GC2G0QD Traditional Cache Ancestral Gunnison River
Type: Traditional | Size: Not chosen Not chosen | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: 3535 @ | Hide Date: 09/30/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 52.206 W108° 30.207 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Short walk off end of road. Check out the information sign at end of road. Be sure to check out other caches in this area. Please replace as found.

Congrats to ~Hamster~ FTF
The Gunnison River and possibly the Colorado River flowed through this area carving Unaweep Canyon, to the west of this site. Tributaries cutting into the soft Mancos Shale to the north, coupled with the rising Uncompahgre arch, caused the river to go around the Uncompahgre Plateau. Cactus Park was part of the ancestral flow of the Gunnison River from 1 to 5 million years ago. The Gunnison Gravels Research Natural Area protects the unique gravel deposits which prove the Gunnison River flowed through this site during prehistoric times.
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6 Logs: Found it 6  

Found it 11/20/2018 By csparks78
Nice hide!

Found it 04/29/2018 By drames
Out for what we thought was a nice day but MAN did it get windy!!!! Still found it so that helped! TFTC!

Found it 12/03/2017 By gkhill
Just as I thought by the name of the cache! Quick find. Left pencil and took pen that didn't write. sl TFTC

Found it 09/29/2017 By Cheevo & Boo Boo
The beginning of a fun day. Good hide area. Thanks.

Found it 09/16/2017 By Team SeeShells
Trail riding with PeachBob in his new RZR, and picking up caches. GREAT Day. TFTC SL.

Found it 09/16/2017 By Peachbob
Out for a day of fun with the new RZR and a great geocaching friend from North Carolina. Great camo, something that is hard to see when in plain sight. Tftf