GC994E Traditional Cache Hilltop at Eagles Lookout (Goat Camp Creek)
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: jjasks @ | Hide Date: 10/08/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 59.977 W104° 54.906 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 12
Dogs  Difficult climbing  Cliff / falling rocks  Dangerous area 
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Can you see the loot
The Trail
Looking at the top

Located within the Air Force Academy, climb 2000 feet in 1 mile to the top of Cedar Mountain, an AFA overlook.
Cache is an ammo can that has a logbook some computer parts, kids games, and various things. Bring you camera, the trail is full of worthy pictures.

This cache will take average person 2-3 hours round trip to complete. Keep in mind other nearby caches are about..

  • Drive to the location of the visitors center, turn onto the dirt road accross the street.

  • Park at 39 00.420 N, 104 54.203 W on the side of the road

  • Trail head is located at 39 00.422 N, 104 54.257 W

    A free hint; do not leave the trail.
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     Hints

    It can be found wedged between two boulders (cache is on the ground)

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     Logs

    15 Logs: Found it 14  Didn't find it 1  

    Found it 06/11/2019 By gampa&gamma
    Steep climb up to the summit of Eagle Peak. Good thing we took the gentler trail back down! Found the container out in the open next to a tree with lots of muggle signatures in the log. Re-hid container in the rocks about 10’ below the trail. Thanks for keeping this almost 17 year old cache alive!

    Found it 05/31/2019 By RoamingBadger
    Pleasant surprise. I didn't even think to check for caches when I set out for the hike. TFTC!

    Found it 04/07/2019 By Stormy+Cicero
    Found this one after summiting Eagle Peak! Beautiful hike and beautiful views!! This one gets a Fav Point simply because it's on the top of the USAF Academy's "Hausberg"!!!

    Found it 01/05/2019 By PantamToad
    A favorite for sure! Thanks for the adventure and the climb!!

    Found it 10/30/2018 By krazykatzen
    Note: there is a much nicer trail if one continues a bit further in the meadow below and look for a much fainter trail that follows the curve of the mountain southwards. It is marked with cairns. The well-worn path marked with blue blazes is ugly, badly eroding, with lousy footing that causes others to just erode more of the mountain.

    Nice hiding spot! It was very windy at the summit, but this spot was more sheltered. Great views of the base and parking lot. Cache in great shape!

    Found it 10/08/2017 By Kerewin0430
    Nice quick hike this morning, grateful to have stayed on the trail the whole time (unlike the hilarious, grueling other hike a group of us did a few months ago)! Got the heart rate up, and had crystal clear views at the top! Someone else has appreciated this view, too, as apparently they had carried a chair up to the summit, hahaha! The cache was in plain sight, but took a couple minutes because signal was bouncing so much. Thanks for placing this one!

    Found it 10/01/2017 By KJKlock
    Found this while hiking Eagles Peak with CrumbCrunchers. Beautiful day.

    Found it 10/01/2017 By YamaGypsy
    Wow! What an amazing hike! Gorgeous fall colors below us and snowy Pike's peak in the distance. Sl, thanks!

    Found it 09/22/2017 By Ms.Stang
    Took the day off to hike. It was an great hike and amazing view. TFTC.

    Found it 06/10/2017 By Redsoxav8r
    I haven't been up here since I was a cadet - and geocaching wasn't a thing back then. Somehow, it was more fun today... BigSmile

    Great day to play outside. TNLNSL. TFTC!
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    Found it 05/12/2017 By rbjones21
    Good hike and fine to end a week of hiking. Picked up tracker.

    Found it 04/08/2017 By Wulff Pack
    Had a few hours before sunset to attempt this trail and needed all of them. OK, I admit, I was lured up here by a different nearby geocache (Tito's Bandito), but I kept going past Tito because...well how could you not continue to the top after the strenuous climb up the creek? Wherever possible I used my geodog (Loki) to hep pull me up the steep climb, cut him loose when the climb got too steep. Snowpacked from the upper half of creek and beyond. Couldn't believe the cadets and other kids slip-sliding in the other direction (down) wearing tennis shoes. Me, I was quite happy to be wearing my steel-toed work boots.

    Made it to the top about 630PM. Looked around a bit, snapped a couple photos, then it occurred to me that I was still getting reception, so I checked, and sure enough, c.geo showed me there was a cache about 150 feet from where I was standing. The hike down to the cache was treacherous with the snow, but i found it quickly and dropped a TB. Made it back to trailhead at 745PM (dark) after a successful hunt for Tito.

    Thanks for a great caching experience!

    Found it 10/03/2016 By KadenET
    One heck of a trip up but 150% worth it, takes some searching but don't give up. Picture as see from cache!
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    Found it 09/03/2016 By Chief STDNMR
    #2,487. ohhhhh myyyy!!!! well, the Chief came into town to see his favorite Cadet daughter for parents weekend at the Academy!! We thought, ohhh, there are 5 geocaches up around Eagles Peak, we could get a couple!! HA!! yesterday we hiked a long way and only had a DNF. Today, we headed straight here! I am not sure what it takes to assign a difficulty of 5 for terrain, but this one sure takes a workout to get too!! did grab the TB, and will post that info soon. plus a picture!! This gives such an awesome views!!! just didn't look for any others up here, have things to do this evening. Thanks sooo much for placing this cache!!!! SL T4T$

    The Chief at the Hilltop!

    Didn't find it 07/28/2016 By cosmos912
    Think it was muggled...boo! But still worth the hike!
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