GCAHECP Unknown Cache Mountain West Conference Challenge - Air Force
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Joe Friday @ | Hide Date: 12/17/2023 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 59.586 W104° 48.732 | Last updated: 01/04/2024 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Available at all times  Not Wheelchair accessible  Parking available  No Camping available  Motorcycles  No Horses  No Campfires  Stealth required  Truck Driver/RV  Park and Grab  Fuel Nearby  Food Nearby  No Tree Climbing  Att71 

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

El Paso County, Colorado

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:

PGC Checker

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FNAHECP - Final Location
N 38° 59.586 W 104° 48.732

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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
FNAHECPFinal Location Final Location  12/17/2023 N 38° 59.586 W 104° 48.732 0.00 kms N 

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6 Logs: Found it 6  

Found it 01/02/2024 By psych01
TFTC as a challenge, yes qualified, SL & rt'd to location. "Find at least 4 of the Mountain West Conference Counties or Region."
Albany County (WY) - 2021-07-28 GCTQH0 The 2nd Street Virtual Tour - (Multi-cache)
Bernalillo County (NM) - 2013-10-16 GCX56M Emma's Cache or Check? - (Traditional Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2014-05-04 GC463P6 The Little Church - (Traditional Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2012-03-23 GCQMNR Walking Trail Cache #5 - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2013-08-10 GC4EDXH Which Came First? - (Traditional Cache)
Qualifying 5 / 4, PASSED

Found it 12/24/2023 By gampa&gamma
It’s a cold day for caching but thankfully there was parking close to GZ.
We qualify for this challenge with 6 counties. A screenshot of our checker page is attached. Thanks for the fun cache and Merry Christmas!

Found it 12/22/2023 By Trea
Yay, I love it when I qualify!

"Find at least 4 of the Mountain West Conference Counties or Region."
Ada County (ID) - 2018-04-30 GCGHCK Meridian City Hall History - (Virtual Cache)
Albany County (WY) - 2016-06-28 GCMVQC Someone is watching UW - (Webcam Cache)
Bernalillo County (NM) - 2017-02-07 GC5KEYK Social Butterfly Challenge; 200 events - (Unknown Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2019-01-23 GC5YP7A Hangman NV Wherigo: States - (Wherigo Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2016-07-03 GC4P5BM Pikes Peak Summit - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2016-06-28 GC38V2J Beautiful, and Restful, Colorado - (Traditional Cache)
Qualifying 6 / 4, PASSED

Found it 12/22/2023 By WingsAndTales
We're meeting some friends near here this evening so it was a perfect opportunity to grab the cache. Surprisingly it looks like I have all 11 counties. TFTC

WingsAndTales 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." Qualifying 11 / 4, PAS

Found it 12/21/2023 By YamaGypsy
YamaGypsy 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." Qualifying 6 / 4, PASSED

Found it 12/20/2023 By mwdaley
A quick find this afternoon once near GZ. I was pleased that I met the cache's challenge. SL. TFTC.

mwdaley 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) - 2017-08-16 GC77G5F Pumpkin Vine Devine - (Traditional Cache)
Clark County (NV) - 2015-10-08 GC3178Z Sign of Las Vegas - (Traditional Cache)
El Paso County (CO) - 2009-10-23 GC1EV4V No Wagons on this Trail! - (Traditional Cache)
Larimer County (CO) - 2011-12-17 GC33K3J IS IT A STINGRAY OR JUST RAY OR MAYBE YAR??? - (Traditional Cache)
Qualifying 4 / 4, PASSED