GCZG15 Traditional Cache Bristlecone at Silverheels
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: Husker Nation @ | Hide Date: 11/22/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 18.180 W106° 00.901 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 3
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes more than an hour  Scenic view  No Difficult climbing  Available during winter  Not Wheelchair accessible  Bicycles  No Motorcycles  No Stealth required 
This cache is hidden off the trail to Mt Silverheels.
Parking available at 39 17.953, 106 01.165.
This is a nice area of Bristlecone pines. Bristlecone pines are the oldest trees in North America. Some of the Bristlecones in Park county are 2000 years old.

Follow Beaver Creek Rd(659) to FS 183(second creek crossing), follow 183 to trailhead.

4x4, snowmobile, or snowshoes may be required in the winter.

The cache is standard ammo box with Husker Nation logo.

The contents are varied: etch-a-sketch, DVDs, electronics, etc.
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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 07/13/2018 By Hikermama3
Found it, still all good since it’s last find 2 years ago. Tftc

Found it 07/01/2016 By Back Country Horsemen
The views are really great up here even on a bit of a cloudy day. Silverheels has been in the clouds all day so limited views up, but the valley was clear. These trees can be over 1,000 years old!

FYI-I don't know where the cache page parking coordinates are but this road is no longer open to any motorized use so everyone will need to park below at the intersection with the main road and hike (or ride if you are an extreme mountain biker or horseback rider) up to these caches. I really wished I had my horse, but bringing him up just for a day with the BBQ event this afternoon is logistically tough. Plus that rocky, steep V'd section of road would have been really tough on him.

Found it 08/01/2015 By hartsdale
On the way up, just had to look for this one.

Thanks for a nice cache!

HD

Found it 07/26/2015 By RGTK
Found today on a beautiful morning in the mountains. Great location with awesome views of the Mosquito Range. Cache is still in perfect shape. I particularly liked the logos on the container (I was born in Sidney, GO BIG RED!). Signed log, favorite point from me. T4T$!

Mosquito Range from Bristlecone at Silverheels

Found it 09/06/2014 By WingsAndTales
These trees always fascinate me. We had a great hike today. I removed a few food items from the cache which is in great shape. TFTC

Found it 09/06/2014 By kenyansherpa
Got it with Wings and Tales during our outing to Mt. Silverheels! Thanks to Husker Nation for an excellent one!
These are tough old boys

Found it 11/06/2012 By JeepXguy
Out looking for some Elk and decided to look High and Low. Found the cache in good shape. SL TNLN Will post pics later. Saved your camera for the next willing cacher. TFTH

Found it 08/12/2011 By COpackrat
Neat place - TFTC!

Found it 07/04/2011 By DustyKat
Wow what a neat area. Thanks for bringing us here. SL TFTC

Found it 08/27/2009 By RustyBeerCan
Neato, it's like a wonderland of twisted trees
I 'm thinking next time I'll try to find the road here because it was a heck of a hike up from were we started
TFTC
GO BIG RED! [:x]Smile
Things like to grow sideways up here

Hiking Stick with a View