GC42HTE 2002 Colorado Oldies Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: WingsAndTales @ | Hide Date: 12/07/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 01.640 W105° 00.082 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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Colorado Oldies

The cache is at the posted coordinates. You must complete the challenge before logging a find on the cache. The difficulty rating reflects how hard it is to complete the challenge. The terrain rating is for the actual find.

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The Challenge

This cache is intended to honor those caches in our state that have stood the test of time. There are currently 262 active caches in Colorado that were hidden in the year 2002. In order to log this cache you must find at least 53 Colorado caches from that year.

The Rules

Only caches hidden in the state of Colorado in 2002 count.

All your finds count. If you have finds on caches that are now archived, you may include those. Those cachers who have been around long enough to have a significant number finds on those archived caches will probably qualify without them anyway. Remember that if you use a pocket query to identify your finds it will not include archived caches.

You must show your qualifications in some manner. There is a checker on project-gc.com. Or for those of you that use GSAK, ernie66 has written a macro to help check your qualifications. You can find it here: ColoradoFindsByPlacedYear. You can paste the output from either of those into your log to show your qualifications. Some other options include a text listing in your log or a bookmark list. I have a public list called “CO Oldies Found List” showing my qualifications.

Parking coordinates are included.

Access to this series of caches is off Rampart Range Road on roads 312 and 314. Road 312 is maintained like Rampart Range and passable in almost any car. Road 314 will require a high clearance vehicle but not 4WD if it is dry. My Subaru Outback did it with no problems and there are several wide spots to pull off or turn around. Road 314 eventually becomes one way westbound but not until after the parking area for the last cache in the series. If you don't have a high clearance vehicle then I recommend you park at the intersection of 312 and 314.

Congrats to the FTF: hartsdale

Additional Waypoints

AA42HTE - Turn
N 39° 01.626 W 105° 00.302
Intersection of 312 and 314
PK42HTE - GC42HTE Parking
N 39° 01.671 W 105° 00.093
Closest wide spot to park on 314

06/07/2019 By WingsAndTales
I checked on the area today and spoke with one of the logging contractors. Logging is still planned for this area but there is no firm schedule for it. I will leave this cache disabled until the logging is complete. Sorry for the inconvenience.

04/08/2019 By WingsAndTales
There is a massive logging/tree thinning operation going on in the area. There hasn't been too much cutting here yet but many trees are marked. I saw similar markings further south and the crews appear to be coming in this direction. I found the container but removed it while the work is in progress. I will get this one replaced when the work is done. Sorry for the inconvenience.

04/06/2019 By OneKindWord
This was the quickest and easiest Challenge I went after in the area today. Nice short walk to GZ, spotted the cache right away, and everything is in perfect shape!

