GCKHK3 Traditional Cache Quartz Quarry Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: BacusFamily (Adopted by DogCatFxr) @ | Hide Date: 09/12/2004 | Status: Disabled
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 23.698 W105° 10.526 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 8
A spot near an old quartz quarry. Amazing views!
This cache is located in an area of old quartz quarries. They used to mine the quartz and grind it up to make glass. This quarry is located right on the edge of an old burn area. Great views of Raliegh Peak and Lone Scraggy Peak, as well as many of the granite domes in the area. You shouldn't need to bushwack at all to get here. The walking distance to the cache following the trail is 1.4 miles. The altitude gain is 439 feet. Park at the Colorado Trailhead at the South Platte River. Follow the Colorado Trail over the bridge and up the hill to the left after you first pass under the bridge. The cache is located close to the Colorado Trail. Hope you enjoy the hike.
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11 Logs: Found it 10  Temporarily Disable Listing 1  

Temporarily Disable Listing 09/15/2018 By DogCatFxr
Cache container was found riddled with bullet holes. Some pathetic individual decided to ruin our fun.

Found it 04/28/2018 By chiefsonic
Had a great time time finding this one. TFTC.

Found it 03/24/2018 By gohangasalami
An exciting day to start sectioning the eastern segments of the CT! Knocked out segment 2 after a lengthy 20+ mile day (yoyoing from South Platter River). Found this cache at the beginning of my day, although my caching eyes were not with me at first. TFTC

Found it 03/20/2018 By deniseflygirl
Yay! Enjoying the solitude of seg2 today. Beautiful day. :-) TFTC

Found it 10/15/2017 By Dsimons76
Love this spot! TFTC!

Found it 03/12/2017 By hartsdale
On my way back down and stopped to look for this one.

After signing in I poked around the area for a while.

Thanks for a nice container to find!

HD

Found it 10/31/2016 By dtvman
I was on a mission to check up on a bug of mine that was supposed to be in one of the caches out here. Great day of hiking. 11 total caches on the day. TFTC. On to the next.

Found it 04/14/2016 By animjason
Doing this trail to Raleigh Peak and grabbing caches along the way with Bhob and muggle friend. Thanks! Very cool nearby equipment.
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Found it 08/28/2015 By wildkatco
We were out finishing up the caches for the roadtrip and made the short hike up to the quartz mine. It was a great day to be walking the trail and only saw a few others on the trail today. We had a lot of fun looking at all the different types and colors of rock. We've never been up the Colorado Trail from here, and will have to hike further when we have more time. I always try to remember to appreciate what we have now, as things can change in the blink of an eye. The Hayman fire is one example of that, and Two Forks Dam is another. I wonder how Denver Water will handle access to this part of the trail when (if?) the area becomes inundated by Two Forks Dam. Nice hide and the cache is in good shape. The cache contents reminded me of a dog rescue - several sizes, shapes and breeds of dogs looking for a home. Took nothing, signed the log and left a keychain - although I would have left a wee dog if I had brought one. I'm giving this a favorite point because we really enjoyed wandering the site and looking around. Thanks for placing this cache so we can play!

Found it 06/14/2015 By msstrong
found this while my son-in-law and I hiked the 2nd and 3rd stage of the Colorado trail on a very pretty day, thanks for the placement of this cache!

Found it 10/13/2014 By amazingted
Interesting area. I poked around a little and then got down to business.

SL
Seen better days.