GCJZ5V Traditional Cache China Wall (Lime Creek 2)
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Garmin Gremlins @ | Hide Date: 07/18/2004 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 38.565 W107° 45.815 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 7
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Ancient Elven Road Decends Into Mists Of Rivendell
If you see this, you need to head back uphill.

#2 in a series placed near Old Lime Creek Road, this cache is inspired by the labors of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Here was the "highway" to Silverton until Coal Bank Pass was completed in the 40's.
Important--please park by the upper "Road Narrows" sign at about N 37 38.601 W 107 45.883
Below this the way is a narrow, winding, exposed shelf road for over a mile with few safe places to park. Cache is a short walk/scramble from the sign (terrain rating about 3.1). Most impressive section of China Wall is about 1/3 mile farther down road.

Under an allochthonous rock, this cache is in a small metal ammo box (We replaced the leaking plastic box and moved the cache a little north Oct 29, 2010 to get it further from the road and historic structure).

Old Lime Creek Road (Forest Rd 591) bypasses Coal Bank Pass on US 550. South end starts at about Colorado/US 550 Mile 51.3, north end at mile 59.6. Area is fairly high in scenic, geologic, and historic interest. This was once part of the highway between Durango and Silverton. Some interesting engineering examples from a bygone era. Road is maintained for most vehicles. Some places are quite rocky and require careful driving. A bit of clearance is helpful, or small size and willingness to dodge the obstacles.
8/15/04 Gremlins shortened hint. He He

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11 Logs: Found it 11  

Found it 06/25/2019 By sunny_day_08
TFTC

Found it 08/10/2018 By Team TJ
Took some time to figure out the right path to the cache but once I did it wasnt as difficult as I thought it was going to be. Another favorite. TFTC

Found it 07/22/2018 By MikeandDixieJ
First tried this cache back in Sep 2011. First time since then we've come back down the road to try more caches and also hike to Spud Lake. This one is right on the GZ and was an easy find this time. Just had to get up from the road. TFTC.

Found it 10/12/2017 By FindmeVailTree
Tftc awesome views

Found it 09/15/2017 By bikeit
Out on an off road adventure with some local Landrover guys we stopped here for the view and soon had the cache to hand TFTC Great views down into the creek
Great View from the cache

Found it 09/03/2017 By NMFireHorse
Found with CougarOx thanks for the cache

Found it 09/02/2017 By cougarox
NMFireHorse and Scotty the Highlander got warmed up on Lime Creek Road, which has been calling us ever since we started coming up to visit a friend's cabin nearby -- quite awhile. We weren't about to DNF anything we could get to along the way, including this cache. Thanks for giving us a reason to do the drive, the scramble, and for the fun cache! XNSL, DBs.

Found it 08/14/2017 By JRtraveler
Fun 4-Wheeling, thanks for the cache. Enjoyed the history.

Found it 07/15/2017 By yoee03
Nice drive. LNTN

Found it 06/24/2016 By GotWine
Camping in the area for a few days. Out in the jeeps doing some site seeing and also picking up a few caches along the way. Caching along with John4x4 and half of AZ4x4s. Thanks for the smiley face here.

Found it 06/24/2016 By john4x4
Taking a drive and picking up some caches along with GotWine and half of AZ4x4s.