OneKindWord has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

I made it with 90 finds and needed only 53
[code]
gccode visitdate cache_name
GC49B3 2008-12-29 Thanks, Joe!
GC9756 2009-01-07 History in Stone 2 - A Short Drop
GC7B0B 2009-01-07 Boulder Overlook
GC6CB2 2009-01-22 Nathan Meeker Home
GC3337 2009-01-24 Out of the Blue
GC53AE 2009-02-08 Sherwood Forest
GC50F4 2009-02-08 I Remember "Mama"
GCB2A1 2009-02-09 Ft. Lupton
GCB2A0 2009-02-09 Ft. Vasquez
GCA9C3 2009-03-03 The Original Cache
GC8CC4 2009-03-17 The Power Of Water
GCB5A1 2009-03-27 Treading Deep Waters
GC619F 2009-04-13 GBNF II (Gone But Not Forgotten)
GC8AA3 2009-04-15 A truly great Human Being
GC52E2 2009-05-10 Denver Benchmark
GC9758 2009-07-27 History in Stone 3 - Hungry
GC973C 2009-07-27 Larger Than Life
GC3D4B 2009-07-30 2K in 202
GC7B0D 2009-08-03 Flagstaff Summit
GCAD06 2009-08-12 Douglas #13 Cantril
GCAD0C 2009-08-12 Douglas #14 Catholic Church
GC9A87 2009-08-14 On Walden Pond
GCA60E 2009-08-19 Douglas #2 Lewis
GC8AB8 2009-09-09 Scared History
GC7B4A 2009-09-14 D-D-D Homesite
GC7B05 2009-09-14 The Road To Eldorado
GC6956 2009-10-17 GEO-TOURING Rocky Mtn. High
GC516B 2009-10-17 GEOTEERING - Rocky Mtn. High
GC4994 2010-01-06 Pearl Street Webcam
GC9A28 2010-04-01 Memorial in Stone
GC9182 2010-04-09 Military Honors virtual
GC9075 2010-04-09 Forgotten Genius
GC7D47 2010-04-09 I.A.F.F. National Fallen Memorial Virtual Cache
GC3961 2010-04-09 Michi Cache
GC413A 2010-04-09 The Gnarly Dude
GC7D44 2010-04-09 Rampart Memorial Virtual Cache
GC7D4E 2010-04-10 Fifth National Jamboree Virtual Cache
GC7D4F 2010-04-10 Mustangs Virtual Cache
GC3A7A 2010-05-14 The "Real Cache"
GC9985 2010-05-19 Old Dynamo ~ Reopened Sept. 2018
GC9987 2010-05-19 The Old Vaquero
GC35F4 2010-05-21 UTM - Up The Mountain
GCA66E 2010-05-21 #25 - Trails End
GCABC8 2010-09-24 Lest We Forget
GCA59D 2010-10-16 Hank & Friends
GC8811 2010-10-16 168 Virtual Cache
GC9181 2010-10-16 Log House Virtual
GCA58B 2010-10-16 Too Tough to Quit
GC9752 2010-12-08 History in Stone 1 - Matchless
GCA612 2010-12-14 Douglas #3 20-Mile House
GCB35D 2010-12-14 Douglas #15 Parker Cemetery
GCB364 2010-12-14 Douglas #16 Consolidated School
GCA63B 2010-12-14 Douglas #4 Tallman

Thanks for another great Challenge!

05/14/2018 By WingsAndTales
Stopped by today and put the container back in place. The hint still applies.

05/10/2018 By lesslost2
Finally made it back up onto Rampart Range Rd to put this cache to bad. Thanks, Karen, for keeping this one alive. A lot of camping sites ocdcupied, but none that seem to be of the long term type you had to deal with last year. This series really presents an absorbing challenge to complete (although we're not doing so well on the others, either!). Here's an extract fro ernie66's macro:

---- Colorado Finds by Placed Year ----
2000: 2
2001: 11
2002: 55
2003: 38
2004: 38
2005: 55
2006: 74

04/30/2018 By Pohka
OK, checked my tracker this AM and good to go and ready for smiley! Below is my list:

