Mount Cameron (14,238 feet), Mount Lincoln (14,286 feet- Mosquito Range Highest Point) and Mount Democrat (14,148 feet)

Mosquito Range, Colorado

From Kite Lake Trailhead

Rank in Colorado: Lincoln- 8, Democrat- 28, Cameron- even though named and recognized on USGS maps it is not ranked because it does not rise 300 feet above the saddle that connects it to the nearest 14er which is Mt. Lincoln.

Trailhead Elevation: 12,000 feet; Elevation Gain: 3,000 feet accumulative; 7 miles round trip

July 19, 2006


66View from Democrat

67View from Democrat

68View from Democrat

69View from Democrat

70View from Democrat

71Thunderheads growing

72Glissading

73Bird enjoys the snow too

74Snow and clouds

75Descending

76Looking down towards saddle

77Descending

78Descending

79The meadow

80In the meadow

81In the meadow

82Mountain Bluebells

83Roseroot- Kings Crown

84Hadrian prefers meadow from the trail

84Look back at the saddle

85The meadow

86The meadow

87Mountain Pasque Flowers

88Mountain Pasque Flowers

89In the high meadow

90Trailhead and Kite Lake down below

91Descending

92Remnants of miners cabin

93On the way down

94The creek

95In the grass

96Look back at the trail and saddle

97Back near the lake

98On route back to trailhead

99Bad road near trailhead

100Road out of Kite Lake back to Alma

101GPS profile of the hike