GC812VQ Letterbox Hybrid Look Out Below!
Type: Letterbox | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Path Pacer @ | Hide Date: 12/05/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 19.160 W105° 32.080 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Not Wheelchair accessible  Parking available  No Drinking water nearby  No Public restrooms nearby  Short hike (less than 1km)  Tourist Friendly 

The location of this cache is at the foot of a landslide caused by the flood of 2013. If you drive a little farther south along Hwy 7, you'll see that flood created a much larger landslide behind Wind River Ranch. Twin Sisters is a taller and steeper mountain than Lily, so it sports a more spectacular scar. As so much of the soil has been washed away by the rushing water, it will take a very long time for vegetation to recolonize the barren landscape. You can still see the scar from the 1982 Lawn Lake flood, at the base of which is one of RMNP's many earthcaches: Roaring River Alluvial Fan (GC230BK).

As you stand at the posted coordinates, look up at the scar. On the right-hand side, about 130 feet from where you're standing, is the cache. Look at the spoiler photo to find it. Due to the need to maintain a stamp and an inkpad in the cache, it's better not to use it to exchange swag. Please don't take any of the cache contents, as I will have to replace them.




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5 Logs: Found it 2  Didn't find it 2  Publish Listing 1  

Found it 05/29/2019 By dieSchatzies
STF !!! Found it on our way to Lily Pond. No Problem finding it with the help of the spoiler pic. Terrain should be higher. :) First to use the new Stamp. Out: TB
TFTC

Didn't find it 05/25/2019 By Butano
We looked around for this one and believe it to be gone because if the construction nearby. A fair amount of dirt has been moved around. The views were still good and seeing the power of water here was incredible.

Didn't find it 04/07/2019 By apple nut
I wonder if it has been moved due to all the road grating and debris dumped.

Found it 12/12/2018 By waawhoo
Waawhoo FTF at 8:30 am. The flood was just so devastating to see all the scarring everywhere I could be here for a lifetime now. I was in Estes Park the night before the flood. We drove down the canyon 11 o’clock the night before. This is a great letterbox. Thanks path pacer for the hide and coin!

Publish Listing 12/10/2018 By Heartland Cacher
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