GCAH5F2 Mountain West Conference Challenge - CSU
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Joe Friday @ | Hide Date: 12/11/2023 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 34.407 W105° 05.258 | Last updated: 01/04/2024 | Fav points: 0
                     

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The difficulty is because of the distance you must travel to qualify for the challenge!

Actual difficultiy of the hide is 1.5

Parking during game day might be hard, but all other times should be real easy!

The final container is the the posted coordinates and you can sign it any time, but to log it as found online, you also need to complete this challenge

Larimer Country, Colorado Version

Your challenge is to find a geocache (or attend an event) in at least 4 of the Mountain West Conference counties. Here's a list of all the counties with a Mountain West conference school in them:

United States Air Force Academy - El Paso County, Colorado Link

Boise State University - Ada County, Idaho

California State University, Fresno - Fresno County, California

Colorado State University - Larimer County, Colorado Link

University of Nevada, Reno - Washoe County, Nevada

University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Clark County, Nevada

The University of New Mexico - Bernalillo County, New Mexico Link

San Diego State University - San Diego County, California

San José State University - Santa Clara County, California

Utah State University - Cache County, Utah

University of Wyoming - Albany County, Wyoming

 

It doesn't matter what date your finds were hidden, what date you find them, what type they are, size, terrain, nor what difficulty. As long as between your finds you have at least 5 of the counties from the list, you are victorious and can log this as found after signing.

For the visual learners among you, here is a map showing the different counties as well as the dates they are/were in the conference. Remember, even if the county wasn't in the conference at the date you found your geocache, it is still valid. Anything since May 2000 counts.

Here is a checker to see if you passed the challenge yet:

 

12/30/2023 By Mickey4jes
Exploring CSU for the first time.

Fresno- PhillrUp#5 GCJGDN 11/25/2004
San Diego- Stargazer GC1B5YK3/28/2019
Santa Clara- Westgate P & G GC67R88 6/24/2023
Larimer County- Pink's GC128Y6- 7/4/2016

12/25/2023 By siff
I happily changing my "Write note" from two days ago to a "Found it"! Parking on campus over winter break was incredibly easy! I qualify for this cache, and here is the output from the geochecker:

Ada County (ID) - 2017-06-23 GC3N7XY Missing Ranger - (Traditional Cache)
Albany County (WY) - 2002-06-08 GC5CB4 Cliff Shack Ruins - (Traditional Cache)
Bernalillo County (NM) - 2021-09-12 GC6CZG2 Tijeras Reverse Wherigo - (Wherigo Cache)
Cache County (UT) - 2017-05-06 GC6GEJV Journey to Jardine Juniper - (Traditional Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2011-04-24 GC1QB40 The Odds Are In Your Favor - (Traditional Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2006-06-30 GCQ6MC Old Denver Highway, New Santa Fe Trail - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2002-05-31 GC2B80 Do We Have a Clue? - (Unknown Cache)
San Diego County (CA) - 2016-12-02 GC6V1TV Craft Brew #35 - (Traditional Cache)
Washoe County (NV) - 2021-05-08 GC6YPT9 USA #1 - (Traditional Cache)
Qualifying 9 / 4, PASSED

Thanks for a good challenge!

12/23/2023 By siff
Came by and SL today. More later.

12/18/2023 By OneKindWord
Spotted this one pretty quickly once I arrived at GZ. Had the area to myself today since the campus is on Winter Break.

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

"Find at least 4 of the Mountain West Conference Counties or Region."
Albany County (WY) - 2010-05-08 GCKNAX Balance your Checkbook - (Traditional Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2009-04-16 GCJ067 The 4 Corners Cache - (Webcam Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2010-04-09 GC1Q2G0 A Farewell to ALRs - Long Live Challenge Caches - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2008-11-11 GC1C0VF The Care of ER Angels - (Traditional Cache)
San Diego County (CA) - 2015-03-20 GC46CNM LPC - 366 Placed Dates Challenge (CA) - (Unknown Cache)
Santa Clara County (CA) - 2019-06-26 GC7B6B9 Shirley Temple - (Virtual Cache)
Washoe County (NV) - 2012-03-31 GC3CYHZ DGS West: Our Geocaches Can Beat Up Your Geocaches - (Event Cache)
Qualifying 7 / 4, PASSED

Thanks for the fun Challenge!

12/18/2023 By Denali41
Stopped by the vacant campus (winter break) and made the quick find. Here is the Project GC validation of my qualifications:

"Find at least 4 of the Mountain West Conference Counties or Region."
Ada County (ID) - 2011-06-14 GC1JMY8 Rangeland - (Traditional Cache)
Albany County (WY) - 2008-04-25 GCP2ZD Deer John: - (Multi-cache)
Bernalillo County (NM) - 2013-01-25 GCTNT0 FEAR NOT - (Traditional Cache)
Cache County (UT) - 2011-06-13 GCGKRF USU Synergy - (Virtual Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2014-02-06 GC332D8 Field of Dreams - (Traditional Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2009-05-03 GC1CKJB Find Me If You Can - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2005-10-29 GCP00W Road Side Cache - (Traditional Cache)
San Diego County (CA) - 2015-02-17 GC5B Phil's Memorial Cache (Oldest CA. Cache) - (Traditional Cache)
Santa Clara County (CA) - 2016-09-16 GC42GEN 10 Lonely, Lonely, Lonely Caches Challenge Cache - (Unknown Cache)
Washoe County (NV) - 2015-04-21 GC3YE4T LABOURS OF THE GODS - 5/5 CHALLENGE! - (Unknown Cache)
Qualifying 10 / 4, PASSED

Guess I will need to get a cache some day in Fesno County, CA to bolster my Mountain West Conference county finds...
Thanks for this nice challenge, Joe.

12/17/2023 By MinnesotaLoons
8 of 12 (including Hawaii) complete. I hope to get the rest by 2024. SL TFTC
"Find at least 4 of the Mountain West Conference Counties or Region."
Albany County (WY) - 2017-10-21 GC2D78W A Fair Cache - (Traditional Cache)
Bernalillo County (NM) - 2017-08-11 GC337QN MINI POWER SERIES #20 - (Traditional Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2011-12-07 GC2C5DX One Tree on The Planet - (Traditional Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2014-11-29 GC4H8E8 Did you say Utes? - (Traditional Cache)
Fresno County (CA) - 2023-04-24 GC4X312 Should Be Obvious - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2014-11-27 GC5EB3N middle of nowhere #1 - (Traditional Cache)
San Diego County (CA) - 2011-06-02 GC19PRF Unknown Fountain - (Traditional Cache)
Washoe County (NV) - 2016-07-15 GC4YH9J Labyrinth Puzzle - (Traditional Cache)
Qualifying 8 / 4, PASSED