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United States : Colorado

13.0 miles (20.9 km) NE of Buena Vista (Chaffee), Park, CO, USA
Approx. altitude: 2827 m (9274 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 39°S 74°E

Accuracy: 3 m (9 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View to the north. #3: View to the east. #4: View to the south. #5: View to the west. #6: Zeroes. #7: Success!

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  39°N 106°W (visit #6)  

#1: View of the confluence cairn looking west.

(visited by Gavin Roy and Lauren Roy)

11-Apr-2014 -- One year and one week after visiting this confluence for the first time I returned with my wife! As was the case last year we were on our way down to the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area to camp and ski Monarch. It was early afternoon when we pulled off the main road and once again found the dirt road gated off about a mile west (although it's public land, the sign says it's to protect elk breeding territory from March-June).

It was a nice, easy, two-mile walk to the site, which Lauren navigated us to - her first confluence at the helm! Weather was sunny and 55 deg., but quite windy.

The geocache at the site showed that only three others had visited the point since my last visit, the latest being in August of 2013. We took pictures, remained at the site for about ten minutes, and then headed back. Total time away from the car was an hour and fifteen minutes. Beautiful day, beautiful confluence, and beautiful company.


 All pictures
#1: View of the confluence cairn looking west.
#2: View to the north.
#3: View to the east.
#4: View to the south.
#5: View to the west.
#6: Zeroes.
#7: Success!
ALL: All pictures on one page