When it was time to head back to Lake City, I got up at 5 a.m. yet again, though this time instead of heading to a river, I was heading to a group of fourteeners outside of Breckenridge. I started at Kite Lake at dawn with the goal of bagging three or four peaks before heading to the Taylor River in time for the afternoon hatches.
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| Sunrise outside of Fairplay, Colorado |
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| Dawn above Kite Lake |
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| Looking north near the top of Mt. Democrat |
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| Looking down the saddle to Mt. Cameron and Mt. Lincoln |
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| Looking southeast at the South Park Basin |
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| Final pitch to the top of Mt. Democrat |
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| Low clouds rolled in to cover the saddle between Mt. Democrat and Mt. Cameron |
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| Looking back at Mt. Democrat on the way to Mt. Cameron |
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| Looking north toward Breckenridge. That's Quandary Peak, another fourteener, on the far right. |
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| Quandary Peak (far right) |
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| Mt. Democrat from the top of Mt. Cameron |
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| Quandary Peak from the top of Mt. Cameron |
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| On top of Mt. Cameron |
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| Looking at Mt. Lincoln from the top of Mt. Cameron |
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| Quandary Peak from Mt. Lincoln |
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| Mt. Democrat from Mt. Lincoln |
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| Quandary Peak on the left and Keystone in the distance on the right |
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| Top of Mt. Lincoln |
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| Quandary Peak from Mt. Lincoln |
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| Waterfall above Kite Lake |
I was able to cover about 7 miles before lunch, which meant I still had time to fish the Taylor River that afternoon before finishing the drive to Lake City.
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| Cottonwood Pass |
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| Cottonwood Pass dropping down to the Taylor |
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| Sunset over Blue Mesa outside Lake City after a great weekend |
