Painting cabinets in my condo today, so I only have time for a quick TR transfer this morning..
North face of Mt. Democrat via Kite Lake, 5-15-07
Partners: Kyle, Jordan
I left the front range early on the 15th, driving through some rain along the way. I wasn’t too optimistic about the weather, but once I got on the other side of the Eisenhower tunnel, the weather got considerably better. Since I was going to head from Democrat towards the Sawatch and some more skiing and Jordan was heading back to the front range, we dropped off a vehicle at the Montgomery res. trailhead and then went to Kite lake, where Kyle had spent the night.
The fog was thick, but it cleared from time to time and we were able to see enough to make our way up.
The route from Kite lake is quick and easy, and we were on the summit ridge in no time.
This ‘S’ gully on Bross looked like a fun cruise and a decent route for boring Bross.
Looks good:
Jordan, dropping in:
Frank:
Jordan, lower down:
Frank:
A look at the face. Where the route constricts and doglegs at the bottom, the route stays about one ski-length wide.
As we skied, then walked down the valley, the North side of Lincoln showed some fun lines, although many of them appeared to close out.
Ah, the icefall, I know we’re close 
Meanwhile, Kyle decided to take his own line down the Emma lake side, since it was a line he had been thinking about for some time:
His Tr is over here: http://splitboard.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=3684
The corn snow on Democrat was excellent, and with a shuttle the bang for the buck on this one is pretty good, something like a 5 hour day.D
