GC1HYC1 Fyre Spirit`s Stash
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: whimzy @ | Hide Date: 11/07/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 36.531 W105° 14.105 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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This is 1 of 4 in my Four Golden Horseshoes Series....Hope you enjoy! The co-ords above are NOT correct.

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In the mists of time, there once was a magical horse named Dream Dancer. He was a wise and powerful being who ruled all the horse clans in peace and harmony. He was a magnificent creature. Rippling muscles were clothed with a shiny,velvet, ebony colored coat of hair that shimmered even in the moonlight. His mane and tail were like waterfalls of silver, and his eyes were like deep pools of sapphires. His hooves were shod with four golden horseshoes that were encrusted with rare and precious jewels. They were said to have magical powers of their own, though only Dream Dancer ever knew whether they did or not.

There came a time when men came to know of the legendary horse, and his golden horseshoes and pursued Dream Dancer relentlessly. Knowing that he would never have peace as long as he wore his horseshoes, he formulated a plan. Calling two of his sons and two of his daughters to his side, he gave each one a horseshoe and charged them with hiding them, telling no one of their locations, the only clues being in the hoofbeat code.

Long forgotten, and lost in the ripples of time, the hoofbeat code has no complete translation known to man. However...parts of the code were saved and given to 3 guardians.It has been said that only the truly adventurous and pure of heart have even a chance of finding even one of the guardians, let alone the horseshoes. Many, Many have sought the clues, in the hopes of obtaining power and riches, but all have failed.

First, you must find the guardians of the hoofbeat code. They are hiding in three different caches, and won`t be easy to find...but I`ll give you a clue for each of the three...

#1...One of the guardians is a twiddler resting in a B&B...
#2...One of the guardians will put spots in your eyes...
#3...One of the guardians is a part of a wild west adventure story..

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Like his name, Fyre Spirit had a fiery horseanality...{ well, he wasn`t a person, you know! }...and a testy temper to match. He blended in well with redstone cliffs of the red Canyon Area, way back in the area near the Sand Gulch campground. His molten copper colored fur contrasted beautifully with his golen mane that dazzled like sunshine. His eyes of emerald flashed often with mischieviousness, and though his stash is one of the easiest to get to, it just might be the most difficult to find...Off of Red Canyon Road, { just before it turns into Shelf Road }, is a turn off for Sand Gulch Campground. Almostt immediately, there is a road going to the left, and unless you want to hike for a really long ways, you`ll wanna go this way.Follow the road and go past the gate, { unless it`s locked for the season }, and park at the co-ords above, then take the road down to the wash and go up it to the stash. I like loops , so I recommend you come back by the top of ridge, for a different point of view...

Additional Waypoints

05/27/2019 By Back Country Horsemen
Wasn’t able to get to any of the regular caches that contain the code answer (I’m not even sure if they are still active?) so I did a little deduction & guessing & thought I’d give the coordinates I came up with a try on this one since we were going to be camping & riding in the area for the weekend. Lo & behold I was right & we easily found this lovely & lonely cache. All is in great shape too.

08/13/2016 By nite_raven
Fun day out caching with the family.

08/13/2016 By LeewayeDiscGolf
Had to be up this area for the closest multi we had left for the souvenir, so we figured it was a perfect time for horseshoe caches. I think this is the first time ever that we've taken this road and it hasn't been covered in mud. The walk in is very cool with all the rock formations and the hide spot is neat too. I bet you can slide down that with a bit of water. The different series of caches for the code were awesome and so was this cache. The logbook does say Wynd Song's Canyon View, which we did awhile back in an area without red rocks but did have giant cliffs.

11/24/2015 By dkcraig
Wow, really enjoyed this one. Pretty easy to get to. Nice cache lots of goodies. Only one left to go in this series.

04/12/2015 By SnailMan1
My second in the series. This was a series of puzzle that took me a long time to solve, but once I finally caught on I was fairly smooth sailing after that. Thanks for the puzzle cache!

06/09/2013 By COpackrat
The red rocks make this a perfect spot for Fyre Spirit! TFTC!