1 GC3961 Michi Cache 2/11/2002 6522.30992 Colorado
2 GC39FA Captain Jack's Trading Post 2/14/2002 7723.09736 Colorado
3 GC3A77 The Homestead - Part I 2/16/2002 5026.24688 Colorado
4 GC3C95 The Chinese Connection near Blodgett peak 2/23/2002 7851.05012 Colorado
5 GC413A The Gnarly Dude 3/10/2002 6584.64588 Colorado
6 GC432E St Pattys Overlook 3/17/2002 7769.02912 Colorado
7 GC43AF 10 @ Tenn 3/19/2002 10439.63288 Colorado
8 GC52B7 Mt Herman's Treasure 4/28/2002 8956.6932 Colorado
9 GC52E2 Denver Benchmark 4/29/2002 5305.11828 Colorado
10 GC5315 Little Arch 4/30/2002 6466.53564 Colorado
11 GC53AE Sherwood Forest 5/2/2002 5006.56184 Colorado
12 GC5E9B Mondo's Bug Hotel 5/30/2002 5291.99492 Colorado
13 GC659F Pike Never Made It! 6/17/2002 14084.64612 Colorado
14 GC6F41 Eagle, Colorado 7/6/2002 6568.24168 Colorado
15 GC70F0 Independence Pass 7/14/2002 12103.01876 Colorado
16 GC7250 Funnies and Flyboys 7/17/2002 7503.28108 Colorado
17 GC747F Puma Cache 7/22/2002 6715.87948 Colorado
18 GC7C07 Top Of The World 8/5/2002 14251.96896 Colorado
19 GC7D44 Rampart Memorial Virtual Cache 8/10/2002 6725.722 Colorado
20 GC7DBB Mount Evans - Star watching 8/10/2002 14078.08444 Colorado
21 GC7D4E Fifth National Jamboree Virtual Cache 8/10/2002 6578.0842 Colorado
22 GC7D4F Mustangs Virtual Cache 8/10/2002 6578.0842 Colorado
23 GC7D47 I.A.F.F. National Fallen Memorial Virtual Cache 8/10/2002 6049.86896 Colorado
24 GC8811 168 Virtual Cache 9/1/2002 5977.69048 Colorado
25 GC9075 Forgotten Genius 9/19/2002 6059.71148 Colorado
26 GC9181 Log House Virtual 9/21/2002 6089.23904 Colorado
27 GC9182 Military Honors virtual 9/21/2002 6102.3624 Colorado
28 GC9244 Ghost 13 - Silver Plume 9/22/2002 9110.89268 Colorado
29 GC940E Hilltop at Blodgett peak 9/27/2002 9363.51736 Colorado
30 GC985E The Star That Fell Before It’s Time 10/1/2002 10022.9662 Colorado
31 GC9758 History in Stone 3 - Hungry 10/5/2002 5403.54348 Colorado
32 GC999C The Adventure of The Dancing Men 10/9/2002 7424.54092 Colorado
33 GC9EC8 GandE's Falls Cache 10/19/2002 8139.76404 Colorado
34 GCA58B Too Tough to Quit 11/7/2002 6286.08944 Colorado
35 GCA59D Hank & Friends 11/7/2002 6010.49888 Colorado
36 GCA642 Douglas #5 Fonder 11/9/2002 6046.58812 Colorado
37 GCA612 Douglas #3 20-Mile House 11/9/2002 5849.73772 Colorado
38 GCA60E Douglas #2 Lewis 11/9/2002 5662.72984 Colorado
39 GCA967 VETERANS CACHE 11/11/2002 5419.94768 Colorado
40 GCA841 Douglas #7 Franktown 11/13/2002 6145.01332 Colorado
41 GCA85C Douglas #8 Indian Park School 11/14/2002 7391.73252 Colorado
42 GCA9C3 The Original Cache 11/17/2002 5131.23376 Colorado
43 GCAB1C Douglas #11 Castlewood Dam 11/20/2002 6361.54876 Colorado
44 GCABAC Over the river and through the woods... 11/22/2002 5646.32564 Colorado
45 GCAD0C Douglas #14 Catholic Church 11/24/2002 6204.06844 Colorado
46 GCAD06 Douglas #13 Cantril 11/24/2002 6223.75348 Colorado
47 GCB1F2 Kangaroo Camp view cache 12/6/2002 6653.54352 Colorado
48 GCB2A0 Ft. Vasquez 12/8/2002 4826.11564 Colorado
49 GCB364 Douglas #16 Consolidated School 12/9/2002 5872.7036 Colorado
50 GCB35D Douglas #15 Parker Cemetery 12/9/2002 5905.512 Colorado
51 GCB55D Alan's Memorial 12/15/2002 7552.49368 Colorado
52 GCB5A1 Treading Deep Waters 12/16/2002 4983.59596 Colorado
53 GCB86F Dogtag Cache 12/24/2002 5587.27052 Colorado

04/29/2018 By Pohka
Out today and picking up a few caches; can’t remember if I’m knocking on the door or have, will update to a smiley when confirmed. Had to look a little more than expected, no I didn’t see the hint for the change of type. That said it’s no longer hanging, I found on the ground. I’ve placed it between two trees, photos showing placement and general area (view is from the downhill side).

