GC43AF Virtual Cache 10 @ Tenn
Type: Virtual | Size: Not chosen Not chosen | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: G'man @ | Hide Date: 03/19/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 21.714 W106° 18.636 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 22
For this cache, you must stop at two different sites. You can drive to both sites. The order that you visit the sites in not important.

Site One of the cache is located at the coordinates listed above.
Site Two of the cache can be found at N39 25.862 and W106 19.375

In order to get credit for finding this cache, you must send me an email with the answers to the following questions:

Site One
1) Explain the title of the cache.
2) Where is the cache located and what is the elevation? (Hint: look at the road sign)
3) Why is this site located at this spot?
4) What is important about the number 992?
5) Who completed this project?

Site Two
1) What was here?
2) What was the name of the valley?
3) How was recreational climbing changed by this site?

Bonus Colorado History Question
What does this cache and the 2k in 202 cache have in common?

Please do not leave the answers in the log - even if they are encrypted. Send the answers to me via email.

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This cache was created in honor of those who are veterans. As you read the info at this cache, remember that many have given up much for our freedom.

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20 Logs: Found it 20  

Found it 07/04/2019 By Katadin Goddess
Tftc

Found it 06/24/2019 By JessL8on
Found by accident when taking pictures! Loved it!

Found it 05/16/2019 By punchappy
Driving from airport to hotel... passed this area along the way. Was hoping to come back to hike but the snow is a bit mushy still
Really love the history at both sites... thanks for bringing us here...
answers sent

Found it 03/30/2019 By nvgoldfish
Traveling from Cripple Creek, CO to Elko, NV.

Thank you for the great virtual cache and telling us about the history.

PS The snow was very deep at both Point 1 and 2 so we are doing our best to answer all the questions.

Found it 01/10/2019 By ari54321
Today I took a geo-roadtrip starting in Frisco, heading down to Vail, then down beautiful Route 24 to Leadville. The weather was great - mostly cloudy but warm, which made for a perfect day of caching. I loved this virtual cache! Growing up in Colorado I always knew of the Tenth Mountain Division, but I never learned as much about the history as today! It's amazing the contributions the division made not just in the war but to skiing and outdoor recreation. Thanks for the virtual cache highlighting these two interesting and important sites!!

Found it 10/22/2018 By geojrh
Found on an earlier trip from Houston to Grandlake via the "long" way (but scenic way) with the second night spent in Leadville. Answers sent to the CO. A favorite

Found it 10/11/2018 By BigChiefS4
Day 5 of an epic 6 day journey out to the western frontier. I had some vacation time that I needed to burn up by the end of the year, and what better way to use it than to go Geocaching! My main goal was to find caches in New Mexico and Nevada, which would complete my map in the western US. The rest of the 4 remaining states are on the East Coast. Secondary goals were to find oldies, mostly virtuals, and high favorited caches. The only bad part of the trip was that it rained every single day of my vacation.

I headed south out of MN on Sunday and returned home on Friday.
Sunday - Drive all the way through to Colorado (15 hours!)
Monday - Cache in and around Denver and Colorado Springs, with an attempt at Pike's Peak (closed at Mile 14)
Tuesday - Head south towards GC19 and then west through Wolf Creek Pass
Wednesday - Four Corners monument and west towards Nevada
Thursday - After a night in Richfield, UT, head east through the skiing areas of Colorado towards Nebraska
Friday - The long drive home

Thanks to all the cache owners for placing these caches for me to find and for keeping the oldies going all these years.
Very cool history that, as a vet, I truly appreciate. Thanks for bringing me here!

Found it 09/19/2018 By J&J Team Yukon
We are in our last week of a month long geocaching trip to Colorado. Took a little day trip today to Leadville to do some caching. Stopped here to do this virtual. We love military memorials. Thanks for placing. Answers sent

Found it 09/08/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
Good job; my answers will b along shortly. TFTC!

Found it 09/03/2018 By bramasoleiowa
Found on my way to Leadville and Mount Elbert.
TFTC

Found it 07/23/2018 By magashi
answers sent, thanks!

Found it 07/22/2018 By KJKlock
After dropping Jenn back off at the Colorado Trail so she can continue her journey to Durango, I took the time to find a few caches before heading back home.

The required answers have already been sent to the cache owner.

Favorite point awarded.

TFTC!
KJKlock at Waypoint 2 of ?10 @ Tenn? Virtual Cache

Found it 07/21/2018 By teamCull
We needed a quick leg stretch.

TNLN.
#14,373 for the Culls.

Found it 07/20/2018 By ibgpin
Stopped for "soldiers of the Summit" and decided to do this one too.

Found it 07/14/2018 By rozowski5
Stopped on our way to Steamboat. Nice stops and monument area. Thanks for pacing it. Will send answers later.

Found it 06/28/2018 By zanna
Out from Atlanta exploring Colorado with FLtravelers for a few days. He was able to finish all his counties, while I made more progress on the state. Lots of fun caches were found along the way, including this one.

Very nice history lesson and monument.

TFTC

Found it 06/28/2018 By FLtravelers
Flew out to Denver with zanna to grab a cache in the smattering of counties I had left in Colorado. Along the route we stopped for highly favorited caches, virtuals, earthcaches, webcams, Colorado's oldest, and whatever else that looked interesting. This was certainly one of these. Great spot. TFTVC.
GC43AF

Found it 06/12/2018 By GotWine
As I neared cache 10,000 I wanted to pick a cache that had a meaning. So what better way to commemorate my find and to pay a small tribute to the men and women who gave up so much. 10,000 cache, 10,000 feet, 10 @ Ten(n). Thanks for the virtual. On to Stage 2. Answers emailed.

Found it 01/05/2018 By Alpenist
Thank you for an educational cache about a subject I though I knew.

Found it 09/11/2017 By GeoPig77
I'm currently on a 12 day road trip from Indiana to Colorado and my goal is to get caches in as many counties along the way as I can. I lived in Gunnison for 4 years during college and haven't been back to the area for 10 years. I had kind of forgotten how great western Colorado is. I need to come back here more often.

Today I traveled from Telluride to Vail via Aspen and Leadville. Picked several more counties in the process. Thanks for the hide.

GeoPig77
Seymour, IN