellar jays in the area. Cache somewhat uphill of GZ for us, in a stout fortification. Left a TB. TFTC

Found it 05/14/2016 By mm&mm
Well that was indeed a good day of caching. This path is well worth the walk. It has a completely different character from the other side of the river. Thanks for bringing me here. TFTC BigSmile

Found it 10/10/2015 By hartsdale
Nice trail to follow to and from.

After the find, I fished my way back to the truck to grab my bike to use on the otherside.

Thanks for a fun container to find1

HD

Found it 10/04/2015 By KC_Chiefs
Took a golf ball massager and left a ring. First time caching for friends! TFTH!

Found it 04/19/2014 By HART4Baylor
I brought the whole family out to this area today. It's got something for all of us: hiking, caching, & water play! My husband and big geokid scrambled up to find this one for team, and my little geokid & I came up second. It was a fun adventure! The south side trail seems more like a mountain trail, and the railroad grade across the stream feels more like a road, so this cache was much more fun! TFTC!

Found it 06/02/2013 By putty
Saw a few sprigs of poison ivy (I think - leaves of three, let it be). Coordinates were slightly off but still easy to find. Gorgeous day to be out, not many muggles for a Sunday. TFTC!