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| DrHill | Intro to mountaineering  Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2012 | |
| With the Sierra Mountaineering Group. Fun climb | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2013 11:27 pm | ||
| tyler4588 | With Basin Peak on Skis Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2013 | |
| Skinned up Castle Peak, traversed over to Basin, then skied down into Round Valley. It was an awesome day full of great snow! Trip Report | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2013 8:09 pm | ||
| gordonye | Snowshoe hike Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2013 | |
| Hiked with Mike C, Pete T, Todd H, Jerry H, Mark, Samuel P, Ernie N from the west ridge route. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2013 12:16 am | ||
| wfry | Central Couloir Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2012 | |
| Winter ascent of the central couloir with a team of six. Good location to practice roped climbing technique and pro placement. | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2012 7:26 pm | ||
| Steve Pratt | Solo hike Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2012 | |
| 3:20 CTC, which it not great, but pretty good for me. Probably coulda come in under 3:00 but I was very slow and deliberate on the summit block because I was alone. Cloudy day from the bay area up to the saddle, but hiking up the ridge I came out above the cloud tops and I could look down on the "sea of clouds.". I love that. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2012 1:00 pm | ||
| ScrambledLeggs | PCT Ascent | |
| I climbed Castle as a side trip during my 2012 thru hike. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2012 9:20 pm | ||
| David Naylor | Good fun Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012 | |
| Overnight backpack started with Andesite, to Castle, to Basin and down to Paradise Lake. Good fun and lovely setting at the lake. Really enjoyed the class 3 section on the East Turret. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2012 1:09 am | ||
| mg1779 | Finally! Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2010 | |
| Snowshoed to the peak from Peter Grubb Hut. This was my 3rd attempt and I finally made it. Got stuck in a white out on my first attempt! | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2012 12:54 pm | ||
| thexcat | West ridge Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2012 | |
| With pg and aj via west ridge on a warm sunny winter day. Fun scramble on E Turret. Hiked to Basin and Andesite afterwards. Drive to/from bay area made this a long day | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2012 4:33 pm | ||
| edge17 | fun hike Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2012 | |
| went over the ridge to Basin Peak, then over to Andesite Mountain | ||
| Posted Jan 16, 2012 1:51 am | ||
| bryangast | Where's the snow? Date Climbed: Dec 17, 2011 | |
| Went looking for snow, found dirt and wind. Some snow in the shade, icy and thin. Snow in the trees, almost none on the standard route. | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2011 6:55 pm | ||
| sierramtngoat | Castle Pass / east side of east turret Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2011 | |
| Hiked up with my wife Anna; it was warm with a gentle breeze to the west. The down-climb of the east turret was spookier than I remembered, but quite do-able. We saw a lot of flying spider webs and tons stuck in the trees on the hike down, bizarre? Route Climbed: Castle Pass / east side of east turret Date Climbed: May 22, 2004 - Successful! Solo hike; good snow coverage though the valley below made the cross country to Castle pass easy. Got very windy as I climbed the west ridge though; it was very windy on top too. Fun class three scramble on the east side of the east turret (summit block). | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2011 11:25 pm | ||
| dkangas | Lots of Early Snow Date Climbed: Dec 13, 2011 | |
| Did the 4th class summit-block as well as the other high points, then over to Basin Peak. Found a fun little chute up the face. | ||
| Posted Sep 18, 2011 6:45 pm | ||
| scoob | castle peak trail Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011 | |
| 3rd time!snow from green gate to base of ridge/nice trail to top. good views with lassen in the distance.first hike back for my girl after she had our daughter 2 months ago. used to have a summit register, couldn't find one! checked everywhere. 4th cl. route up east summit block... | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2011 11:34 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | winter 2011 | |
| via 4th class summit block...went on to Basin after | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2011 5:27 pm | ||
| tyler4588 | Snowshoes in June Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2011 | |
| Snow from highway to summit. Clear skies, beautiful day, mushy snow. Fun! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2011 2:14 am | ||
| wfry | NE Couloir Date Climbed: May 29, 2010 | |
| Great peak for getting in some practice. Accended the NE Couloir to the summit. Rappelled off and descended the SW face. Thanks SMG. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2011 12:14 am | ||
| Trawinski | First snowshoe hike Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2004 | |
| I've done this several times, but the first was my first snowshoeing hike with my buddy John. Awesome wind-blown snow features on the trees. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2011 4:28 pm | ||
| mengbo | Snowshoes/Crampons Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2011 | |
| First time of using snowshoes. The weather is not bad in the morning but snowing in the afternoon when we drove back home. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2011 7:28 pm | ||
| jareds | great skiing / camping | |
| been up here a couple times - just over 2.5 hours from SF, an easy skin up to the saddle and then short climb to the summit. great sw-facing turns in the spring. prob the quickest place from the city to get on your skis. | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2011 1:10 am | ||
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