Suggestions?

[tehchad]

I've got a group of guys (5) who want to go fishing and hit a 13er. They don't want to drive more than a couple hours and they don't like crowds. After poking around a bit, I'm thinking either Lawn Lake and Hagues or Herman Lake and Herman.

What do you suggest?

[SkaredShtles]

Pretty sure your "don't like crowds" requirement will eliminate both those places. Unless their idea of "crowds" is different than mine.

[huffy13]

You might look at Mohawk Lake, just South of Breck...looks pretty cool and is within a couple hours.

[justiner]

Mohawk Lake would be super busy in the summertime. Very popular place to check out. Totally worth checking it out on its own though - the higher lakes are going to be more lonely, fer sure.

[tehchad]

Mohawk would be good. Couple of good 13ers off of that. Thanks for the input.

[SkaredShtles]

Mohawk is very likely to be a mob-scene as justiner indicated. It is *very* close to Breckenridge...

[cory1223oh]

I climbed Pacific Peak, just past upper mohawk lakes a couple summers ago on a July Saturday. When we walked by the upper lakes just after dawn we were kicking ourselves for not bringing our fly rods as there were lots of fish rising and taking flies off the surface. On the way back down there were only a couple of people who had ventured past the lower lake. However, the lower lake had over 50 people there. I don't think any of them knew there was an upper lake. We were also the only group to climb Pacific that day. A vast difference to the hundreds of peopke we could see over on Quandary. 50ft. in elevation makes all the difference when it comes to the crowds.

[viejo]

You could think about the upper Poudre. Blue Lake with Clark Peak as a summit destination, or Lake Agnes with Richthoffen/Moeller as peak destinations. Not quite 13'ers, but certainly worthy walks.