GC6VCCD Traditional Cache Gate to Slide Lake
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: COJeepers1&2 @ | Hide Date: 10/09/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 21.331 W106° 21.195 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Significant hike  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available  Camping available  Bicycles  Motorcycles  Quads  Off-road vehicles  Snowmobiles  Snowshoes  Cross Country Skis  Abandoned Structure 
Our second " Live Life Like Someone Left the Gate Open" takes you to a year around accessible cache in a great area to 4 wheel drive, hike, cycle, snowshoe or nordic ski.  Gates are fun to swing on, so this mini cache takes advantage of swinging. It's a log only, BYOP.  No need to remove the cache, you'll see why, please swing it back into place and hide.
 
Entering the area, you will see a yellow caution sign (photo attached). This was an historic military weapons use area for warfare training.  The 10th Mountain Division trained nearby for WWII, lodging at Camp Hale.  The sign cautions not to touch unknown items that could harm or kill you and actions to take if you find something.  Please read.

We have been in this area numerous times snowshoeing, hiking and four wheeling and have yet to see anything suspicious. We found this site a fews back when our annual theme was "The Fun Begins Where the Pavement Ends."

In the winter months you will be forced to park further down the trail due to the snow. It's a beautiful scene to snowshoe or nordic. In summer/fall you can drive all the way up with a high clearance vehicle or park lower and hike.

We have included a photo of the mini cache you are seeking.  It is purchased directly from Groundspeak and recognizable. 

Do not look on the ground.

There is another cache close by on the Ditch side.  The short hike to it affords some interesting rock formations.

Congrats and huge thanks to leadrock for FTF. The additional coordinates will be of help I'm certain. Our Garmin is usually accurate yet in the trees it can be a challenge. Thanks again! We might need to catch up when we're back in PBville.
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5 Logs: Found it 4  Publish Listing 1  

Found it 09/18/2018 By J&J Team Yukon
Greetings from Oklahoma. On our last leg of month long caching trip in Colorado. Will be in Avon for a week of caching. Took a little trip over here to find some fun interesting caches today. Thanks for the adventure! Signed log and placed back. TFTH

Found it 09/02/2018 By DakotaSawyer
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Found it 08/25/2018 By ibgpin
Out with Geowife picking up a few north of Leadville. My GPS bounced around a bit and finally settled down near GZ. I looked around a bit and there it was in front of my face. TFTF

Found it 11/12/2016 By leadrock
N39° 21.323 W106° 21.195
It's been over a month since this one has been placed and yet NO LOGS. Decided to come out and change that. Trusted the GPS but it was about 40 ft off when we finally decided to look at the obvious location. N 39 21.323. W 106 21.195 may help the next cacher. SL. TFTC.

Publish Listing 10/12/2016 By Alpine Reviewer
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