05/06/2019 By BillHak
After much hunting. It was right in front of our noses
09/02/2018 By Denali41
For many years I actively worked at reaching the summits of the highest 100 peaks in Colorado (the “Centennials”). Then some issues slowed me down and eventually forced me to stop this quest. But last October I got to the top of one of them, and I recently decided to give it a “go” and try for a few this summer. Mt. Ouray has been unfinished business for me, so the other day icezebra11 and I drove over from Wellington/Loveland to hike up the mountain. We camped above Marshall Pass and made the nice hike to the top; I hid a cache there. Watch for its publication. Mt. Ouray, with an elevation of 13,971 feet, is the highest of the Centennials I had not yet climbed. I now have eight remaining Centennials, and expect to get to the summits of a couple of these later this summer.
Of course finding some geocaches was the other primary objective of the trip–especially, making the hike to reach sapphyre. And there were a bunch of other caches of interest in the area, including this one. We enjoyed decent weather except for very light snow that briefly hit us the morning of our sapphyre climb. And indeed, we found some nice caches! Icezebra11's log gives more particulars about our finding this cache that I won’t repeat here. My legs were pretty well "shot" after the climbs of Ouray and then up to sapphyre, so I proceeded slowly up the rocks to reach this cache!
09/01/2018 By icezebra11
Denali41 and I left our homes in northern CO Thursday for a fun-filled climbing and caching road trip to the Sawatch range. Our two primary objectives for the trip were to climb Mount Ouray and find sapphyre cache. We succeeded in both objectives.
After a bone-jarring and brain-rattling drive to and from St Elmo Overlook, we stopped to take the short hike to this cache. It was a relatively short jaunt compared to what we'd done over the last day and a half but it was still a challenge. When we arrived a GZ we quickly discovered the box as the covering sticks had fallen away and the can was in the open. We signed the log and re-hid the cache, covering it with several branches. Thanks ngrrfan for placing this one!!!
07/04/2018 By AirForceBrats
This will be a memorable favorite. It was definitely the most treacherous cache I've done. Slipped on a wobbly rock enroute and skinned a knee and my forearm, cracked myself in the forehead with my walking stick. 52 year-old 260 lb giants go down hard when caching solo. Not too bad, but fun for an old fat guy. I found a bag of SWAG near the cache that matched the cache contents and put it inside. Definitely a 4 terrain. Big fun.
07/08/2017 By FindmeVailTree
Tftc!
11/05/2016 By Back Country Horsemen
Surprised it has been over 2 years since a find! I didn't think the hike/scramble was that hard, just had to be careful on the slick moss covered boulders/rocks because it had lightly rained earlier in the day. I walked right over it to look in another place but then my huggle came over & said 'You mean right here?" & there it was, safe & sound.
06/16/2014 By DOUG&CINDY09
My sister and I made the hike. Made a quick find at the GZ. Cache was in great shape. TFTC
06/09/2014 By Wulff Pack
Wow! Quite the workout. Found the cache after bike ride from Cottonwood Lake Campground and strenuous hike up. Difficult to see where a campground may have been, but I guess that is what an avalanche and 40 years of neglect will do. Found it, signed it, swapped goodies (took flashlight, left a carrot button) and then left my GPSr behind! Realized this when I left the road and tried to find by going up the way I came out. No luck! Tried again later in the day by retracing my steps from my original visit. Walked right to it. Lesson of the day: Don't count on finding the "big rock" in a vast area of big rocks without carefully re-enactment of your first visit (needle in a haystack, sort of). Thanks for placing this challenging cache!
Colt Spring
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