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| ktiffany22 | Route Climbed: Kite Lake Date Climbed: July 19, 2004  | |
| An "odd" mountain I'd call it- watched 2 SUV's & 3 motor-cross bikes climb to the summit... which by the way, is the size of a football field- crazy! The rocky terrain seemed very different from the other 14ers I've climbed, and the "Scree-ski" to the bottom of it was fun! Enjoy!:-) | |
| Posted May 15, 2005 10:31 pm | ||
| bigwilly | Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: Feb. 17, 2005 | |
| First winter attempt on a fourteener. Probably could have made it if I hadn't wanted to try out my new crampons on the North Face. Nearly died in an avalanche and decided to turn back. See trip report. | |
| Posted May 14, 2005 9:34 pm | ||
| Old Ickabod | Route Climbed: Decalibron Date Climbed: 6/2004 | |
| I love this hike! I've done it about five times and last spring I went at it as a post Rainier workout. I took my video camera and spent quite a bit time setting up shots, but still got my best time...4 hours 24 minutes Jeep to Jeep. Running between the summit of Cameron, Lincoln, and Bross is an energizing experience... rock on! | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2005 12:25 am | ||
| Brian Kalet | Route Climbed: The Decalibron Date Climbed: July 4, 2004 | |
| We glissaded the West Gully from Kite Lake. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2005 5:26 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: Kite Lake Date Climbed: July 1996 | |
| #4 of my "Tour de Force" that day. | ||
| Posted Apr 4, 2005 11:05 pm | ||
| James C | Route Climbed: Kite Lake Date Climbed: June 25, 2004 | |
| Easy summit, last of all of them. Had to run down due to lightning | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2005 7:19 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: Kite Lake Trailhead Approach Date Climbed: 09/2003 | |
| An easy summit with great views | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2005 7:57 pm | ||
| Asphazell | Route Climbed: Kite Lake, N Slopes Date Climbed: August 2002 | |
| This mountain was fun only because it was my first in this range. Normally I do not like taking a stairmaster up a mountain, I wish I had done this in the winter! :P | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2005 12:34 pm | ||
| F Bomb | Route Climbed: Standard (Kite Lake) Date Climbed: 2/19/05 | |
| Started about 2.5 miles below Kite Lake. A nice cold windy day with 12 other SPer's. A lot of fun. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 3:57 pm | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: Feb 19 2005 | |
| 2005 annual SP gathering. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 8:53 am | ||
| Alan Ellis | Route Climbed: Standard via Kite Lake Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2005 | |
| .......a great day with all my new SP friends. These gatherings get better and better. I can't wait 'til next time! | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2005 10:58 pm | ||
| ahaass | Route Climbed: Kite Lake standard Date Climbed: feb 19, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Summit Post group.....ROCKS!!! | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2005 9:37 pm | ||
| Scott | Bross Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2005 | |
| July 4 2009 Kimberly, Shaylee, Kimberly and I set off to climb Mount Democrat, Mount Cameron, and Mount Lincoln. It was a rough night before and the evening of July 3 was very windy. The tent kept blowing down at Kite Lake which was above timberline. We had left our smaller low profile tents home because at the time we weren’t thinking of camping at Kite Lake and it was a last minute decision (and a not very good one). After several trial and error experiences keeping the tent from blowing away we finally got it anchored down good, but a big gust bent the poles and ripped the tent making it unusable. We spent a long night squished in the vehicles. After waking up after a not-so-restful night we set off for the Cameron/Democrat Saddle. We climbed to the saddle and rested, making the trip in a fast (for a five year old) 1.5 hours. I let the kids decided if they wanted to climb Democrat or Lincoln first and they wanted to Lincoln first since it was the highest. We make the nice ridge over Cameron (which is only an “unofficial peak” because it doesn’t have enough rise over the connecting saddle to be a real peak) and over to Lincoln and reached the summit in about 3 hours from Kite Lake. It was still too early for lunch so we had a long snack. It was somewhat cloudy to the west so we decided to forego Democrat and head down a secondary route near Mount Bross. We had at first planned to skip that summit (the opened section of the trail bypasses 100 feet below the summit), but I met a group of hikers returning from Mount Bross that explained that some of the owners of the mining claims were up there in vehicles (there is a private jeep road up there from the west side of Bross) and were granting hikers permission to summit the peak. I ran ahead to talk to them, but could see them heading back in their vehicles just before I reached the junction. We asked another of hikers if they had talked to the people in the vehicles and they said no. It was snowing lightly, but there was no sign or sound of thunder so we went over the summit of Bross and down the monotonous scree slope and back to Kite Lake. The round trip was a fast 5.5 hours Kite Lake to Kite Lake. Lincoln was a nice climb and a pretty one, but my original thoughts on Bross remain (I had climbed the peak in February 2005). Bross is still a monotonous pile of scree with few redeeming traits. Lincoln was the highlight of the trip and other than the blown apart tent the night before, the climb was a good one. February 19 2005 On February 18, I slept in car 3 miles from Kite Lake. It was a mild night at 19F. The climb was warm down low, cool and breezy up high and on the summit and the clouds obscured summit views. This was an SP winter gathering and was great company and a nice trip even though the mountain is nothing but a big scree pile, at least from Kite Lake. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2005 9:13 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: North ridge from Cameron Date Climbed: July 15, 1984 | |
| Of all the 14ers in CO I've summited this one the most, and it is hardly my favorite, It's just one that has beened tagged three times, because I was already up there on Democrat or Lincoln. My first time was w/ the CMC and we did Democrat and Cameron, but threatening weather made us skip Lincoln, so we climbed Bross and then screed down the west slopes. The following Marc I climber Lincoln w/ the CMC and did Bross on that trip from the east as well. Finally, we climbed Lincoln and Bross again from the east over Labor Day in 2002. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2005 1:00 pm | ||
| Richrat | Route Climbed: Kite Lake Trail Date Climbed: June 2001 | |
| Climbed Lincoln, Bross, and Democrat. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2005 8:43 pm | ||
| onandupwards | Date Climbed: August 1997 | |
| Climbed as part of Lincoln, Democrat, Bross circuit | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2005 3:51 pm | ||
| Paul Morrill | Route Climbed: Mining Roads from the SE Date Climbed: August 1996 | |
| Four of us drove a 1948 Willey's(tricked out) up there via the minning roads from the SE (had to rebuild the road in a few spots). The rig started having carb problems around 13500. Good thing we had plenty of beer and cigs. Great place to park on the summit, good views. Just to many people. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2005 4:19 pm | ||
| keeganyoung1 | Route Climbed: Decalibron Date Climbed: July 24, 2004 | |
| This is a tough descent due to scree. There is a cool waterfall near the end. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2004 9:58 am | ||
| csmcgranahan | Route Climbed: Decalibron Date Climbed: August, 2002 | |
| Started at 4:00am under a full moon and completed the Decalibron: Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln and Bross. What a great way to climb multiple peaks in one day! | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2004 6:07 pm | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: Democrat-Lincoln-Bross Date Climbed: July 7, 2001 | |
| Great day for all 3 peaks, but the wind really picked up on the way to Bross...the wind made it too miserable to stay and enjoy the views so, we headed down. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2004 12:01 am | ||
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