Danae Bucci makes her way across a stream near the Kite Lake Trailhead before an ascent of Mount Democrat on July 24, 2019. (Parker Seibold, The denver Gazette file)
Three Gazette summer interns recently climbed Mount Democrat, one of Colorado’s 14ers.
Danae Bucci makes her way across a stream near the Kite Lake Trailhead before an ascent of Mount Democrat on July 24, 2019. (Parker Seibold, The denver Gazette file)
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Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Hikers navigate a scree field on Mount Democrat on July 24, 2019. (The Gazette file)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Moments from Gazette interns Danae Bucci and Jessica Snouwaert’s trek up Mount Democrat on Wednesday, July 24. As a native Coloradan, Snouwaert had never hiked one of the state’s 54 fourteeners until The Gazette gave her the assignment. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)
