GC1Y5PBDSP&P Kenosha Pass Loop
Type: Traditional
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By: Grand High Pobah@
| Hide Date: 09/03/2009
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 27.670 W105° 44.198 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
The cache is a decon container. It is not winter friendly. Please try to replace it in such a way that it does not call attention to itself.This is one of the caches in a series of caches dedicated to Fallen Flag railroads. Fallen Flags are those railroads that no longer exist either through abandonment or corporate takeover. With each cache will come a short history lesson explaining a little something about the railroad.
DSP&P are the initials of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific railroad. It was a narrow gauge line (3’ between the rails) that started life in Denver in 1874 and was headed to the mining camps in the mountains. A number of routes were considered. The first was to go up Bear Creek, the second featured Turkey Creek, and the third, which was ultimately selected, went along the course of the Platte River through Waterton Canyon and over Kenosha Pass.
Kenosha Pass represented a difficult climb for the railroad. The direct route up the canyon which the current US 285 takes was just too steep in the upper sections. In order to make the route less steep, a loop of track was run up toward Webster pass. The extra length of the track allowed for a more manageable grade. The amount of elevation gain can be seen by observing the cut that the train went through above the highway just west of the Webster Pass road.
You will find parking on the old grade very near the cache. The cache is located on the old roadbed which was abandoned in 1938.
05/02/2017 By OR85OR450 On our way from the Springs to a South Park Tour; it was another rest day for MTK with the Larkspur Trail Races coming up. Weather was much more favorable than the ill-fated Mingo try. We enjoyed some roads we've covered before; some we haven't; and filed away in memory some great looking vistas for when the Aspens turn. Can't wait to come back for more
:-/ Well here is another mystery- I can even see on satellite imagery there is a truck parked right here... exactly where we parked for the CSP tour cache. Why didn't I . . . ??
Ohhh wait - maybe due to several DNF's !
09/27/2016 By tugies Nice idea for a series. DNF, but maybe it is still there.
DSP&P Kenosha Pass Loop
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