Castle Peak Climber's Log

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REM - Jun 6, 2011 4:27 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 1981

From Montezuma Basin  Sucess!

Climbed with my Father

Up2zmtns - Mar 19, 2011 1:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010

Conundrum Couloir to Castle Peak  Sucess!

fun, with tyler, our first couloir

altitude14er

altitude14er - Jan 14, 2011 11:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010

Route Climbed: Conundrum Traverse  Sucess!

After a nasty fall on Conundrum I reached this summit on a bloody, swollen knee cap!

centrifuge

centrifuge - Jan 13, 2011 12:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2010

with castle the other big C  Sucess!

amazing september day

thatnissanguy

thatnissanguy - Dec 18, 2010 9:58 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010

Castle and Conundrum  Sucess!

Traversed from Conundrum. Climbed Conundrum over 5th class slabs from a notch in the North Ridge.

rockymountaindiva

rockymountaindiva - Oct 11, 2010 12:25 am Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010

2nd try  Sucess!

Got blown off about 300' from the top only a month earlier. Glad to make it on the 2nd attempt.

strudolyubov

strudolyubov - Sep 27, 2010 11:58 am Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2010

Castle/Conundrum combo  Sucess!

Summited Castle via Northeast Ridge. Continued on to Conundrum, then returned back the same way. Nice hiking/scrambling with a little bit of snow, great weather, gorgeous views!

byates

byates - Sep 1, 2010 6:47 pm Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2010

Up East and to Conundrum  Sucess!

A bit of new snow, went up the Northeast ridge, traversed to Conundrum and down the saddle, I was surprised by the depth and size of the crevases in the snow field going all the way into the tarn.

BigRob

BigRob - Aug 25, 2010 3:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2010

Standard  Sucess!

Climbed with Katie in moderate clouds. Nice summit and my first time in the Elks

JustinShapiro

JustinShapiro - Aug 17, 2010 5:21 am Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010

Along with Conundrum  Sucess!

Climbed along with Conundrum Peak. In my opinion, these two peaks were the easiest 14ers I've climbed so far. I wasn't even sore after wards, it was great and the weather was fantastic. The hardest part about this climb was descending the ice field below the Castle-Conundrum saddle. It was very slippery with lots of falling rock.

rdmc

rdmc - Jul 30, 2010 12:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010

Awesome day at the Castle! :0)  Sucess!

Couldn't have asked for a better day.
Nice to get up in the altitudes again, where the air is crisp, cool, clean, and thin!
The slide down was great fun too.
:0)

kunz82414

kunz82414 - Jul 26, 2010 1:07 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010

Yup  Sucess!

Good summer day, enjoyed the scramble and the view.

seano

seano - Jun 21, 2010 3:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010

NE ridge  Sucess!

Snow made this much more pleasant, with 2 glissades on the way down. Trip report

metal4lyf

metal4lyf - Jun 7, 2010 10:33 am Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2010

via Conundrum  Sucess!

This was a very easy 400' scramble from the north ridge.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - May 24, 2010 1:31 pm Date Climbed: May 23, 2010

North Couloir w/ ski  Sucess!

Sam and I hiked up the North Couloir and skied back down. Put up a high camp at 12,800 the night before, windy night! High camp was good though, and we were able to ski out before the road got to mushy.

theREALCarpeDM

theREALCarpeDM - Apr 8, 2010 5:56 pm Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008

2nd try  Sucess!

Got myself into a dilly of a pickle, though. Got off-route - off the ridge and nearly slid off the mountain trying to get back on route. Luckily, it turned out okay.

utclimber - Mar 28, 2010 4:13 pm

Northwest Ridge  Sucess!

Hiked up Castle Peak, then traversed over to Conundrum.

JB99

JB99 - Dec 9, 2009 4:36 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007

From Conundrum  Sucess!

Came over from Conundrum after climbing the namesake couloir. A trip report and video are linked below.

http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.php?trip=4569&parmuser=JB99&cpgm=tripuser

Senad Rizvanovic

Senad Rizvanovic - Nov 24, 2009 12:25 am Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2009

1st in Elks  Sucess!

Great climb, due to weather conditions i didint make it to Conundrum.

2nd time July 12, 2015

Mark N

Mark N - Sep 8, 2009 1:31 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009

NE Ridge  Sucess!

With sister Liz, her first fourteener.

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