GC2H42P Traditional Cache Views of the Grasslands #006
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: OneKindWord @ | Hide Date: 10/23/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 46.639 W104° 20.082 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
This is a series of quick and easy caches to highlight a remote, yet beautiful area in Northeastern Colorado. There is parking convenient to the cache. Make sure you are prepared with plenty of food and fuel as services are few and far between on the grasslands!
Pawnee National Grasslands is a 193,060 acre public land managed by Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. The Grasslands is known internationally for its bird-watching, especially birds of prey. Information about self-guided bird-watching tours is available elsewhere online. There are also spectacular wildflower displays throughout the Grasslands, the peak of the season is May and June. In addition, there are many interesting and unique geological formations, the most famous being Pawnee Buttes which can be accessed via a hiking trail.
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7 Logs: Found it 6  Didn't find it 1  

Didn't find it 12/22/2018 By Croochie
Sadly a DNF

Found it 11/01/2018 By Spooty
Found it at 1334.
It took me less than a minute to spot this one. The container was a bit hard to open, since I didn't have my usual TOTT with me. The log had quite a bit of space left, but it was looking pretty tattered.
TNLNSL. TFTC!

Found it 07/22/2018 By R-N-T
Nice colors

Found it 07/06/2018 By jamadad
I enjoyed the hunt and appreciate the series. TFTC

Found it 06/27/2018 By Rohatx
Working the area power trails to knock out the Mystical Creatures quest. This is a cut and paste due to the need for speed. If there are any issues, they will be added. Thank you for the series!

Found it 05/15/2018 By BugRanger
Nearing cache #5,000 just before the GW-XVI Giga-Event, I'm determined to get my cache numbers closer to that goal, so EstesLynne & I headed out to the Pawnee Grasslands for this power trail of caches, which has also been on my list for several years. We picked the perfect spring day to be out on the plains - just gorgeous, with lots of meadow larks singing, painted buntings flitting about, and a few hawks soaring as well. Most of the caches were fairly easy, but several were falling apart, cracked or crumbling. we replaced as many of those as we could, just to keep the power trail going. Thanks to all those who put his trail of caches together & maintain them!
Completed the Power Trail lower-half, then went into Briggsdale for and icy treat and more water. We were going for that "100-cache day", and this one is #101/100 - TFTC!

Found it 05/15/2018 By EstesLynne
BugRanger and I headed out to Grover to try to get her numbers up for a coming milestone, and I wanted to complete my smiley string out here. There's a lot more truck traffic on this road than there was a few years ago when I did the trail north of Grover; there wasn't much fracking then. We also had to dodge some road graders around Keota. Still, for the most part it went smoothly and we hit our goal of 100+ caches.

We tried to replace broken caches, but although we easily replaced a dozen, most were in serious need of TLC and there are many more to go. IMO, the day of 35mm canisters is past--even ones that were obviously put out recently are cracked and leaking, some (judging from logs) after only one winter. The high plains is too tough and the plastic, especially the lightweight white ones, is too cheap.

We also ran into a few missing caches, which we replaced (with one exception), and a few duplicates. Oh well, that happens in this sort of power trail. For all we know, we put down a duplicate or two. We also signed (depending on log condition) either with our full handles, or sometimes just EL & BR. But we're in there (unlike one recent claimant--in my book, you have to sign at least some scribble to prove you were here).

Sorry about the cut and paste. I have a lot to say about this run, but I can't do 100+ regular logs. If there's anything particular about individual caches, I'll add it. Thanks to all for the contributions to our numbers and to a fun, lovely, warm, sunny, bird-filled (lark buntings! meadowlarks!) day on the high plains!