Mosquito Range > Mount Democrat > Climber's LogMount Democrat Climber's Log
|
|
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|
| Andy | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: June 12, 2004  | |
| I climbed Democrat along with Lincoln and Bross. It took me five hours car to car. The weather was cool and windy and a snow squall blew through on my way from Cameron to Bross. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2004 6:27 pm | ||
| lostman | Route Climbed: Via Lincoln Date Climbed: July 19, 2001 | |
| Great day! | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2004 3:10 pm | ||
| bps | Route Climbed: Standard route from Kite Lake Date Climbed: October 2002 | |
| Had to spend 4 months at sea level and upon arriving back home in Colorado I went straight here to kick my butt back into altitude-shape! | ||
| Posted Jun 9, 2004 4:42 am | ||
| esugi | Route Climbed: From Kite Lake Date Climbed: September 2002 | |
| Flew in from Seattle, rented a car, drove to the trailhead, and did the Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln circa all in one day! Was feeling the affects of altitude quite a bit. We descended down from Lincoln in the dark, got in the car, and drove off to the trailhead of Mount Elbert. Very fun but long trip. | |
| Posted May 27, 2004 11:40 am | ||
| DaveC | Route Climbed: standard loop Date Climbed: june 96 | |
| first of an easy triple-bagger from kite lake with a dozen tourists and the dog. | |
| Posted May 20, 2004 9:31 pm | ||
| goat14er | Route Climbed: south slopes Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
| Alex, Richard, Tim and I just kind of found our own route up to the top. We saw the inviting ridge on the south face of the mountain when viewed from Kite Lake and just followed it up to the top - a nice way to spice the climb up a little bit. | |
| Posted May 12, 2004 3:11 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 17, 2000 | |
| Did the Decalibron which in retrospect is not that huge a feat, but at the time: being on top of three 14ers in one day was incredible to me. The summit of Democrat was absolutely thick with fog, it was neat climbing into the clouds | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2004 12:04 pm | ||
| f360driver | Route Climbed: Unknown Date Climbed: 7/04 | |
| Easy scramble. Fun climb. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2004 6:39 pm | ||
| coloradoiceclimber | Route Climbed: From Kite Lake Date Climbed: June 16, 2001 | |
| Great tripple tick with Nate Lowery. It took 1.5 hrs to the summit from the lot! | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2004 3:58 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: September 2, 2002 | |
| Starting at Montgomery Reservoir, Erin and I hiked up to the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the South Platte. We were out early enough to not have to deal with 4WD vehicles attempting this challenging road. We hiked into a small amphitheatre below Traver Peak to gain Democrat's North Ridge above its saddle w/ Traver. The ridge gets very interesting at a notch that you can inspect while on your approach. To stay on or near the ridge crest would be fifth-class of a difficulty unknown to me, but it looked doable. We weren't up to the challenge, though, and traversed out onto the west-facing slopes to evade some of the difficulties. People are very surprised when they see you arrive at Democrat's summit from the north. We descended into Platte Gulch from the Democrat-Cameron saddle. I would not recommend our descent route for an ascent, because it's rather loose. Many 4WD vehicles were on the road to Wheeler Lake along our return trip. | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2004 5:05 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: DeCaLiBron Date Climbed: June 5, 2002 | |
| I soloed the DeCaLiBron. I was very pleased that the road had been grated because otherwise, my Prizm wouldn't have made it to Kite Lake. A few inches of snow fell the night before, but it melted very quickly. | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2004 4:48 pm | ||
| pphlux | Route Climbed: North Face (Platte Gulch Approach) Date Climbed: May 2002 | |
| Good route. Snow was very thin in platte gulch for this early in the season. 4x4 road was clear to about 12,000'. Snow was not consolidated, and was easy to kick steps into, but looking back, was probably not safe from avalanche yet. This route was absolutely amazing, and I really do suggest it. With a high camp in Platte Gulch, all three(four) of the lincoln group can be climbed in a single day. Descend the saddle between lincoln and democrat. Also, watch out, the marmots will eat your stuff. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2004 11:22 pm | ||
| granddeity | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| Summitted, and was most of the way up Cameron when the lightning started heading in, so decended without summiting the other mountains in the group. | ||
| Posted Feb 12, 2004 4:01 am | ||
| neoday | Route Climbed: Roughly standard route Date Climbed: December 31, 2003 | |
| Beautiful mountain, great camp site, wonderfully fun hike. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2004 12:18 pm | ||
| scvanm | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 12, 2003 | |
| Father /Son trip with my 12 year old. He is better than me. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2004 10:05 pm | ||
| hhsilleck | Route Climbed: from Kite Lake Date Climbed: July 2000 | |
| Three easy 14ers - but skip this one and head to Lincoln if you just want to do one for the day. Lincoln has the more interesting summit. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2004 7:12 pm | ||
| Erik Beeler | Route Climbed: Kite Lake - Face below false S. summit Date Climbed: December 31st, 2003 | |
| About 10 degrees at the summit with constant 35-40 mph winds. Didn't stay there long. Enjoyed the climb. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2004 9:11 am | ||
| JonBradford | Route Climbed: Decalibron Date Climbed: July 1, 2000 | |
| After almost ascending it the preceding evening (trying to get some photos of the sunset) I made Democrats summit on a nice July day. Jon | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2003 6:54 pm | ||
| photo61guy | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge From Kite Lake Date Climbed: August 19, 1996 | |
| First 14er that I summitted. Fairly easy day hike in nice weather. | ||
| Posted Dec 10, 2003 1:39 am | ||
| jrf | Route Climbed: Kite Lake Date Climbed: August 2001 | |
| Only climbed Democrat since this was one of my first fourteeners. | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2003 8:47 pm | ||
|