Mt. Lincoln

While spending a weekend with John and Helen and other volleyball folks at John's parents cabin near Hoosier Pass, John and I ascended Mt. Lincoln, 14,286 feet. It was a beautiful February day and we needed to gain about three thousand feet on for-the-most-part mild grade south eastern slopes of Mt. Lincoln. This peak is often bagged in summer from the other side together with a few other fourteeners in the area -Mt. Cameron, Mt. Bros, Mt. Democrat. In winter, a lot more solitude can be found that in the busy peak-bagging season and a different aspect of the scenery is revealed too. Two old mine sites are passed along the route - Quartzville and Russia.

Dry winter	John and Helen	John on the last stretch to the summit	John on the last stretch to the summit	John and myself on the summit	John and myself on the summit
Mt. Cameron	Looking west	John	Snowball	Snow and rock patterns	Old Quartzville mine