GCKZD6 Multi-cache Slabtacular View
Type: Multi | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: catastrofi @ | Hide Date: 11/01/2004 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 50.126 W105° 07.086 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
The trail to this cache starts around 9,700 ft. The actual cache is over 10,300 ft. Allow 2 hours for this cache.
This is a 3 part cache. The first two are 35 mm cannisters and the main cache is a standard ammo can. There is about 700 ft elevation gain from start to finish and good hiking boots are recommended. Best starting point is at the Horsethief Falls Trailhead about halfway between Divide and Cripple Creek. The main cache may not be possible to find when there is snow on the ground. Also, the GPS reception in the area is not the best. We took readings with several units over a couple day span and averaged the results so hopefully they are close. Original contents: Barrel of Monkeys; Electronic Poker/Blackjack game; Rubix Cube; Bouncy ball; McDonalds 'hamburger' beenie baby; Playdoh; James Brown tape.

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First micro: Look in the log.
Second micro: Look up. Wedged in an opening in the rocks. Near the leaning rock. If you are looking up and there is a 10' by 10' rock hanging about 30' above your head, you are in the right area.
Main cache: Look low on a steep slope.

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10 Logs: Found it 6  Didn't find it 3  Write note 1  

Write note 07/13/2018 By STÜBBIFIED
Found stage 1. Went for STG 2 but I wasn't prepared and some weather was moving in so I decided to leave before it got bad

Found it 09/16/2017 By hartsdale
Snailman1 and I have talking about this hike since last spring and we picked the best fall day to give it a try.

Fun set of hides and loved the final container.

First time for me to the falls area.

Thanks for the multi cache!

HD
The falls this morning....

Found it 09/16/2017 By SnailMan1
I looked for this one last year and I never found the second stage. I was in the right area, but I just couldn't spot the container. After getting home I read the logs, looked at the pictures and was convinced I could find it. Fast forward to today and Hartsdale and I made another attempt. This time I saw the second stage immediately. The stage was wet but still readable. After writing down the coordinates, Hartsdale and I were on our way. We made it to GZ and after a long search we were beginning to wonder if the container was still there. As I was sitting on the rocks thinking about where it might be when I heard Hartsdale call out. He found it on the other side of the big rock I was sitting on. We added out names to the log and headed out. We did stop by the 1st stage on our way down and found it too. Thanks for the multi!

Found it 06/08/2013 By COpackrat
This was a fun one with interesting placements - Thanks!

Didn't find it 02/09/2013 By co_gps_guy
Found stage one after wading through the snow -- does not look like anyone had been by in awhile. Didn't have time to look for the other stages, and given the snow, thought it would be better to wait until later this spring when the snow is gone. TFTH. I will be back

Found it 11/18/2012 By estes01
I'd been hearing stories about this cache for a couple of years now from WingsAndTales. As we hiked, she'd talk about a multi cache that caused her all sorts of problems, and how, a year later, mtn_goat had found it, and she had contacted him for help and intended on going back to finish it up….and then she did. Well now I can understand why it was so difficult for her and others to find! But ernie66 and I came armed with all the updates from the latest found logs. Plus we expected the coords to be off. Interesting area and an impressive shelter someone built! Oil Creek was totally frozen over and very beautiful. This was a fun one. Thank you.
Impressive shelter

Found it 11/18/2012 By ernie66
We've hiked past this spot several times, so today estes01 and I planned this cache as our main objective. It's a lonely cache, but all waypoints were still in good enough working order to allow us to complete the cache. The container for the first waypoint had a small hole chewed through it, so we replaced the outer container. We enjoyed reading a log entry from several years ago from a 44 year old lamenting that the aging process affected both him and the lean-to below. Fun cache, thanks!

Found it 08/01/2011 By titocache
Nice view from the area of the final! I've been meaning to try this cache for some time, and today was the day. Found the first clue easily enough, but the second had me searching for a while. As with previous logs, I also found the coords about 90' off for the second clue so I went back to the first clue and added another set of coords to the clue sheet to help future cachers zero out in the right area as an option if they want to use it. An ammo can is always rewarding at the end of a multi! Thanks for the view. Popular area back in here (I think I saw half a dozen lean to structures built in the area)! Thanks for the cache, SL.

Didn't find it 05/22/2011 By rowz
Found the first part of the cache. Will have to wait for another day to go back to continue. Although, I think we were on the slab before finding step one.

Didn't find it 03/20/2011 By thebobcats
DNF although it wasn't due to lack of effort. Found S1 with no problem, a nice cairn there marking the spot. With my fearless geo dog I traversed the slope looking for S2 while the kids, Baga and Geo-husband played in a fort in the trees. No luck finding S2 although there was a fair amount of snow that was too treacherous to navigate up the rocks (I was within 10 ft based on my gps). The kids wanted to climb the big friction slab nearest the falls, so we searched that area for the final, also with no luck, as expected without coordinates. Still, a fun day and we will go back to finish this one.