Peak Condition Update | Mt. Lincoln

Peak:	Mt. Lincoln
Route:	Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln, Bross
Range:	Mosquito
Posted By:	AndrewJCraigie
Date of Info:	2/3/2023
Date Posted:	2/3/2023

Details
DeCaLiBron today - warm and winds weren't too bad, at least compared to the past few weeks. Rocked snowshoes until the Democrat / Cameron split as I was breaking through some sections of snow - didn't put them on again until I was at the trailhead and walking to my car. Would def bring microspikes - several slick sections of hard snow. Regarding the road / trailhead: A few miles from the trailhead there are several windblown piles of the snow on the road. I made it over the first few in my Subaru Outback, and then got stuck. Spent 40 minutes digging my car out - not the greatest way to start a hike. Learn from my hubris and park a few miles down. Not worth pushing through, as you'll eventually hit bigger and bigger piles. Trail was easy to follow - only issue I had was going to Bross, the last mile or so. Wasn't too bad going down the scree with a bit of snow, but still slipped around a few times. Didn't see any signs or warnings of avy activity - not much snow going down Bross. Start 7:15 Trailhead - 8am Democrat - 10:15 Cameron - 11:15 Lincoln - 11:45 Bross - 1pm Finish - 3:15

Details

DeCaLiBron today - warm and winds weren't too bad, at least compared to the past few weeks. Rocked snowshoes until the Democrat / Cameron split as I was breaking through some sections of snow - didn't put them on again until I was at the trailhead and walking to my car. Would def bring microspikes - several slick sections of hard snow.

Regarding the road / trailhead: A few miles from the trailhead there are several windblown piles of the snow on the road. I made it over the first few in my Subaru Outback, and then got stuck. Spent 40 minutes digging my car out - not the greatest way to start a hike. Learn from my hubris and park a few miles down. Not worth pushing through, as you'll eventually hit bigger and bigger piles.

Trail was easy to follow - only issue I had was going to Bross, the last mile or so. Wasn't too bad going down the scree with a bit of snow, but still slipped around a few times.

Didn't see any signs or warnings of avy activity - not much snow going down Bross.

Start 7:15
Trailhead - 8am
Democrat - 10:15
Cameron - 11:15
Lincoln - 11:45
Bross - 1pm
Finish - 3:15

Comments or Questions

madmattd	Nice Day! 2/3/2023 7:41pm I was the one that started ~15min after you and steadily lost ground to you all day haha. Good day for the loop, I finished just before 4 myself.
AndrewJCraigie	It was indeed 2/3/2023 7:50pm Nice meeting ya! I was pretty dead by the end - apologies if you followed my tracks the last mile or so...
madmattd	Your Tracks 2/3/2023 8:09pm I did follow them for a bit, then decided I knew better where the trail went from my vague memory 3 summers ago (I really should know better than to rely on my memory...) and found hip-deep snow and a sketchy mini-gully snow crossing...lol. I did end up on the trail eventually though! I too was quite dead, but it was a good day for the loop, nice work!

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