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Castlewood Canyon Virtual Cache

Hidden : 9/28/2001
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:

Castlewood Canyon is a state park. I tried to obtain permission to hide a traditional here but it was denied at the time. So a virtual was the best that I could do.


Depending upon how you do this, the terrain could be a 3. A difficulty of 2 was assigned because of the number of points. The altitude is about 6500 feet so it should be a year around Geocache.

Access to the park is about four miles south of Franktown on highway 83. There is a Visitor's Center there, and yes, there is a Daily Vehicle Pass: $9 for the day. Trail maps are available here. Please don't try to avoid the fee by parking along the road to the west. There is no parking except in designated parking areas. There is parking and restrooms near points #1 and #5. This is a beautiful park so if you see some trash, pack it out. The only trash I have seen so far, were two plastic water bottles. Stay on the designated trails. If a point is off of the trail, it is my fault, so please let me know.

This is a five point virtual Geocache, but the fifth point is optional.
Describe what you see at each waypoint. Saying that you saw a pile of rocks or a grove of trees is not quite what I have in mind.

Additional information on point 5: No matter what the GPS receiver says, don't attempt to climb the canyon wall. The receiver will probably loose satellite reception in this area. You should be within 30 feet of a notable object, so look around the cliff base. It can be seen and approached from the trail. For a quicker trip, hike points 1-4 and back, then drive to point 5.

Point 1: N39 20.011 W104 44.644
Point 2: N39 20.170 W104 44.593
Point 3: N39 20.235 W104 44.889
Point 4: N39 20.400 W104 45.383
Point 5: N39 21.102 W104 46.103 Optional

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