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Fox In Sox LbNA #17160

Owner:Silver Eagle Supporter Verified
Plant date:Aug 3, 2005
Location:
City:Aspen
County:Pitkin
State:Colorado
Boxes:1
Found by: VBSP Bluegills
Last found:Sep 8, 2013
Status:FFFFFFF
Last edited:Aug 3, 2005
*** Part of my Dr. Seuss Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Moderate (moderate slope, 2 miles RT)
Recommended Ink: red & blue
Status: alive


In the book "Fox In Socks", a good and queer company of Seuss characters take readers through the drill of verbal acrobatics that simply must be read aloud. However, don't go fast, this fox is tricky and he'll try to get your tongue in trouble. You should not go too fast when finding this microbox, either, since it is located in the beautiful Maroon Lake area of Maroon Bells. Maroon Lake sits in a beautiful U-shaped alpine valley sprinkled with wildflowers and reflects the twin peaks of the Maroon Bells mountains. This is probably one of the most photographed spots in all of Colorado!

Directions:
Maroon Bells has limited accessibility by car, only before 9:00 am and after 5:00 pm, but there are bus tours running throughout the day for the summer season. From Aspen take the Castle/Maroon bus from Rubey Park to Aspen Highlands or drive northwest on Hwy 82 to Maroon Creek Road, turn left (southwest) and park free at Aspen Highlands if not able to drive on. You will need to buy bus tickets at Pro Mountain Sports and it will pick you up right outside and drive you to the Maroon Bells. Departure times are every 20 minutes from 9:05 am to 2:00 pm and every 30 minutes from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The last Bus departs Maroon Lake Day Use Area at 5:00 pm. Current prices are: Adults $6; Children 6-16 & Seniors $3; Children 6 and under free.

Clues:
Walk the trail to Maroon Lake and enjoy the view. Continue walking along the lake, going left on the Scenic Loop Trail at the jct with Crater Lake trail. At the end of the lake cross a bridge and continue on to another bridge across the falls. After crossing you will see a jct with a sign saying Upper Scenic Loop trail to the left and the continuation of your trail to the right. Don't take either, just go up the slope past the sign and a fallen log pointing to a lone aspen tree about 15 steps away. Continue a few more steps to a large boulder behind and to the left of the tree. The camo microbox is on the back side of the boulder under 2 large rocks. Please re-cover well.