GC2Z1A4 Traditional Cache Glory Glory!
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Tom.dog @ | Hide Date: 06/27/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 00.499 W105° 02.031 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Not Wheelchair accessible  No Park and Grab  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Get out and see the wilderness!
This cache is placed beside an old mining "glory hole." If the prospectors thought that an area might have gold in it then they dug one of these. If no gold, they left a nice crater in the ground for everybody to see over 100 years later. Have fun.

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PK2Z1A4 - GC2Z1A4 Parking
N 38° 59.880 W 105° 01.463
Hike NNW on this clear trail for 750 feet. When you see the two houses on the trail, hike NW below the houses so that you just keep the roof lines in view. Once you are past them, turn NE and get back up to the trail.

(Thanks to vorticity for providing this information)
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
PK2Z1A4GC2Z1A4 Parking Parking Area Hike NNW on this clear trail for 750 feet. When you see the two houses on the trail, hike NW below the houses so that you just keep the roof lines in view. Once you are past them, turn NE and get back up to the trail. (Thanks to vorticity for providing this information) 04/09/2012 N 38° 59.880 W 105° 01.463 1.41 kms SE 

 Hints

Big tree on east side of glory hole. On the east side of that tree the cache can be found tucked into it's small rock fortress.

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6 Logs: Found it 4  Didn't find it 2  

Found it 11/22/2018 By gampa&gamma
Having celebrated our Thanksgiving a few days ago with a bunch of our friends from church, we decided to take advantage of this gorgeous Thursday to get up to Woodland Park and hike on some of our favorite trails.
No problems finding this cache but we think it was a replacement container dropped by mountainbear and Java Chip on 3/31/18. The log sheet was only in a plastic bag, so we added a cameod pill bottle to keep the bag dry. Replaced as found. Thanks and Blessed Thanksgiving!

Didn't find it 12/29/2017 By gocolavs
Saw where the rock castle was (south of the hole not east) the cache was no where to be found.

Didn't find it 11/28/2017 By OR85OR450
Saw everything just as the hint says... but the fortress held a nice stick. No sign of a cache around.

Found it 09/30/2017 By Rob14erGuy
Took my Webelos den on a 3.5 mile hike and got this along the way. The boys were excited to learn about geocaching.

Found it 06/13/2017 By YamaGypsy
I've seen many holes like this all over the mountains. So crazy to think of all the miners that dug around these hills looking for wealth. Sl, thanks!

Found it 03/19/2017 By Back Country Horsemen
Nice hike to this one too on such a beautiful last day of winter. Glad we didn't take the direct route from the previous cache.