 Palmer lake ice cave
A cache by Vader Hidden: 12/14/2001
Size:  (Regular) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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There are a couple of ways into this area, but if you choose to
park in Palmer lake and hike in There is parking for the trailhead
at 39 07.111 North and 104 55.241 West. don't park in a No
Parking zone.
There are 2 caches here, the first was placed just inside Palmer
lake ice cave back in December. Since then the level of the floor
in the cave ( and the floor is mainly made of ice at the entrance )
has gone up about 2 feet. This will not let you get in the main
entrance. With the help of squad 51 of Colorado springs I have
placed a new cache just about 30 feet North-East of the cave
opening. This new cache is under a large boulder at the coordinates
posted above. if you want to try to get to the original cache there
are a couple ways, although I would rate this cache at a 4/4.5 now.
If you go inside the main entrance up to the point where it gets to
small to go any further, the cache would be about 20 feet in front
of you. Just keep this in mind because you will need to go up on
top of the entrance and find a way through the boulders to get to
this point. When I was up there on 1-5-02 both caches were in good
shape. In the spoiler info I have included the easiest way to get
to this cache. This is not a difficult cave, however you should
always be careful when underground. Take THREE sources of light and
a HELMET. There aren't any pits to speak of in this cave, but it
really smarts to hit your head on one of those low flying boulders.
It's easy to get lost as well so pay attention to where you are
going.
PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE TRASH IN THE CAVE OR WRITE THINGS ON THE
ROCKS.
There are no decorations in the cave because it is a boulder
cave formed in hard granite, but it's worth seeing. I spent about 1
hour inside wandering around. If you need help finding the way on
let me know.
The contents of the original cache are as follows:
- 2 packages of beef jerky
- Rug rats magnet
- Dr. Suess collectible tin
- pokemon stickers
- sunflower seeds
- and a mini make up kit. I forgot to write down the contents of
the second cache just outside the cave.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
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Cache find counts are based on the last time the page generated.
 September 12, 2009 by TatteredShoes (4767 found)
Three of us looked for quite a long time, but DNF.
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 August 29, 2009 by bobhostetler (23 found)
Stopped in to check out the in-the-cave cache today and found it with Max and Jack Byerly and Brandt Holmes.
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August 19, 2009 by camel lips (3 found)
Jr frnepurq nyy bire gung pnir naq jr pbhyq abg svaq n guvat, bgure guna na byq fbpx. Gur pnir jnf njrfbzr gubhtu.
(decrypt)
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August 16, 2009 by pakwolve (1 found)
We spent about an hour looking for the outside cache and couldn't find it. It seemed like the boulders in the area were throwing off the accuracy.
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 August 11, 2009 by LiefDawg (292 found)
Just dipping the coin I found in this cache today to set the record straight.
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Current Time: 2/10/2010 12:14:39 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:14 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 9/12/2009 10:15:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time (5:15 AM GMT)
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
