Driving a minimum of 12 miles required for this five stop cache. Don't let the first stops fool you into thinking this is easy. You will travel from downtown to south of Manitou Springs. It has intentionally been made difficult so that the quality of the cache can be maintained at a high level of value. In most cases, the stops are at popular places where you could spend a little time to learn more about what they have to offer. Therefore, I do not recommend that you try to complete finding the final location in one day.
Since all the coordinates begin with N38 and W104, only the last five digits will be used for the clues to prevent non-geocachers from understanding what is going on. If you find two words such as Abraham Lincoln, the first five letters will be converted according to the table below with the format N38 Ab.rah and W104 Li.nco unless instructed otherwise.
A0 B1 C2 D3 E4 F5 G6 H7 I8 J9 K0 L1 M2
N3 O4 P5 Q6 R7 S8 T9 U0 V1 W2 X3 Y4 Z5
In the above example, the coordinates are N38 01.707, W104 18.324.
Most of the stops are virtual since micro caches seem to disappear.
In order to find the second stop, read the information in the base of this statue. Use the last word in the line above "coloring" and the first word in the same line as "coloring.":
1. Last "---------", add 15401.
2. First "-------", add 48392.
At second stop, observe the name high on the north side of the building in large golden colored letters. First word plus 31919, second word plus 27240.
Third stop, observe Old Colorado City sign. There are two words in the center of the sign, just above the pink line and just under the pink diamond and swirls. First word minus 26494, second word plus 27332.
Fourth stop, a micro cache with info to get to final location. Note that at this location, you will find the two words and the two five digit numbers to allow you to calculate the location of the final. As several cachers have had trouble finding this one, recommend looking under fencepost caps.
Final location is near Kangaroo Campground GCB1F2 and Red Rocks Ramble GC247F. Stay on the main trail until you see the water tank. Updated 02/09/22