GC6RY05 Cheyenne Mountain Peak
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: ernie66 @ | Hide Date: 09/11/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 44.219 W104° 52.854 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
           

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Despite being an imposing silhouette dominating the western sky, few hikers venture to the summit of Cheyenne Mountain.

Congratulations to WingsAndTales - First to Find!

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Cheyenne Mountain has three distinct peaks. At 9,570 feet, the highest point is within Pike National Forest and is where this cache is located. The other two peaks are the Antenna Farm and The Horns, both on private property.

Approach from the west to remain on public lands. Above all else, do not trespass on US Government property (NORAD). But also do not attempt to hike up the old road from the Will Rogers Shrine to The Horns (now The Broadmoor's Cloud Camp), or park along Old Stage at any point north of the National Forest boundary - about 4 miles from the bottom. Cheyenne Mountain State Park is building additional trail resources on land they recently acquired, but the new Dixon Trail past Robber's Roost is not expected to open to the public until 2018 at the earliest, so please also avoid attempting this access.

Suggested parking is on Old Stage Road (FR368) 5.7 miles from the bottom. The easiest hike is a somewhat circuitous 7.5 miles round trip with about 1000 feet of elevation gain. From parking, begin on the MacNeill Trail (also called Pipeline Trail), turn right at 2.2 miles onto the Swisher Trail, gain the summit ridge, then go off trail and follow the wooded ridgeline toward the southwest about 3/4 mile to the summit. It is also possible to reach the summit using a direct ascent of the Southwest Slopes (see waypoints and map for a suggested route).

You will be looking for an ammo can under some rocks. The summit log in a glass jar is not the cache.

Thanks to Spivey, original owner of this ammo can, and estes01 who rescued it from the Waldo Canyon fire zone.

Additional Waypoints

P06RY05 - PARKING
N 38° 44.026 W 104° 53.762
Suggested Parking
R06RY05 - MacNeill / Swisher Junction
N 38° 44.935 W 104° 52.473
Turn right and head uphill on Swisher Trail.
R16RY05 - MacNeill Trail Fork
N 38° 44.277 W 104° 53.422
Turn right and head uphill for the Southwest Slopes route. Continue straight for the MacNeill/Swisher route.
R36RY05 - Southwest Slopes Leave Trail
N 38° 44.171 W 104° 53.425
Leave trail here for Southwest Slopes route.
TH6RY05 - MacNeill Trailhead
N 38° 44.033 W 104° 53.731
MacNeill Trailhead

06/23/2019 By IBCNU2
TFTC

06/20/2019 By rkster
This one was a dandy today. We came up from Old Stage road and kind of new that it would be a rather steep climb. It didn't disappoint us. 1100 ft in a little more than a mile. We went with the Geocache approach, straight up. Lots of fun. The views made up for the climb and we were able to add our name to the log. Cache is in great shape. TFTC

09/22/2018 By Bokmeow
edit to our log: left a geocaching patch, not any $$ sorry to disappoint ! :)

09/22/2018 By Bokmeow
what a butt kicker that “follow the tree line to the cache” was!!!! hahahah wow. what a view. thanks so much for all the extra waypoints. i always love it when the CO goes the extra mile and providing those! signed the log and left a few bills we had on us. tftc! great hike and great cache and great spot for lunch.

05/07/2018 By K Trackers
I was out for a nice hike today; this was my first visit to this trail and Cheyenne Mountain. Since I was in the area, I decided to give this cache a try. I was getting worn out from a bug, but I didn’t want to turn back and leave this cache unfound… I really don’t like having to revisit the same ground twice. At GZ, I was quick to find the glass jar, a random piece of orange string, and not one, but FOUR reference markers…but no ammo can. Besides being worn out, I was now rather annoyed at not finding the ammo can. Unfortunately, my Garmin GPS cannot access the spoiler picture, so I was on my own. After about 25 minutes of searching I finally made the find while on my hands and knees…victory. I had planned this series of caches about a month ago, so I was caught off guard to see I was only the fourth person to sign off on this one. Few hikers venture here indeed. While I was happy to make the find on this one, I still don’t understand why four reference markers were placed here and why “number 1” (the first I found) is defaced. Unfortunately, I had to leave GZ without solving the mystery. Despite my lack of knowledge, I appreciate the CO bringing me up here to Cheyenne Mountain and placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.

08/16/2017 By JR&B
Went up the Southwest Slopes. Tried to go in a zig-zag pattern to make it easier but mostly had to just pick the clearest way. Discovered the Jeep and Colorado travel bugs. The Lady bugs are still there on the rocks but not on the cache, see picture. The view was good but Pikes Peak was covered in clouds. It started to rain just when I got back to my truck. Thanks for putting a regular size cache up there.

07/21/2017 By MountainBear
Found with Java Chip. I don't think we've ever experienced that many Lady bugs in our lives!! They were covering everything at the top including the cache. Java Chip spotted it first and said it was completely covered. Anyway, we didn't stay long but the view was very nice! TFTC!