GC40XK8 Traditional Cache Near Duffields
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: ngrrfan @ | Hide Date: 11/08/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 44.369 W104° 54.614 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

This is near Duffields on the Shortline.

Duffields was an hour and nineteen minutes from Colorado Springs.   It was a flagstop which was used by those who enjoyed hiking from the station to the summit of St. Peter's Dome.

When I came to town in 1978 it was still possible to drive to Cripple Creek via the Gold Camp Road.
Due to tunnel cave-ins the portion of the road from just east of Tunnel 3 to a point just west of Tunnel 8 has been closed to vehicle traffic. It makes for excellent hiking though. It also makes a great area to hide caches.
BYOP, suitable for small geo coins.

 Custom URLs

Add cache to watch list
Log your visit
Picture Gallery

 Hints

eer tyb skc orni

 Nearby Caches

GC40YZ7 Rock Creek Ridge (0.38 kms SE)
GC40XJ7 Tunnel 8 on the Shortline (0.54 kms E)
GC40ZTF Crack in the Rock (8.34 kms N)
GCA1Y9M Work It (11.43 kms NE)
GC4RQJ5 Let's Play Poker (LPP) 3 of Hearts (14.62 kms NE)

   


Driving Directions

 Logs

8 Logs: Found it 6  Didn't find it 2  

Found it 05/24/2019 By K Trackers
I haven’t been on Gold Camp Road for quite some time, so it was good to get a chance to return and try to pick up a few caches. I was surprised how crowded the road was, I suppose it is because of the Memorial Day Weekend kick-off. I wanted to give this one a try because it had a good difficulty rating, terrain rating, and looked fun. Once I got to GZ, I had a pretty firm notion of what I was looking for and where I was looking for it at; unfortunately that clouded my judgment. I was additionally thrown off the scent by either a very clever deception or a coincidental location that looked like a great hiding spot. Once I cleared my mind and expanded the search radius, I was able to make the find. Thanks to the CO for placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.

Found it 04/24/2019 By RfloydIV
Here from KY visiting my daughter and finding some caches. I just happened to be passing by here, so I couldn’t pass this one up. A bit of a search and the cache was in hand. Thanks!

Found it 04/20/2019 By STÜBBIFIED
Rode the bimmer up to the lookout and decided to grab this guy. Little hike, quick find. Everything in great condition.

Found it 10/10/2017 By DRZMAN
Was up at Bear Trap Ranch and decided to do some geocaching. Fun Hide TFTC SL

Didn't find it 05/15/2017 By rockfrog
We looked around and did not see this one anywhere, we'll have to come back to this one

Found it 11/04/2016 By WingsAndTales
I've driven by this area many times but never really stopped to explore. I had some time after a hike today and enjoyed a little extra time in the woods. TFTC

Found it 11/02/2015 By Mikejama
Went back to search for this one...Found it today with a little more careful searching.
Tftc

Didn't find it 10/27/2015 By Mikejama
Searched the area for about an hour but couldn't find it.. Will try again soon..:-(