Mountain Luau and 4x4 Caching Adventure Event Cache

Mountains, Luau, Roasted Pig/Fixins' and Fun Fun Fun (Oh Yeah, and a Pre Event 4x4 Trip Too) Luau Starts: Saturday, July 26 from 5:00 pm till it ends (With Activities all Day Leading Up to the Luau Event) Where: Burning Bear Campground

View From Guanella Pass Scenic Byway Near Burning Bear Campground 6-27-08

Luau Event Details:

Meet up at the Burning Bear Campground at 5:00 pm for an evening of fun in Geocaching Luau style.  Bring chairs and a beverage of your choice.  All geocachers are encouraged to attend this free dinner luau event, regardless of participation in the daytime 4x4 run.  Make sure you put on those Hawaiian shirts and/or some other Hawaiian attire as there will be a contest for best dressed.  Note: This event is not officially a camping event but camping is available on a first come first served basis both at the Burning Bear Campground and several other Campgrounds close by (more info on camping below).

If you plan to go on the daytime 4x4 run, that's great, but if not, you should still plan to spend the day in the mountains prior to the luau event.  There will be plenty to do for the day, including:

Free Luau Dinner:

Dinner will be served at approximately 6:00 pm.

Menu:

Contests and Giveaways:

BAGS of SWAG - Guess how many caching items are in the bags of swag and win the special prize!
Each attendee gets a free entry card, plus you may find additional cards placed in caches, or be given one at a prior event.

Raffle - Each attendee will receive one free raffle ticket for the awesome prize giveaway.

Prizes Will Include:

4x4 Bear Award - To be handed off annually.
The bear was carved and graciously donated by jmike for the 2007 mountain 4x4 event raffle.  Sting25 won it at the pizza event after having a little mishap on the trail during that day.  Sting25 has agreed to give the bear up to the next victim lucky person and the plan is to make the bear an annual award.  Who will win it this year and what mishap accomplishment will it be awarded for?

Best Luau Attire Award - It's a Luau, so of course we will have this award.
The prize for the Best Attire Award will be a set of Trekking Poles.

"Will Attend Log":

Please include the following information in your will attend log:

Camping (Optional):

As was mentioned before, there are several places to camp near the luau event location, including the event location itself at the Burning Bear Campground.  The three recommended campgrounds that are on the same road as the event are: Burning Bear Campground (14 Campsites), Geneva Park Campground (26 Campsites, just North of Event Site) and Whiteside Campground (5 Tent Sites, just South of the Event Site).  All the campgrounds are first come first served and they are all self pay.  The event hosts will hopefully have the first few campsites (Sites 1, 13 and 14) at Burning Bear nearest the main road.  If you plan on arriving early in the week and camping, please contact RocketMan if you can help with commandeering those sites.

The 4x4 Adventure (In the High Country Above Breckenridge) When: Meet Saturday, July 26 at 9:00 AM **See Details Below**

Planned Routes:

Moderate Group:
Up Georgia Pass Trail.
Side trip up North Fork Swan River Trail.
Side trip to a lookout area from North Fork Swan.
Return to Georgia Pass Trail.
Up to Georgia Pass.
Down South side to US 285.
To Burning Bear Event Site.

Difficult Group:
Up Georgia Pass Trail.
Up Middle Fork Swan River trail.
Up Number 10 Hill (SOB Hill) to Georgia Pass
Down South side to US 285.
To Burning Bear Event Site.
Note: A group of us ran SOB Hill last weekend (7/19) and the first .1 mile is definitely difficult, probably more difficult than Spring Creek that we ran last year because the obstacles are on a steep hill.  After the first .1 miles, the trail becomes moderate, but there are tight squeezes between trees and narrow exposed areas where you are tilted towards the edge.  Our trail leader n0wae is suggesting that you have at least one locker and a minimum of 3 inches of lift with 33 inch tires to do the run.  There will be vehicles with winches available if needed.  Two of us had to winch last weekend on the first attempt up the hill.  We expect it to take a few hours to get everyone past the first .1 mile.  If you get to the meeting area and change your mind about doing the run, you will still have the opportunity to join one of the moderate groups so don't fret.

With all of the caches along these routes, it will take some time to stop for each one and have the group log in.  The goal is to get to Burning Bear by 5:00 pm so the trail leaders will be keeping track of the time on the trail and may make route and/or cache stop adjustments as necessary. 

Your Hosts:

Hosts: RocketMan, Joe Friday, n0wae, Grand High Pobah, zoltig, Ivy Dog Parents and taylorsgeotracker
Trail Leaders: n0wae (difficult), zoltig (difficult), Grand High Pobah (moderate), taylorsgeotracker (moderate)
Luau Event Coordinators: Joe Friday, Ivy Dog Parents

Attendance List:
Note:  If there are any errors in this list, please contact RocketMan so they can be corrected.