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Peak(s):  Mt. Cameron  -  14,248 feet
Mt. Democrat  -  14,154 feet
Mt. Lincoln  -  14,293 feet
Mt. Bross  -  14,178 feet
Date Posted:  06/26/2016
Date Climbed:   06/24/2016
Author:  Hunttimes2
 DeCaLiBross   

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We got to the trail head around 6:00 and left pretty soon after that. You cross over a couple of creeks right at the beginning of the hike. I never seem to do well with this sort of this thing. We begin our accent. There was some snow patches on the way up to the saddle but nothing too bad. We made it the saddle of Democrat and the views were already amazing. I did look up and see what we still had to climb and I thought ugh. Lots of big boulders and smaller rocks. My husband keeps telling me this is exposure. This is also not my favorite-although you must expect it when doing a 14er. We made it to the top around 8:45 and stayed about 5 minutes and then began our descent down. We then began our assent up Cameron. Lots of exposure going up this one as well. I believe the actual point on this I believe is wear a log is and a pole in the ground. It is a very rounded peak. Amazing views. We then began out descent and moved along to Mount Lincoln. Pretty narrow once you get to the top but the views were amazing. We were moving a little slower as some of the people we peaked with on Democrat were beginning their descent from Lincoln. We knew we needed to head to Bross quickly. By this time, I was feeling very spent but the trail looked a little easier than some of the other parts we had just done. Once we got on Bross the storm looked like it was about to drop on us so about 2 minutes was all we could spare. We began out descent down. Here is where it is very crucial to pay attention to the pictures on 14ers of where to leave the ridge. We should have exited the ridge but we continued down the ridge until we could not anymore. We could see the trail to the left but when you are tired and storms looming overhead... I guess you just don't process your thoughts as clearly. We went to the right and went on a slide down a very steep loose scree. I repeat please pay attention to where you should exit the trail to the left. My husband and I are feeling the pain even 2 days later now for our misjudgement of the correct path down Bross. We did finally rejoin the trail toward the end. We were so tired and completely regretting our choice. We learned a valuable lesson. Always know your exact path ahead of time, so that if you are in a time crunch... you have a clear direction of where to go. We were never so happy to be in our truck and once we hit solid pavement... We were so happy!! Enjoy!

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