GC1YRZW Traditional Cache Dry Gulch - Blue Mesa Reservoir Area
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Flutiste @ | Hide Date: 09/17/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 29.393 W107° 11.420 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Not Available during winter  Camping available  No Off-road vehicles  Horses  Seasonal Access 
5 - 10 minute easy walk through and beyond the Colorado State "Sapinero" Wildlife Area north of Dry Gulch Campground. Lovely trail through grassy gulch bottom flanked by rocky ridges and scrub oak groves. Abundant with birds and small scurrying animals. Elevation of cache approximately 7700'. The signal bounces around here and the cache is well-hidden, so YOU'LL NEED THE HINT FOR THIS ONE!
At the cache-site area, look for a cliff with a spectacular abandoned animal lair (aka packrat midden). Bushy-tailed woodrats build cliff-nests like this out of sagebrush sticks, live there for decades, then leave and move on to build a new nest elsewhere.


This cache is one of several caches around Blue Mesa Reservoir. Cache is in a metal box.

***Hunting Season Advisory***
Hunting seasons in Colorado are in September and October. If you venture out during hunting season, be sure to wear some blaze orange and be noisy.
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Ledge near bottom of midden

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5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 09/16/2018 By Wild Columbines
Nice side valley along blue mesa! The leaf colors are a'changing.

Found it 09/16/2018 By Colorado Columbines
Poetic back here! Colors are changing fast this year! tFTC.

Found it 07/06/2018 By kjjranch
57th birthday find. Thanks

Found it 05/28/2018 By HennyGeo
TFTC here with Swagho returning home to Vancouver Island Canada from a cruise and road trip to Texas with our Texan geocaching friends

Found it 05/28/2018 By SwagHo
Went for a nice walk to this cache after a cool night’s camp with our mini tent trailer. Good clue was essential and helpful. I would rate the terrain a 2.5. Here with HennyGeo on route home from visiting geofriends in San Antonio, TX. Greetings from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada TFTC Flutiste