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This adventure can provide four fourteeners, but it will take all day to climb 4 fourteeners with one enduring hike. Note: Beware of altitude sickness with your party. Altitude sickness is when an individual burns up oxygen at a rate faster than the body can replace it. Symptoms include headache, dizziness, weakness, poor appetite, nausea, impaired judgment, and in some cases shortness of breath. The only treatment is to retreat to a lower altitude. This trek is not recommended for the individual doing his first fourteener. How to get there: Drive west on US 285, at Fairplay, turn north and take CO9 for seven miles to Alma. At Alma turn west on CR8 and follow the gravel road to Kite Lake CG, keep on the better gravel road, which will gradually go northwest. Kite Lake Campground is the trailhead, noted on the map as parking area (P)2. The trail: Start on the southeast side of Kite Lake and work your way up the east side heading to the north; it becomes steep with a number of switchbacks. You will eventually reach the crest of a ridge. Mt. Democrat is to the west, climb this one first. Mt. Lincoln is to the northeast of Democrat; actually by backtracking on the ridge to the northeast you will climb Mt. Cameron, go down the saddle and up to Mt. Lincoln, .5 mile. Mr. Bross is due south of Mt. Lincoln. You can either cross the boulder field or hike back to Mt. Cameron and take the north to south ridge up to Mt. Bross. Descend and follow the same trail back to Kite Lake. If you take other alternatives you can end up a long way from your starting point. It could be a very long walk! Notes; This is a long trip, 7-8 hours. Start early so that you can be off the peaks before afternoon thunderstorms. Bring extra food. NO water on the trail.
Created on: 2024-09-07 21:25:20
Last edited by: rhall290472 On: 2024-09-25 15:13:53