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Democrat-Lincoln Trail
Trail
1.4 mile
2.3 kilometer
point to point
Intermediate/Difficult
Elevation
Ascent:
795'
242 m
Descent: -52' -16 m
High: 14,225' 4,336 m
Low: 13,442' 4,097 m
Grade
Avg Grade: 11% (7°)
Max Grade: 57% (29°)
Dogs
Leashed
Weather
All Clear
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“A mellow trail connecting 14ers.”
— Tyler Prince
Features
Views · Wildlife
Per the land manager, all dogs must be leashed. You'll see many dogs and few leashes.
Description
From the Democrat-Cameron saddle and its abandoned mine shaft, head right up the Democrat-Lincoln Trail. This will be fairly steep to start, but is less rocky than the trail up Democrat. Once it flattens out at 14,000 ft, it's hard to tell where the actual summit is - the summit is basically one big, rocky football field. After this summit, you're just about done ascending for the day.
From here, hike down a gradual and clear trail before reaching the Cameron-Lincoln saddle. This is a slightly aggrandizing term, seeing as once you're here it's only about 200 vertical ft up over a rocky class 2 trail to the Mt. Lincoln summit. At 14,286, this is the high point of the hike.
From here, most people will continue to the Lincoln-Bross Trail and Mt. Bross Trail to complete the DeCaliBron route.
From here, hike down a gradual and clear trail before reaching the Cameron-Lincoln saddle. This is a slightly aggrandizing term, seeing as once you're here it's only about 200 vertical ft up over a rocky class 2 trail to the Mt. Lincoln summit. At 14,286, this is the high point of the hike.
From here, most people will continue to the Lincoln-Bross Trail and Mt. Bross Trail to complete the DeCaliBron route.
Flora & Fauna
Up this high, there's not much other than rocks, pikas, and marmots.
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Contacts
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