GC356H6 Traditional Cache Gold Camp and Old Stage Overlook
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: WingsAndTales @ | Hide Date: 09/27/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 44.167 W104° 54.638 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Not Recommended at night  Cliff / falling rocks 

The cache is in a rock outcropping that overlooks the intersection of Gold Camp and Old Stage Roads.


Park near but not blocking the gate at the top of the closed section of Gold Camp Road. You will probably be less than 400 feet from the cache but it is 150 feet in altitude above you. It will take some work to get there but there is not a lot of brush to get through. Aim for a small saddle slightly NE of the cache and then go up the ridge to the overlook.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: On the way down don't go too far to the right. There is a cliff over an old tunnel with no fence or railing to mark it. Both times I have been up there I noticed that the terrain tends to lead you that way when descending. DO NOT DO THIS CACHE IN THE DARK.

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AA356H6 - Aimpoint
N 38° 44.221 W 104° 54.653
Aim for this point on the way down and DON'T go to the right or you might walk off the cliff
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
AA356H6Aimpoint Reference Point Aim for this point on the way down and DON'T go to the right or you might walk off the cliff 07/14/2012 N 38° 44.221 W 104° 54.653 0.10 kms N 

 Hints

Stand by the tree at GZ and look north toward where you parked. The cache is behind a couple rocks at the bottom of a crack.

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10 Logs: Found it 7  Didn't find it 2  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 07/06/2019 By ronibones
Loved finding it

Owner Maintenance 07/06/2019 By WingsAndTales
The container was missing and has been replaced at the same location. The size and hint have changed.

Found it 05/28/2019 By OR85OR450
Was here earlier in the spring... grandiose plans to walk down to 'the Dragon' were quickly put down by the amount of snow still lying about.

I wish I could resurrect the real date... Actually before the dnf's below, and the a/c was still in place- easy enough to find, as witnessed by dozens of signatures and notes on the papers inside, but not repeated on the cache page online. I had been quite surprised it survived so many non-caching visitors over the years.

Coming down the rr grade from the one up on the ridge, I chose to "detour" all the way through the tunnel. There was pleasantly little trash in there; and some amazing huge chunks of glass-clear ice. No formations on the walls or ceiling, though, so I was baffled as to where it came from.

Didn't find it 05/24/2019 By K Trackers
I couldn't find this one today. There was still snow and ice at GZ, coupled with high winds, I didn't want to get too close to the edge so I may have just missed it.

Didn't find it 05/04/2019 By sjvass
Looked for 30 min. Hung off some uncomfortable rocks looking down for it. Could not find at all. People are saying it was an ammo can. Sad day. Had some track ales to drop off

Found it 10/10/2017 By DRZMAN
Was up at Bear Trap Ranch and decided to do some geocaching. Fun Hide Terrain 3 really? TFTC SL

Found it 05/10/2017 By k3142008
Took us a little while to find it but we finally did. First cashe ever!

Found it 10/14/2016 By RADDBUS
Out for a drive trying to find a nice place to fly my drone but it was way to windy so off geocaching I go. SL, THTC

Found it 07/14/2016 By buttepit
Nice day and a very nice over-look. The dog even sat on the edge and enjoyed the view while I did the paper work. Will need to bring the bike and brother up here on his visit.

Found it 06/26/2016 By angelnomore
Tftc
Great views!!! Left a pathtag for the next brave soul.