GC875E Traditional Cache Strawberry Toy Box
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Kidcachers @ | Hide Date: 08/31/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 02.466 W105° 48.578 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
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A kid-designed cache NE of Fraser. It's a one-mile hike/mountain bike/snowshoe/ski through gentle terrain.
Our 4- and 8-year-old boys sometimes don't like to "go for a hike," but they always love to "go on a treasure hunt." Geocaching is a great family outing! Our boys stuffed this ammo-box cache mainly with toys, then hid it. The trail leads through a Lodgepole forest, willow meadows and -- best for kids -- a makeshift log bridge over a creek. No big vistas, but it is kid-friendly. We've enjoyed finding caches in CO, WY and FL, but this is the first we've stashed.

Directions to trailhead:

From the Fraser stoplight on U.S. 40, drive three miles west on U.S. 40 and turn off on County Road 83 just before the railroad overpass (look for the highway signs for Devil's Thumb Resort).

After about a half-mile, turn left at the T onto County Road 84.

Continue four miles up County Road 84 (follow signs for Meadow Creek Reservoir and Indian Peaks Wilderness). Park at the big switchback, with a gate, at the sign for High Lonesome Hut (N 40 01.861, W 105 48.404). Follow the Strawberry Trail, which is a nice snowshoe and cross country ski in winter and non-technical mountain bike ride in summer (mostly uphill, but it goes for miles past the cache). Enjoy!
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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 07/03/2018 By JTgirlz
Cache is nice and dry and in good shape. CO plz be advised there are many trees designated for cutting, including yours. Gorgeous wildflowers! Tftc and the hike.

Found it 11/24/2017 By Scaber
Found while cutting a Christmas tree and hiking out to High Lonesome Hut. Log is in the matchstick case.
Cache is in good shape. Thank you for placing this cache and helping to keep our recreation going.

Found it 08/13/2017 By newmanfamilycachers
We were staying at the High Lonesome Hut this weekend with the Endeavour group of Australian and U.S. exchange students [and American host families] that is sponsored by the Lakewood Sister Cities organization. Stopped for a quick find on one of the trips hauling gear out from the hut.

Found it 09/11/2016 By J&J Team Yukon
Combining caching and hiking today. Cache was it hidden. Signed log and hid back better. Tfth

Found it 12/05/2015 By robuster91
thanks for the cache sl out here getting a christmas tree so decided to do some caching as well find number 6 truly the middle of no ware great place to be around thanks for the hide tnln

Found it 05/10/2015 By nickiss
Cold and snowy day -- perfect Mothers Day walk.

Found it 05/27/2014 By GreencoreOutfitters
Found it hikeing to the hut. Picked up the only TB inside.

Found it 10/10/2013 By bobkayaker
Nice hike Dropped off TB: 9TMFW6.

Found it 07/23/2012 By Jdizzy9455
nice hike!!

Found it 05/15/2011 By snownut56
Looking for a cache that I could snowshoe to. Plenty of snow and prefect weather. The cache is in good shape and the snow has melted around it. I'm from Maine and really enjoy this type of cache that is off the road. TFTC