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First aidWEL #8 - Hermit's Rest at Curecanti LbNA #24753

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 10, 2006
Location:
City:Gunnison
County:Gunnison
State:Colorado
Boxes:1
Planted by:Mandy "Cameo"
Found by: Johnsosaurus
Last found:Aug 13, 2016
Status:FFFFFFFF
Last edited:Sep 16, 2015
#8 - HERMIT'S REST AT CURECANTI (Part of the West Elk Loop Scenic Byway Series - all 12 Letterboxes for this Series may be seen at once by clicking on the "West Elk Loop Scenic Byway Series" clue sheet. Looking at that page may help direct you to this box.)

Visit Hermit's Rest and park. Take a peek over the edge - wow! It doesn't even look real! Watch for ground squirrels as you find Hermit Trail. Count your steps from the beginning! You'll soon come to a rather naked stretch and see that the trail looks like it'll run right smack into an evergreen tree. At 250 steps you'll come to that tree (on your left). Go around the tree counterclockwise. The box is NOT beneath the branches. It is below ground level protected by rocks. Finally, a hike! Not much of one, but a hike nonetheless.