Gray Back Peak Traditional Cache
Hidden : 5/21/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located near the top of Gray Back Peak, 9348 ft., in the Pike National Forest. There is a trail to the top of the peak.

The trail to the junction gets horseback riders from Emerald Valley Ranch so it is well used. The trail the rest of the way to the peak gets less use and perhaps no maintenance.

From Colorado Springs, take Old Stage Road, FSR 368, to the turn off to Emerald Valley Ranch, FSR 371. Old Stage Rd. is steep in places and has exposed edges. It is paved in the Broadmoor area and changes to gravel at a switchback. Immediately after the switchback is a very narrow section around a rock bluff where you should be very careful for vehicles coming down that you can’t see. This is the worst spot on the road to the cache.

Take FSR 371 about 1/3 mile to the top of a rise (pass) and park there. This can be done with a car under normal circumstances (no snow/ice, washouts, etc.). At the top of the pass FSR 371 continues down the other side along with an old road that is blocked by a large boulder. Near this old road/boulder a trail heads up the side of the ridge. This is the trail to the cache. Another trail goes down the side of the pass you drove up.

There is a trail junction on the ridge. The left fork is obvious and goes uphill for a short distance then turns and goes down a ridge and eventually to FSR 369. The easy to miss fork to the right goes to the peak.

The round trip hike is about 4 miles with about 1050 ft. of elevation gain.

This cache contains questions 1 and 2 for the Pike's Cave puzzle cache. If you are doing the puzzle cache, I suggest you do this one last because it’s on the way to the final location.

Additional Hints ()

Vg’f abg ba “gbc” naq lbh qba’g unir gb pyvzo.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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