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| Scott Wesemann | A dance with the Devil Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Matthew Van Horn, doing all three summits East to West. This is an excellent scramble, giving you the best the Wasatch has to offer. I think it is harder to go East to West, because the down climbing is much more difficult. (See trip report) | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2008 6:08 pm | ||
| Travis Atwood | Summit at Dusk  Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Ammon for a quick after work outing. Fun scramble for such a quick trip. We ended up coming down in the dark. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2008 1:34 am | ||
| Ammon Hatch | Summit at Dusk Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008 | |
| Went up after work for a quick hike with Travis Atwood. The sun was setting when we started scrambling, but we made it back past the sketchy sections before dark. Great scrambling with plenty of exposure to go around. Ran into climbingchic during the scrambling. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2008 1:06 am | ||
| dunsum | Devil's Castle Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Brenton Peterson on a fine, late-spring day; still a ton of snow hanging around this year. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2008 11:04 pm | ||
| vanman798 | Timp looks amazing from Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008 | |
| While skiing at Alta, I put on my climbling skins and skinned up to the East Peak of Devils Castle (aka East Castle); I got right up on top so I could look down the South aspect. It only took about 30 minutes to do it from the Supreme lift at Alta. First time I did it was March 22, 2008, but I didn't bother with the views like I did this time. East Castle is at 40.56603ºN / 111.61101ºW with an elevation of 10,880 ft. Also today (April 5, 2008), I skinned up to the ridge between Sugarloaf and Devils Castle, and had a look down the south aspect. I was at 40.56528ºN / 111.61824ºW, about 0.6 km E (82°) of East Castle at an elevation of 10,800 ft. Loved the views of Timp from both locations. | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2008 8:48 pm | ||
| PocketsOfBlue | Sweetness Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| Bagged this in a quick afternoon with J. Parked at Alta then ascended via Cecret Lake, gained the ridge east of the peak and made our way up the scramble (sketchtastic!) to the summit, where we were surprised and pleased to find a couple from Colorado already up there. Great exposure and an excellent peak, looking forward to a technical ascent up Black Streak this summer. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2008 3:49 pm | ||
| seth@LOKI | don't kill the messenger Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2007 | |
| Nice box. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2007 1:00 pm | ||
| Bassoon | Finally! Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007 | |
| Been wanting to climb Devil's Castle since last year. Scrambled up the boulder field to the colouir on the west side- only climbed to the first summit as I was just "exploring", but mean to come back soon and finish it off. 7/28/07 Camped out in the saddle meadow between Devil's Castle and Sugarloaf. Hiked up Sugarloaf to wake up and get warm, then came back and finished off Devil's Castle. Saw a huge moose on the way down- it was a good morning. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2007 3:28 pm | ||
| apachedino | W. to E. Ridge Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007 | |
| Wow, this peak has excellent exposure but still a fairly easy climb. Solid rock with maybe one low 5th (~5.2) move. This turned out to be easier than I thought it was, but more fun as well. Saw a goat pretty close on the way down. Tacked on Sugarloaf before just for fun. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 8:32 pm | ||
| Moogie737 | From Cecret Lake Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2007 | |
| My first time hitting all three towers, thanks to the able help of Lana & Broc. This is a fine little climb which makes the climber utilize a wide range of skills. The entire exercise took only 3 1/2 hours. I highly recommend this loop. (We crossed the ridgeline from west to east and descended after traversing eastward from the third tower maybe 300 yards.) #2 on 8-7-07 with Lana & Brent we topped them from west to east and then came back, touching each tower again and then followed the ridge to Haystack. Lots of fun scrambling. #3 8-29-07 My 3rd time atop all of the spires was part of a long ridge hike which began at the south Superior ridge and hooked around to the Snowbird tram. #4 10-19-10 W/ Dave. Alta Ridge Run from Cardiff Pass over Honeycomb Cliffs, etc. to and including the Castle. Astounding autumn colors below us and in LCC. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2007 6:44 pm | ||
| soccerman | From Alta Parking Lot Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007 | |
| The dirt road up to Cecret Lake was closed for "dust control" thus added another 5 miles to the hike. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 10:32 pm | ||
| climbingchic | the classic climb! Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007 | |
| This hike is definitely my favorite short hike here in the wasatch! I put in all the scrambling/climbing I could! and I took my time...for once. lol got detailed pics. I started from cecret lake and topped the summit then headed east along the ridge. bumped into a deer, mtn goat. I love the exposure and the climbing! awesome hike! | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2007 12:59 am | ||
| LonePeakFreak | A Classic Scramble Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| This was my first time in the Albion Basin and I loved it! The views and exposure would be really hard to beat in any other trip that takes less than three hours car-to-car. Threw in Sugarloaf on the way down since it was so close. Saw several moose, including a massive bull near the campground and a smaller cow on a plateau above the lake. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2007 6:51 pm | ||
| JLarsen | Route Climbed: Cecret Lake Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2007 | |
| What a fun climb! I will do this again and again. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2007 6:30 pm | ||
| seanpeckham | Twice to west and middle peaks Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011 | |
| First time August 1996. Don't remember if we had intended to complete the traverse, but were intimidated by the east peak and went back down the west side. Our route to top out the west peak was on the American Fork side of the ridge. Second time Aug 21 2011. Topped the west peak on the LCC side this time, seemed much better. Watched two guys complete the traverse, which was educational as to the route, but one in our party was sketched out between the west and middle peak so we stuck together. I went to the middle one myself, but was sorta glad for the excuse not to expose myself on the east one. I can't speak for that section, but as for the west and middle (true) peaks, I don't see where there were any 5th class moves. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2007 3:38 am | ||
| renogurt | I love Alta | |
| Devil's Castle is a must due. It only takes a few hours and the views are awesome. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2006 2:05 am | ||
| Rocky Alps | Route Climbed: Cecret Lake Route Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006 | |
| This was a very enjoyable hike/scramble and I feel it's by far the best of its length in the Wasatch. It was really short (up and back in 3 hours), but after leaving the crowds at Cecret Lake and getting up to the ridge, the scrambling/climbing was really fun and the rock quality was much better than most other places in the Wasatch range. I only tagged the western summit since my wife didn't want to do any difficult scrambling that day. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 6:44 pm | ||
| marauders | Route Climbed: Full Ridge Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006 | |
| Awesome mountain when you only have a few hours to spare. The ridge is a great scramble. It's short, but still lots of fun. It only took 3 hours round trip. If you plan to summit Devil's Castle, take the time to scramble to the second summit and complete the ridge. It's a much better scramble and well worth it. We also watched a team climb the Black Streak (the 5.10b route on the cliff face), it was pretty cool. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2006 11:32 pm | ||
| J Anderson | Always fun in the Devil's House Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008 | |
| 08/01/2008 West to East with Matt Climbed twice from east to west. 08/05/2006 as part of the Bullion Divide with Matt and Joe 07/19/2007 with Matt in combination with Sugarloaf. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 3:29 am | ||
| climbingchic | ridge traverse Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006 | |
| Once again! an awesome hike every time. came from cecret lake, to the pass and then stuck to the ridge. the scrambling and tiny bit of climbing were great! a little nervous with the wind and the weather wasnt the best, but still a cool hike!! hopefully will do it again this year. yeah! | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2006 4:28 am | ||
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