GCH0FC Durango-History-Hiking-Hints
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: TOPTEC @ | Hide Date: 10/20/2003 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 18.004 W107° 52.253 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
                     

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The were incorrect waypoints in the original cache-I have fixed the info. If you printed the information in the last week it has changed. Please print the new listing. Sorry for any confusion. TOPTEC.

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Hiking-History & Hints – Part 1
This is a 2 part cache- The first part is a 30-45 min hike along a paved trail. The second part is a puzzle to take information gathered during the hike and calculate the waypoints for the location of the actual cache. The complete loop takes about 1.5 hrs including the time to find the cache.

Lets get started.
Drive to the coordinates in the listing above.


1. Drive HYW 550 to City Market parking lot at 32 street and Main Ave. See above for the approximate coordinates in the parking lot. Read the instructions for Steps 1-4.

2. Drive to waypoint 37.17.988 n and 107.52.104 – Park by SNOW ROUTE SIGN.

3. Read the sign on the rock and answer the questions below: information will be used to get directions to the next location.
Questions –
A. What were the occupations of Emerson and Parks _________________ _______________

B. What was the event that they were awarded the plaque for_________________________________

C. What was the address of the event ? ______________

D. What was the date – Month –day and year of the event _________________________


Follow the direction to the next location and PARK.
4. Drive south to a parking lot located at: 37.17.700n and 107.52. X X X ( XXX is 600 subtracted from the answer in Quetion 3C above.

5. Answer the following questions:
A. What is the name of this trail ______________________________

B. Who was the founder of Durango according to the information ______________

C. What company did he work for? _______________________

D. How many days a week during the year were all residents required to work on the town’s streets? ___________ days?

E. What could you do to opt out of working the 4 days? $ ___________

F. How many acres was Animas City ______________

6. Follow the direction to the next location. Walk on the paved trail to the south. It will take 30-45 min to walk the trail. As you hike the trail you will encounter information points about the Durango area. Record the information as you are asked the questions. The answers will be used to locate the actual location of the cache.

7. When you walk across the first bridge stay to the left and follow the river.

8. When you locate the Mercy Hospital Information Point - answer the questions:
A. Mercy hospital provided unlimited hospital use for how much a month $_______

B. In what year _________ was the hospital built?

9. Continue on the trail-you will reach a Y in the paths-STAY TO THE LEFT - follow the river.

10. Walk to 37.16.827n and 107.52.600 – Read “Too Much Of a Good Thing”. Answer the following questions:
A. What year was the flood _______________ that peaked at 25,000 cfm

B. What came swirling down the river occasionally? ____________ ________

11.Walk to 37.16.828n and 107.52.574w Read – “Fassbinder Legacy”

12. Answer the following questions:
A. How many sons did Peter Fassbinder have _______

B. How many acres did he purchase ___

C. What year did he arrive ____

13. Find the Info Plaque about the “Iron Horse”
A. Answer the following question:

B. The etching that was in Harpers Weekly was dated September 25 18 X X ___ ____ ( X X =fill in the last 2 digits)

Part 2- Walk NORTH
14. Walk North on the path to N 37.17. X X X –
1st X is the answer to question 10A- Use only the last digit
2nd X is the answer to question 5D
3rd X is the answer to question 5F-use only the FIRST digit

North is 37.17. ___ ___ ___

15. The west waypoint is 107.5X .353 –
X is the answer to question 12A

West is 107.5 ___ . 353

16. When you reach the waypoint in question 14 and question 15-read the sign about People in the Past.

A. What year did the Pueblos start to leave SW Colorado? ________

17. Answer the final questions and they will lead you the cache location.

18. N = 37 . 1 X . 1 X X
first X = the 3rd digit in question 16 A

second X is the 4th digit in question 16 A

third X is the answer to question 12 C ( the last digit)

19. W = 107 . 52 . X X X
FIRST X IS THE ANSWER TO QUESTION 5 D

Second X is the answer to question 8 A

Third X is the answer to question 3 D ( the month)

Go for it !!!!!!!

Container is a Tupperware unit approx 4 x 8 inches- Original contents - stickers-superball-pens-coins cards and log book.
ADOPTED BY SHASHYAZ

08/27/2016 By RV'er
Needed a mystery cache for the Geocaching mission. What a hike. Not the trail but getting to the cache.
1740
XNSL TFTC August 27, 2016 1:15 PM
RV'er and Eagle Eyes
"Seeing the World ... One Cache at a Time!"

04/18/2015 By Biscuit53
We are so excited to find this one without phoning a friend! Thanks to Panther & Pine for writing the note last summer and assuring that the cache was indeed where it should be. The coordinates were spot on! However, the hint is no longer applicable. That particular trash holder must have been removed. Originally, we encountered a small, probably seasonal stream as we approached GZ from the north. But we figured out by walking west along the path until we reached a footbridge that crosses Junction Creek, then taking a small trail to the left instead of crossing bridge, we could approach the cache without getting wet. Then, it was just a matter of geo sense and luck. The coach was in good shape, a jar rather than 4X8 Tupperware, a little muddy on the outside but dry inside. TFTC!

07/26/2014 By Panther&Pine
Stopped by today using my memory, this cache is still in place just where we found it three years ago.
Retrieved the coin I left there.

04/21/2014 By Panther&Pine
Could someone swing by and check on this one, my poor coin has been hiding here for ages. Else we'll do it in July when we move back.

07/30/2013 By LasCabrasDeMontanas
We were in Durango and thought we'd do something special for our 900th. So, we looked at all of the puzzle caches. This one hasn't been found in almost 2 years. And, the last log was a DNF and stated that local construction my have destroyed this cache. Based on this, we didn't even want to try. I'm sure others look at it this way also. I feel that it's awfully extreme to log a "Needs Maintence;" but, your fellow geocachers need some reassurance. Thanks for checking on this for the community. If still active, we'll try in a few months when we return. Thanks for placing the cache.

08/19/2012 By chrisjan
Finished the series and our final answer and your hint over lapped exactly. BUT it's been over a year since the last find AND there is recent dirt work and wood chips in the area. I suspect it is gone.

05/14/2011 By shushyaz&foxy
Durango-History-Hiking-Hints was transferred from retrorambler to user shashyaz&foxy

04/12/2011 By Panther&Pine
Finally found this one! We've tried for this one a few times.
The coords were good- we just had to be bold and go for it.
Dropped off a coin of ours.

03/18/2011 By Panther&Pine
We solved the puzzle, found the trsh can but no luck on the cache.

06/27/2010 By retrorambler
Performed maintenance on this. Dried up. The log is still a bit damp but not bad.