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| tobe945 | NE Ridge  Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2012 | |
| With Dirk Summers, an easy hike. Came down for some brews and an awesome lightening show. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2013 3:07 am | ||
| Fletch | fun day Date Climbed: May 19, 2012 | |
| with the roo... | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2012 4:40 pm | ||
| telemarkdude | Great Hike Date Climbed: Sep 14, 1996 | |
| Great hike with great weather. Light dusting of snow. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2012 11:12 pm | ||
| ajberry | Normal route Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| With Katie and Megan, both 12. Super snowy. Made for great views. | |
| Posted Oct 27, 2012 4:56 pm | ||
| milan | First Elk Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2010 | |
| Last 14ers in 2010, beautiful day, no snow in the saddle between Castle and Conundrum made the descent spicy. | ||
| Posted Oct 21, 2012 5:18 pm | ||
| BLong | Interesting Connection Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2012 | |
| I scrambled from Cathedral Lake up unnamed 13,828' and then traversed the 2nd - 4th class ridge-line to summit Conundrum Peak and Castle Peak. I was also hoping to summit Cathedral Peak from the ridge-line on 13,828, but did not have time. I descended via the main hiking trail on Castle Peak. The ridge between 13,828 and Conundrum Peak was a blast, including several towers to navigate over/around. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2012 11:14 am | ||
| csmcgranahan | From 11,100' Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2012 | |
| Started at about 4:20am and summited via the Northeast Ridge at about 7:30am or so. Then traversed over to Conundrum. Descended via the saddle through the nasty scree - it was only really bad for a hundred feet or so - the rest was just frustrating and tedious. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2012 2:32 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Extra Credit Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012 | |
| 4th time up this bad-boy. Went up and over to get "Castleabra". Considered descending the Conundrum saddle but didn't feel like dealing with the scree. Castle is a good peak. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2012 11:46 am | ||
| pacojgarza | Perfect day! Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2012 | |
| Summited Castle and Conundrum via the standard route in perfect conditions. The scramble on the ridges was fun, the views were awesome. Descended through the loose scree to Montezuma Basin. These were the 5th and 6th out of 15 peaks on my 2012 CO. trip. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2012 4:56 pm | ||
| seanpeckham | from the footbridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2012 | |
| Parked at the footbridge 1.5 miles up the road, and did Castle from there. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2012 4:01 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | Standard route with Conundrum Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2012 | |
| The rain pounded on the roof of the Jeep all night and I worried his outing would be a post cause, but an early wake up and departure from camp put our feet on this summit! With Cheryl and Jill - hell yeah, ladies! | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2012 5:13 pm | ||
| Diggler | 3rd time's the charm! Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2012 | |
| Finally got this one taken care of! Decided to just do the quick & dirty NE ridge to git 'er done. Thanks to Eric for convincing me to get up early to do it & avoid the rains (which actually finally happened!). Left 'TH (campsite)' @ 4.51. After some interesting routefinding which slowed us down a little, finally got back on track, & on to the ridge. Summited @ 9.57. Enjoyed great views of Bells & surrounding Elk surroundings, & left summit @ 10.27. Uneventful descent put us back at the campsite (10,100') @ 13.43. Great day, & glad to be on another climb & peak again, bro. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2012 6:42 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Dec 22, 2011 | |
| Climbed in conjunction with Conundrum. Summited both peaks during the storm. UNGODLY cold (-8F to -13F) and windy. Sun came out just as we crested the summit of Castle. That was wicked cool! First 14ers of the winter season. | |
| Posted Dec 24, 2011 12:47 pm | ||
| xpda | Castle Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1990 | |
| Not sure about the date. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:33 pm | ||
| ferdinandverboom | Snowy Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2011 | |
| Did Castle Peak with my wife in perfect conditions (both). There still was a lot of snow. All the way from the Castle Creek parking lot to the summit. That day there was one other party skiing. We just had our boots and crampons, which was quicker in the ascent, but 10 times slower in the descent. It was my wife's first 14er/4000er and she was very happy with it. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2011 8:46 am | ||
| apachedino | Caslte Moat Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2011 | |
| Inadvertantly did the Castle Moat route and had a blast, combined with Conundrum for a splendid loop in perfect weather. | |
| Posted Oct 27, 2011 11:08 pm | ||
| I like it on top | Standard Route with Conundrum Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2011 | |
| The summit ridge was awesome, with some winds, but otherwise great day. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2011 10:35 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Nice, Moderate Elk Summit Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Going to have to come back and ski this one. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2011 7:13 pm | ||
| Kara | Beautiful Fall colors & Castle Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2011 | |
| Nice hike from the Pearl Pass junction. The summit ridge had some snow, making some of the easier moves a bit dicey...plus had some clouds moving in to make it quick, and cut out Conundrum. The summit is beautiful, and the new snow & clouds added to the mountain perspective. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2011 10:31 am | ||
| Matt Lemke | via NE ridge Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2011 | |
| A great day of clear fall weather after a week of not so great weather. Snow and ice on the ridge made the ascent interesting. We coupled in Corundrum as well. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2011 9:37 pm | ||
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