Kite Lake -- and 14'ers

Took a drive down a crappy dirt road to Kite Lake. This place is exceptionally busy in the summer as it provides access to 3 trailheads leading to 14,000' peaks: Democrat, Bross and Lincoln. The three form a treeless cirque around Kite Lake.

During the summer, the most prominent question on hiking forums is: Can I drive to the lake today?   It seems that the road is heavily traveled and when it gets wet it is hard to drive for many cars -- but okay for FWD.

This is what it looks like when you get there. This day is the day after the mountain snowstorm. I more or less stood in the general spot and snapped some pictures. I guess I could have used a panorama, but that only occurred to me as  I write.

I spent a long time there waiting for different lighting conditions. Man, was it cold!

To the right.




To the left.



In the center


 Same picture but about 4 feet to the left.



Another similar looking picture to the right -- but with different lighting.


Looking the other way. Behind




One last shot from the window of the truck. nice lighting. You can just barely make out the trail leading up - high up, left, in the snow area (triangle of darker space). Easy to see if you enlarge this photo.


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