08/29/2015 By icezebra11
Tomorrow is the last day to enter this area as a non-hunter/fisher so because I plan to hike to Horsetooth Rock tomorrow, I decided to get up to the Rabbit Creek area and make the hike to this cache. I arrived at the parking area just before 9 am. I first made the scramble up Symbol Rock and the visited the old Elliott Ranch house. On my way back to the parking area I made the detour east to find this cache. It took a little searching for a good spot to cross the creek but I did find one. Then it was a short climb to GZ. The coordinates were right on and I quickly found the nice container. Signed my name in the log book of this cache that doesn't get too much visitation.
Thanks Team Fegel for this nice "off the beaten path" cache!!!
The old Elliott Ranch house
Symbol Rock from west of the cache
05/23/2015 By Pixel Magic
This area opens each year to the public on May 1st until September. So it's open season for caching. The cattle were grazing on this land. Interesting to see some really long horned cattle. Several calves were wary of us and skittered away as we neared them on the trail. One hungry calf was nursing and paid us no mind.
The skies were dark gray and black today with a little wind to add to the drama of a threatening sky. We eluded the rain and made this capture on our way to find a nearby new cache, Symbol Rock. I was using my Garmin GPS device showing the compass mode and headed left off the trail toward the cache. After a week of rain the creeks were flowing fast and full. As I neared the location (.25 mile) I saw the creek between me and the location of the cache. I wasn't especially eager to get wet, so I turned back toward the trail having decided that the trail would cross the creek in a protected way. I circled back toward the cache on the opposite side of the creek and could see a nice viewing point ahead. As I got to within 300' of the cache, I realized that the location was on the other side of the raging creek. Yikes. I should have stayed the course in the beginning. Do I walk back to the other side? A walk of perhaps a third of a mile? No. I'm not energetic enough to do that. I survey the bank of the creek and spy an 8" diameter log spread across the surface of the water. I manage to cross the creek without losing my balance. Woohoo. I scrambled up a few boulders and nab the cache. The container and contents are in perfect shape. As the sky darkens I sign the log and head on my way across the terrain to get a cache west of here. But, I must now find a way across the creek again. I don't want to waste time trying to retrace my steps back along the trail. After a quick search I find a much larger tree fallen across the creek. On this crossing I must descend the trunk while making my way over the raging water. Success, again.
Thanks for keeping this old cache operational and in excellent shape. It's kinda like me. I'm trying to keep this old self out and about and in good shape. TFTC.
05/03/2014 By 2xblack
Looking for turkeys to no avail, so I found a cache, TFTC.
08/15/2010 By sassydil
I've been planning to get here all summer ( to get in during the proper time frame) but with the heat and monsoon rains things just never worked out. It was cool enough this morning for a very enjoyable walk. Lots of mountain bluebirds along the fence near the beginning of the trail and the only person I saw was someone with a bow and quiver heading back to parking just as I started walking. Very nice valley and interesting rocks. The view from the cache is great. And of course, if there's a way to a cache that involves barbed wire, I will always find it. 
05/02/2010 By Denali41
I've wanted to get after this cache for several years, and have driven by the parking area dozens and dozens of times as I was climbing the 255 ranked peaks of Larimer County. But each passing-by time was either too late in a day of long climbing adventures, or outside of the permissible date range for general access to the area (May 1st through September 1st). A person can enter during the "closed" months only if hunting or fishing. A Habitat Stamp used to be required for entry, but that regulation no longer applies. Dogs are allowed if they are kept leashed. So my puppy Teewinot was on a leash on the entire hike today. It's a good thing she was, because we met a very congenial Division of Wildlife Conservation Officer. I suspect he would not have been so congenial if my puppy Teewinot had been free-running!
At any rate, today my puppy Teewinot and I took a hike up to my cache "Is That A Turkey Roost?!" to check on its status, and while we were returning to the highway on the Cherokee Park Road I discovered that we had sufficient time for "Rabbit Creek View". What a pleasant hike this was, and what marvelous views are to be had from the cache vicinity. The cache is in absolutely perfect condition, even though it hasn't been found for almost 3 years. Rabbit Creek was flowing very full today, so we needed to cross it on an old cottonwood log. I waypointed the log's location so I could find it on the return, and I did find it. But that old log was rotten, and it collapsed during our recrossing. So I got a wee bit wet--or I should say "PLENTY wet"! It was a fine adventure, and I'm thankful that this cache is still available. Now's the time to go after it--from now until September 1st. Go for it!
08/09/2007 By doglover&pups
Hiked into this one this morning. I had a game and fish employee stop and ask for my habitat stamp before I even got out of the parking lot. I was sure glad I had it! Left nothing and took the TB that has been here for over a year. TFTC
[This entry was edited by doglover3pups on Thursday, August 09, 2007 at 7:08:48 PM.]
11/16/2006 By Team Fegel
Hmm, I wonder if the signage on site has not been updated, as my understanding of the rules available on their website, indicates that a wildlife stamp will allow you access all year to these areas. When I find out for sure, I'll repost.
11/12/2006 By redder
Nice day for a hike, but even with the permit, you aren't allowed in except for fishing or hunting from Sep.1 to May 1. Guess we'll head back in the Spring ;-)
08/03/2006 By Team Fegel
Despite the fee, we have decided to put these back up, let us know what you think.
04/16/2006 By skrabut
Didn't realized that the cache was disabled. I also didn't realize the area was closed for another 15 days. Regardless, Rlyee and I made the hike, and manged to stay inside the area not requiring a habitat stamp... at least I think. Took a sheriff's tie tack and left a Intel Bunnyman Travel Bug
Rabbit Creek View
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