GC5PCHB Stout Bridge
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Barngineer @ | Hide Date: 03/14/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 14.865 W105° 17.395 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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Easy cache just off the road near a nice strong bridge.

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This bridge held up remarkably well during the flood of September 2013. The water was roiling about a foot below the bridge deck, and you can see where some big trees and other various debris had bashed into the railing. At least one car was washed under this bridge, and ended up as a big crumpled ball of metal a couple miles downstream. Highway 36 towards Estes from here was under water, and Highway 36 towards Lyons was washed out and impassible. About 5 days after all that, when the big swirling lake that was the south end of Apple Valley Road drained a bit, the residents of Spring Gulch and X-Bar-7 to the north were able to finally leave their homes and return to civilization by crossing this bridge.

When I placed this cache a year and a half after the flood, the flagstone path was intact down to the cache location, but the rest of the path down under the bridge was still pretty wrecked. I don't know if there are plans to fix the old path, but I'm guessing that other projects are higher priority.

07/02/2019 By WWGoneWGA
TFTF! Great views of the river!

06/02/2019 By famoscar
Gorgeous spot to enjoy so coffee! TFTC

05/30/2019 By dieSchatzies
Found it on our way from Estes Park to Denver. Tftc

05/16/2019 By jaredtbro
This was a lot of fun, and my girlfriends first geo find!! There is no writing utensil, so bring your own!! We didn’t have one to leave behind.

04/27/2019 By GotYour6
Love this bridge! Great area for a cache. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

09/23/2018 By melisma19
Tfyc

09/22/2018 By Crazy4Caching!
That took tooooo long!

09/22/2018 By 77th Toot Brigade
Way too much looking. Frustrating.

09/14/2018 By Team Trail Walker
Look for this one too long, then found it just inches from where I looked before. Signed log TTW
TFTC

07/15/2018 By Jake81499
TFTC

07/12/2018 By Geocath73
First cache of the day.
The bridge is lovely.
TFTC

06/28/2018 By gypsygirl1313
Left an pin.

06/28/2018 By FredRunningBear
First cache of the summer!

06/25/2018 By Jdsdfam6
Day 3 of our family vacation. Spending some time in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, picking up a few caches along the way. This was our first stop on our way up. Quick find and all is well. TFTC SL