Peak Sundial

This cache was designed by Black-Jack in 2005 and maintained by Ivy Dog Parents until 2020 as the Sundial Park cache. However, the park’s plaza where the clues are located underwent a major renovation, so I have adopted the cache and overhauled it to work with the new park plaza. Please enjoy this park, its history, and the view—plus a new take on this classic cache.

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The Coordinates above are for the Sundial in Cranmer Park, which contains the clues to solve this cache. All around the Sundial, you will find the answers for the clues below on the plaza.

First, finding the answers to these clues will give the location for the hidden cache:

Clue #1: Locate a peak named after a Colorado Territorial Governor.

Note the elevation of this peak: (____________)=#1

Clue #2: Locate a peak named after a First Lieutenant commissioned at the age of 20.

Note the height of the peak: (____________)=#2

Clue #3: Locate a peak named after a great American Botanist.

Note his age at the time of his death: (____________)=#3

Clue #4: Locate a peak named after a Dartmouth graduate from the class of 1809.

Note the elevation of the peak: (___________)=#4

Clue #5: Locate a peak named after a Nomadic Plains Tribe.

Note the elevation of the peak: (____________)=#5

Clue #6: Locate the history of this sundial at Cranmer Park.

Note the year of when the sundial was originally set in place here: (______________)=#6

Next, substitute the answers found above into the formula below:

#1(____________) MINUS #2(____________) PLUS #3(____________) MINUS 212=XY

Substitute THIS number into the Final Waypoint formula below for XY.

#4(____________) MINUS #5(____________) PLUS #6(____________) MINUS 2529=ABC

Substitute THIS number into the Final Waypoint formula below for ABC.

N 39.43.ABC

W 104.56.0XY

The Cache is a small container which only has room for a log—please bring your own pen.

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