Hiking – Spruce Mountain Trail

We will meet at 8:00am at the Spruce Mountain Open Space Trailhead
3415 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur, CO.
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/anHNYn2vGUn

Porta-potties available at the trailhead

Spruce Mountain Open Space Driving Instructions:
ADDRESS: 13415 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur, CO
From I-25, take the Greenland Exit (167) to the west and travel ¼ mile west on Greenland Road and ½ mile south.  Bypass the Greenland Trailhead and continue right on the main gravel road (Noe Road) over two sets of railroad tracks. Continue another mile west on Noe Road to Spruce Mountain Road. Take a left and head south for about one mile to the parking area on your right.
OR
Cars can exit at Larkspur and go south six miles to Spruce Mountain Road to the entrance on the right.

For Leadership Summit participants, join in on a hike and learn how geocaching can be a fun & easy team builder during your trips.  We will hike from 8-12 -- and have time to get to the Leadership Summit lunch start at 12:30.

Geocaching is a great activity to add to an existing hike to create a different adventure and expand upon the sights, the challenge, the turn-around point or the summit. Join us to learn about geocaching and to participate as we search for, find, log, and rehide some geocaches.

What is Geocaching? Join the world’s largest treasure hunting community!
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor adventure that is happening all the time, all around the world. To play, participants use the Geocaching app and/or a GPS device to navigate to cleverly hidden containers called geocaches. There are millions of geocaches in 190 countries waiting to be discovered—there are probably even some near you right now.
https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2018/03/what-is-geocaching/

To get started, create a free basic account and use Geocaching.com or the free Geocaching® app to search for geocaches near your location. To participate in the hike's geocaching adventure with your smart phone or GPS, you will need a Geoacaching Account -- visit https://www.geocaching.com/play/search

Your logon name will be your geocaching name -- so choose wisely :)

You can tie your trip, Geocaching, and Leave No Trace together by making it a "Cache In Trash Out®" event http://www.geocaching.com/cito/.

Trip Leader's geocaching profile  CO_GPS_Guy

Spruce Mountain Open Space Map https://www.douglas.co.us/documents/spruce-mountain-open-space-trail.pdf
Leader's hiking route map https://caltopo.com/m/F1S3V
Spruce Mountain Open Space website https://www.douglas.co.us/dcoutdoors/openspace-properties/spruce-mountain-open-space-and-trail/