Our Trip planning started around Wednesday. Didnt really know where we were gonna go, we just knew we wanted to climb a 14er.
I spoke with Brad and he mentioned him and his wife Andrea (Also from Guatemala) wanted to join us. By Thursday we or so we decided on Mt Democrat. Started checking the 14er forums, calling the Ranger‘s office and checking the weather conditions for that upcoming Sunday. Reports said we should expect snow/Ice on the road and also snowy conditions with high winds.
To our surprise the day was the complete opposite of what the "experts" had predicted. Road was ice free and the weather was sunny with almost no wind. This made for a great day of hiking.
On to the pics....
Like I said road was dry and passable.
The team Starting from back to front (Brad, Liz, Andrea)
Once we started hiking the sky cleared up very nice. So a couple of layers went back into the packs.
Liz and I usually go alone on our hikes. So rarely do we get pics together.
Looking back on the bottom right you can see Kite Lake.
View of the False Summit
Hey finally someone took a pic of me... hehehehe
Views from the Sadle
Having a little snack
Last stretch to the false summit got really steep.
There was a 2" crust on top of the snow and sometimes it would just give out. Making you fall into snow up to your knee in places.
Last stretch to the summit
and this is one of my favorite shots (taken by Liz)
Liz and I at the top
This time Andrea brought her big flag
but i still wanted a pic with my little flag.... hehehe
The girls
In the center of the pic you can see the road we started hiking from
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