GC2JEV2 Road 318 Adventure #1
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: WingsAndTales and estes01 @ | Hide Date: 11/18/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 03.493 W104° 56.368 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

---

Part of a series of caches in a new area to explore. No micros and no extreme terrain, just some interesting spots and great views at the final.

---

There are different ways to get to this area.

4WD Vehicle: We used estes01's jeep to drive road 318 and the ratings are based on that. The intersection of Mt. Herman Rd and road 318 is listed below. The west end of the road is good but it rapidly becomes 4WD only.

Hiking: The area is also very accessible on foot from Mt. Herman road. It will just involve more time and effort. I would increase the terrain rating about a half star for this method. You can park on Mt. Herman road at trail 715. The coords are listed below. Follow trail 715 south and east and then follow the powerlines up to the road. The ratings also assume you access the caches from the road. If you decide to bushwack from one area to another it will be much more difficult.

CLUES: Remember to look inside the front cover of the logbook for the clues to the final cache,GC2JEVH .

Congrats to FTF: kenyansherpa

Additional Waypoints

AA2JEV2 - Intersection of Mt. Herman Rd and road 318
N 39° 03.507 W 104° 58.971
Mt. Herman Rd and 318
PK2JEV2 - Trail 715 Parking
N 39° 04.244 W 104° 56.062
Parking spot on Mt. Herman road for trail 715
R12JEV2 - Depart trail 715 to the right
N 39° 04.026 W 104° 55.725
Turn right at the fork in the trail
R22JEV2 - Turn right
N 39° 03.966 W 104° 55.692
You will come to a split in the trail slightly before you get to this point. Turn right, go uphill and continue on the trail past this point.
R32JEV2 - Trail meets Rd 318
N 39° 03.450 W 104° 55.990
This is where the powerline trail meets Road 318

06/30/2019 By TigerFinder
I always love finding ammo cans in the woods! I drove up here in the Xterra to run this road in particular. I was hoping for a short, straightforward day but found it to be quite the opposite. Let's just say I used my winch more than once. This hide was great and is in great shape! I didn't do them in a particular order. I'm glad that didn't matter. TFTC!

This one was more than a year lonely so it qualifies me for the Cache Revival Challenge!

06/16/2018 By KylandoGt
Rock n roll

05/28/2018 By billkat
That was definitely more than a 2.5 terrain the way I went for it! I hiked down and then up the 715 trail, and once at the power line trail I was dismayed to see cars and tents around. Oh well, I needed the steps. I managed to get all six caches and now have the coords for the final which I was too tired to get. All for another day. Coming back down I smelled something burning and saw a large plume of smoke just off the trail. No one around so I went to check it out. Someone had left a campfire burning and flames were starting back up so I stomped on the flames and smashed the burning coals and wood and gathered up a lot of loose gravel to smother it. Burned my boots a bit but better than hiking through a forest fire. Anyway, thanks for the series and I will go back sometime for the final!

07/18/2017 By K Trackers
I picked up this nice cache during a short run and recon for new cache locations near MT Herman road. I didn't mean to find caches from this series today, but during my recon I came upon terrain that matched the description for the (puzzle) final. Although the CO was helpful with saturation deconfliction, I decided it was just better to find it and make sure I would not mess something up. As standard for this CO, the caches I found today were all in pristine condition. Unfortunately, the afternoon rains and hail cut my session short, so I will have to come back another day. Thanks to the CO for placing this nice cache, and the series, for everyone to find, TFTC.

07/02/2017 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the fun cache! I came out this way with CrumbCrunchers after this morning's souvenir event in Woodland Park. We had several caches planned in the area mostly on the offshoots of Rampart Range Road. This series was our goal for completion. Unfortunately we were not able to complete them. Time and tiring kiddos slowed us up a bit. We started here and worked our way back. Found this on in great shape. Signed and stamped the log, snapped a picture of the clue, and replaced as found. Fun cache in a great location. This road proved to be a great test for CrumbCrunchers Hyundai Veracruz! Handled it like a champ! (despite the fact i was holding on for dear life and saying a few silent prayers)

07/02/2017 By YamaGypsy
Nice quick find! After we had reached our turn around spot we headed back out and stopped for this one. Sl, thanks!