GC502QQ Rail Bed
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: sjclimber @ | Hide Date: 03/11/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 17.848 W107° 46.380 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
 

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You’re on the rail bed of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. This line, under the leadership of General Palmer, won the battle to cross the divide west to the mining districts of southwest Colorado in the late 1800’s. D&RG and the DSP&P rails were competing to cross west, the latter was a year behind D&RG which reached the west slope in 1882. This D&RG line south from Montrose to Ouray was completed in 1887 and was designed to meet with Otto Mears’ Rio Grande Southern RR (incorporated 1889 and completed in 1891) serving the mining districts to the south. *

This may be a cache for fair weather and dry roads, so take care. The additional waypoint is the best and partially graveled road to the destination. The hunt may not be exactly what you initially expect, so be careful in your search.

*Frontier In Transition: A History of Southwestern Colorado (BLM Cultural Resources Series)

Additional Waypoints

PK502QQ - Parking
N 38° 17.752 W 107° 46.332
Good place to turn off US550.

04/19/2019 By farrtom
Found while passing through the area.
After finding the hint I went looking for the actual cache. While looking, the neighboring rancher came by to ask what I was doing. I told him and he said it was in a different spot. I told him that was the hint and I was looking for the actual cache and he wished me good luck.
I found it quickly afterwards.
TFTC TNLNSL

03/23/2019 By PsychNP19
What a challenge!! Took 3 of us but we got it!! TFTC

03/23/2019 By SmallDoc
Took three of us and a little bit of mud a little bit of stickers and a little bit of tree limbs poking people but we got it.SL

11/03/2018 By packerle
Found it

11/03/2018 By ColoCan
Found it. The deer would love all the fallen Apple's to munch on