GC1YV4HCastles in the Wilderness
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By: Flutiste@
| Hide Date: 09/18/2009
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 49.394 W107° 04.794 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
The Ohio Pass Road is a dirt Forest Service road which is a continuation of County Road #730, and is driveable by car. Cache is along the roadside. Find a place to park and walk to it. Elevation of cache: 9750'This cache site offers a picturesque view of the "Castles" and Floresta Falls. BEAUTIFUL SPOT FOR THE FALL COLORS!
The Castles are composed of West Elk Breccia, and are erosion remnants of ancient volcanic mud and debris flows from the extinct West Elk Volcano. The center of the volcano was approximately 10 miles to the southwest of this viewpoint.
The Floresta Falls (not an official name) spill over granite cliffs in the Anthracite Range. The falls are spectacular in the spring and early summer, but are dry in the fall and winter.
The old South Park Line railroad grade of the 1800's is up the cliff above the cache site, but is not visible from this particular spot.
The cache container blends very well with the surroundings, and is easily overlooked. Search creatively, and be careful what you toss aside. BYOP!!! Log only. No room for trade items. This is a high muggle area and not a safe place for travel bugs!
09/18/2018 By Team J&K Wonderful views from up here. Met some folks who knew about caching but never tried it. Showed them the hide location and the container. They were really impressed. Fine job of making the container, it took us a little while to figure it out. A favorite for sure for the location and the container.
08/27/2018 By Hikermama3 Found it, easy to me, but looks like a rodent has been chewing on the plastic bag so no longer water proof. Tftc, beautiful drive.
Castles in the Wilderness
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