GC8B1D Virtual Cache The Forgotten Fourteener
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 5 out of 5
By: Web-ling @ | Hide Date: 09/01/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 20.773 W106° 07.140 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 19
Dogs  Takes more than an hour  Scenic view  Difficult climbing  Not Available during winter  Abandoned mines  Cliff / falling rocks  Dangerous area  Camping available  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
Web-ling #44
Mount Cameron is a 14,238 foot summit centrally located between Mounts Lincoln, Bross, and Democrat, near Alma, Colorado. The easiest approach is from Kite Lake.
Although Cameron is a named summit over 14,000 feet, it is generally not considered an official "14er." Why? Because it rises no more than 157 feet from the connecting saddle with Lincoln. If Cameron were just 50 feet taller, it would be the supreme peak in the group. Nonetheless, it is typically not considered an official peak at all.

To claim a find for this cache, post a photo of yourself and your GPSr on the summit of Mount Cameron. If possible, have either Lincoln, Bross, or Democrat in the background. Please, no "retroactive" finds from before the creation of this cache.

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13 Logs: Found it 12  Write note 1  

Found it 10/07/2018 By Rockclimbingman
Tftc

Found it 09/03/2018 By magashi
went for this after democrat, just as the clouds rolled in and it started snowing. democrat is in the background in our pic. we barely got any photos compared to all the ones we took at democrat, too cold to get our hands out of gloves!

Found it 08/10/2018 By Path Pacer
My aunt and I went for this one today. She didn't quite make it, but I did. It was a gorgeous day, with a cloud that kept the sun off me until right before the "summit." I snagged a passerby to take a picture of me with Mt Lincoln in the background. I thought about heading over to Lincoln since it was fairly close, but my aunt was waiting for me lower down so I headed back. Good thing too, as that cloud became pretty ominous on the way down, spitting some rain and graupel on us as we carefully negotiated the slippery trail.

As for the road, I'd say a regular car can make it most of the way there, but you will need a fair amount of clearance to get to the actual parking lot. You'd better get there early on a weekend, as there were a lot of cars there today (Friday). We arrived around 9 am and just managed to park near the lot. There is a toilet facility at the trailhead and dogs are allowed, but on a leash.

Here I am!

How gorgeous is this?
Mines everywhere
These guys were everywhere, too
The car's down there somewhere

Found it 08/04/2018 By Liomin79
Great loop hike to grab some 14ers

Write note 07/16/2018 By tc54915
Attempted this one today and got within 2 miles of the cache and knew my Forester was not going to make it. Plan on at least one hour plus to get to this cache and have a 4x4. Loved the scenery going in...so it was not a waste of time. Thanks for taking us there.

Found it 06/12/2018 By Bullheart201
Land use survey prevented me from getting to the exact point, but hey! It was fun

Found it 09/17/2017 By Marchello21
Third of a handful today climbing the hills. Tftc!
Mount Cameron

Found it 09/03/2017 By Lego Crew
Our 5th cache of the morning and our 3rd 14er for this hike. We took a counter-clockwise route to the four summits and managed to avoid a lot of the crowds the first half of the hike. Around Mt. Cameron, we started encountering a lot of hikers coming the other way. Took a bunch of photos on the main summit area along the trail, but the geocache was pointing us to a different location. We walked over to that spot, which from a distance appeared to be higher, and found a sign left by a previous cacher. Used it to take our photos. From that location though, the other summit location appears higher. Always a little deceiving optics on mountain summits. Took our photos and continued on to Mt. Democrat. Many thanks.
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Found it 08/06/2017 By Koalacanuckpapa
Find #5756 - thanks!

Found it 08/06/2017 By Koalacanuck
Find #6157 (9 of 13 finds with 0 DNF for the weekend) as part of an awesome caching cerw on a lovely (but cold) geocaching and 14'er climbing weekend. Some caches were easy, others were hard simply because of the hikes; all were awesome! Cache is in good condition. Thank you Web-ling!

Mt Cameron (not Camron - the sign was borrowed)

Found it 08/06/2017 By KJKlock
Hiked the Decalibron loop with PayMeCache, CrumbCrunchers and KoalCanuckPapa. This was our third find of the day. We didn't have a sign for this Peak but found one up there. Not only was it the wrong date but it was also misspelled. Thanks for breaking up the hike with the opportunity to grab a cache. Group photo posted by PayMeCache.

Found it 08/06/2017 By PayMeCache
KJKlock, crumbcrunchers and Koalacanukpappa and I are climbing the four or should I say three fourteeners today. This was the third cache on our trip for us after we had summited Mount Democrat. KJKlock forgot to bring her sharpie for us to create our sign but thankfully there was a sign left from yesterday that we used (sadly, it has yesterdays date on it and is spelled incorrectly). We all took the photos needed to log this cache, enjoyed a shot of Fireball and then said our goodbyes to the Mount Cameron as we headed off towards Mount Lincoln. Since I showed Gizmo that I was more dominant on Mt. Democrat after he tried to show me his excitement by trying to get off on my leg, he switched gears and went to Koalacanukpappa for some action.

Even though Mount Cameron is not truly considered a fourteener, this is my second time being over 14,000 feet and I appreciated the virtual cache here. Pics previously sent in but I will also attach a couple in my log here.

Found GC8B1D - The Forgotten Fourteener, on August 6, 2017 using Cachly for iOS.

Thank you, Web-ling for placing a fun cache for all of us to enjoy and giving back to the community. I look forward to finding more of your caches. I also look forward to potentially finding Geocaches with you one day and sharing stories of our hobby or should I say addiction? Cheers!

Mount Cameron peak (with incorrect spelling)

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The group on Mt. Cameron
Gizmo showing Koalacanukpapa dominance

Found it 08/06/2017 By XTerra85
Met up with KJKlock, Pay me cache and Koalacanukpapa to bag these 4 peaks. We started at 4am. Great weather the whole day. Amazing views! Borrowed a sign for the photo at the top. I think we need to photo shop the errrors, lol! Thanksdding to our smiles today.
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