12/10/2017 By LLYN-lhvwn50
There were plenty of nice-looking Christmas trees coming out of the forest today. It was quiet near the cache, though. These challenges are the ones that got me interested in finding oldies. Thanks for offering them, and for the recent maintenance getting this one back in play.

LLYN-lhvwn50 has used Project-GC to see if he/she qualified for this challenge and he/she did.

I made it with 57 finds.
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gccode visitdate cache_name
GC7D47 2016-05-06 I.A.F.F. National Fallen Memorial Virtual Cache
GC9182 2016-05-18 Military Honors virtual
GC9075 2016-05-18 Forgotten Genius
GC8811 2016-05-21 168 Virtual Cache
GCA967 2016-06-04 VETERANS CACHE
GC7C73 2016-06-25 Patron 'Aint
GC9758 2016-07-03 History in Stone 3 - Hungry
GCA60E 2016-07-04 Douglas #2 Lewis
GCB1F2 2016-07-18 Kangaroo Camp view cache
GC5E54 2016-07-22 Ribbon Of Life
GC5E50 2016-07-23 Boundaries Of Life
GC5B29 2016-07-23 Big Tom's Rockey Mtn. Virtual Cache
GC5C5E 2016-07-30 EdFredO SO.CO Cache
GC7704 2016-08-08 A Funny Way to Ride the Rails #2
GC6FD3 2016-08-15 South Park City
GC659F 2016-08-23 Pike Never Made It!
GC3961 2016-08-31 Michi Cache
GC5422 2016-09-10 "Oh - for - Peetz - sake"
GC3337 2016-09-18 Out of the Blue
GC985E 2016-09-25 The Star That Fell Before It’s Time
GC413A 2016-09-30 The Gnarly Dude
GC5315 2016-09-30 Little Arch
GC5CE2 2016-10-09 The Wright Cache
GCAEB6 2016-10-10 art
GC4992 2016-10-11 Dinosaur Ridge
GCB86F 2016-10-24 Dogtag Cache
GC4685 2016-11-11 3 TUNNEL CACHE
GC6474 2016-12-03 Old-Time Farming
GC552D 2016-12-03 Demas Rock
GCA210 2016-12-09 Douglas #1 CCC
GC9181 2016-12-14 Log House Virtual
GC8819 2016-12-27 In God's Hand's Virtual Cache
GC8817 2016-12-27 Post Virtual Cache
GC5E9B 2017-01-13 Mondo's Bug Hotel
GCA59D 2017-01-19 Hank & Friends
GC7D44 2017-02-16 Rampart Memorial Virtual Cache
GCAB5B 2017-02-16 Douglas #12 Hungate
GCA8BF 2017-02-16 Douglas #9 Hilltop School
GCA642 2017-02-16 Douglas #5 Fonder
GCAA33 2017-02-16 Douglas #10 Fonder School
GCA841 2017-02-16 Douglas #7 Franktown
GC4CCC 2017-03-02 SKYLINE LEDGE
GC7D4E 2017-03-03 Fifth National Jamboree Virtual Cache
GC7D4F 2017-03-03 Mustangs Virtual Cache
GC3C95 2017-03-05 "The Chinese Connection" near Blodgett peak
GCA58B 2017-03-09 Too Tough to Quit
GC86CA 2017-03-30 Final Fire
GCAD0C 2017-03-30 Douglas #14 Catholic Church
GCAD06 2017-03-30 Douglas #13 Cantril
GC9EC8 2017-10-06 GandE's Falls Cache
GCB8CF 2017-10-07 GeoLog House #3
GC9DD9 2017-10-13 CASSE Aviation
GC687E 2017-10-25 Pies Are Square