GC1ZZF9 Traditional Cache Sentinel Point Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 4.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 5 out of 5
By: Foam Dome @ | Hide Date: 10/17/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 50.424 W105° 06.269 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Not Recommended for kids  Takes more than an hour  Difficult climbing  Not Available during winter  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Small cache on the top of Sentinel Point (12500ft) above Horse Thief Falls. USGS Benchmark nearby.
This cache is intended for those folks looking for a challenge!
This cache is NOT for the casual hiker! It requires a strenuous hike that is mostly off trail.(over 2000 vertical ft ) It also involves some Class 3 scrambling. Do not attempt in snow or other bad weather.
Cache is easy to find and contains a log.
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The best approach is from the northeast.

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5 Logs: Found it 4  Didn't find it 1  

Found it 12/16/2017 By johnsonny
After I spotted the container from above, it became a challenge retrieving it. But thankfully it wasn't too long before I had it in my hands. Signed the log then retrieved a broken part of a trekking pole from deeper in the rocks to do some CITO. Thanks for hiding this cache!

Found it 07/23/2017 By DJSandy²
Did the loop again today with some friends and we found it this time! Such a great hike. TFTH!

Didn't find it 06/25/2017 By DJSandy²
Did the Sentinel Point Trail today (definitely came from a direction that required some class 4 moves!), and this cache was pre-loaded onto my GPS so I thought "might as well!" Went to the coordinates and searched for a good 20 minutes to no avail. I have a feeling if I'd had the description, hint, picture, etc. I would have found it immediately. I'll be back! :)

Found it 08/07/2016 By GoMRT
This geocache was the main focus of this major cache trek today. It will go towards a double fizzy block I needed to fill! Found the bechmark first nearby, so bonus! Then I went about searching for the cache high and low, here and there. Thankfully, the sun hit the angle right where the cache was hidden. Then I thought, how am I going to get it from there to sign?! Well, thankfully, I did some scouting and found a prexisting tunnel named Harry (of The Great Escape fame). Through Harry, I was able to get to the cache with a twist here, a foot there, a push and bam!! Grabbed the replacement cache (metal tin and plastic lid) while also locating the original plastic container lid (see attached photo after a CITO was in order) sans container. While in the cavern, saw the original Sentinel Point sign keeping the replacement cache container company. This cache brought back many fond caching memories of other caches similar in the high country where special equipment was required to get in and out of the GZ for the cache. A splendid view was had from here before the standard afternoon storm rolled in rudely and became hail by the time the cachemobile was reached to descend the mountain.

This cache earned a fav point from my collection for the awesome placement, location, memories created and journey to get there! Foam Dome, well done on this one!

(Took TB that had sat in there for nearly 3 years and will move along)

Found it 07/17/2015 By hartsdale
The clouds were moving in fast with a rumble off in the distance.

Our stay was short but sweet.

Thanks for a good work out and a fun cache to go for!

HD