Herman Gulch!  If you're cruising west on I-70 and you see that Triangle shaped mountain straight ahead of you just past the Bakersville exit (no pic, sorry), it's Bethel Peak.  Take the exit (can't remember the name), and you can't miss a big trailhead parking area to the right.  Now what you wanna do is start hiking, and follow the signs for Herman Gulch, which is the gulch that goes behind Bethel Peak.  You are heading into some really cool country.  You will hike by split-offs for James Peak (you'd be going around the "back" of it if you followed that trail) and you will eventually get to James Lake, at the base of Mount Pettingell.  This is a cool high-thirteener that a lot of people try and bag.  It's about 4 miles one way if I remember correctly, and its a fairly stout hike.  I was glad we decided to spend the night when we got to the lake.

Now keep in mind, this lake is a pretty crowded camping spot, and its well above timberline, so there's not a ton of privacy.  But as you can see, it's beautiful, and you really don't have any trouble getting away from the other people who are camping here.  We found a very nice spot where we could see the lake and had a lot of privacy.

Now - Mount Pettingell.  We tried it the next morning, and we went to the left of the lake.  Don't.  It's not terrible, but it's shorter to go to the right of the lake, and there's almost a little trail part of the way.  It's not hard hiking - class two the whole way.  It's fairly strenuous, but of course you get a great view from the ridge.  Our dog had no problem the whole way.  No water on the Pettingell part, so bring your own.  You can see a bunch of surrounding 14ers from the top.

Not much else to say - the pictures are worth 2000 words, so I'll let them do the talking.  Enjoy.  Highly recommended.