Mount
Lincoln
Miner Wilbur F. Stone, prospecting at the peak's base, climbed the summit in June 1861 and proposed naming it for the newly inaugurated Abraham Lincoln; the surrounding camp adopted the name soon after. Stone later served as an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and sat in the convention that drafted the state constitution. Silver turned up on the mountain's flanks in 1871, setting off the boom that built Alma and the wider Mosquito Range mining district.
Mount Lincoln's summit and connecting ridges sit on private mining claims, and liability disputes closed the standard route in 2005; the town of Alma leased roughly 3,900 acres of the surrounding land in 2006, and access to Lincoln was restored by 2012. The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative has since built and maintained sustainable trails across the loop, now the usual link between all four DeCaLiBron peaks — Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln, and Bross — though repeated closures have kept access unsettled.
SOURCE Wikipedia — Mount LincolnCurrent (June 2026, 14ers.com Kite Lake TH reports): Kite Lake Road closed for construction to ~1.4 mi below the trailhead through Jul 31, 2026 — foot access still allowed; CFI trail-reconstruction work runs through the 2026 field season. Day-use fee $8/vehicle at the trailhead (14ers.com mr01; older sources cite $3-5). Legal status: Democrat and Cameron summits are public land; Lincoln's summit is open conditionally (private, waiver kiosk on the access road; Kite Lake route only — CFI); Mount Bross's TRUE SUMMIT REMAINS CLOSED (private, defunct mine shafts, landowner consensus never reached) — the loop legally bypasses it below the top. USFS added 480 acres on Bross, including the Lincoln-Bross trail segment, to Pike-San Isabel NF on Mar 18, 2026 (fs.usda.gov release), but the release states the summit 'remains privately owned' and 'public access to the summit remains restricted.'