GC4T62H Traditional Cache Teepee Rings on Independence Mt.
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Laddyoll1 @ | Hide Date: 11/16/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 53.434 W106° 25.904 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Scenic view 

A cache on Independence Mountian overlooking the North Park of Colorado beside historic Native American teepee rings. 

This cache is located next to the site where Native American hunting parties would set up camp on a ridge on Independence Mountian overlooking the North Park of Colorado.  From this site you can see the Rawah mountains to the east and the Zirkel mountains to the west, while overlooking the North Platte river.  The hunting parties would set up camp on this ridge, watching for buffalo, deer, elk & pronghorn.  The stones that were used to anchor the teepee covers are still there and easily viewed.  

There is a buck & pole fence surrounding the site and an informational plaque.

This is located west of Cowdrey, Colorado (just north of Walden, CO).  The road leading up to this site is not paved, and can be difficult in bad weather. 

 

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8 Logs: Found it 8  

Found it 07/01/2019 By rockymtn8iv
After returning our granddaughter to her mom at the Saratoga turnoff, we decided to do a little sightseeing/geocaching on the way home.
This was by far the best cache of the day and the newest addition to our Faves List!
It was a little windy, but the SPECTACULAR views and the real life history exhibit was way worth any inconvenience. Cool
Mrs. rockymtn8iv made short work of finding the cache and all was well in that dept.
After signing the log we spent some time looking the area over.
The Teepee rings were neat and of particular interest was the big one with the smaller fire ring in the middle.
Thank you so much for bringing us here as I doubt we would ever have known about it otherwise!
TNLN
FI Smile SL
T4TC!!

Found it 06/28/2019 By Cap'n Ron
Hads me an errun te run o'er Walden ways so I load'd up me crrrew-n-shipp'd ou'!
T'was a grrrand day fer it to be sure!
Blue skys an clear sailin'! Wink
T'is be a quick an easeh Cache-n-Dash
But we hung around fer te views!
Tot'lly Spectacularrrs!
Tank Ye Fer T'e Cache an te his'ory less'n!
FISL'd It! Evil

Found it 11/17/2018 By Hansel and Gretal
Found while elk hunting in the area. TFTC SL

Found it 09/13/2018 By susieqgirl
Tricky to find. Tftc

Found it 07/21/2018 By eggwall1
Drove up to this site in the evening. Very cool place with some history. Found the cache. It had some standing water inside, but the log container was dry. Signed the log, TNLN. TFTC and showing me this cool spot.

Found it 09/10/2016 By crowehunter
Now this is what Geocaching is all about, what and awesome place ! The view is beautiful, thanks for bring me here.

Found it 06/04/2016 By bhive7
Beautiful!! Tftc

Found it 09/23/2015 By Road Glide Ridrz
What a beautiful sight. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTF!