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| MountainHikerCO | With Conundrum  Date Climbed: Sep 1, 1990 | |
| This was my first climb of Castle. Not having a 4WD I got to hike in the road. I also climbed Conundrum. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2008 8:16 pm | ||
| tomlauren | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| Hiked the West Ridge from camp at Conundrum Hot Springs with my friend Keith. We descended via the West Face to avoid returning over 'Castleabra'. I think that it would have been easier to return the way that we came because the scree fields were loose and nasty. The hot springs were incredible after a long day of hiking! | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2008 9:53 pm | ||
| johnmnichols | Castle via NE approach Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2006 | |
| Summited via NE ridge route. NW ridge route had too much steep scree just below the Conundrum Ridge. Diminishing weather prevented a scamper over to Conundrum Peak. | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2007 10:17 am | ||
| dr_gonz | nice | |
| few people up there that day. very pretty place with great views of the bells, pyramid, etc. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 4:05 pm | ||
| cp0915 | NE Ridge and Traverse to Conundrum Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Solo. Easy. Good views. Descended via the Castle-Conundrum saddle. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 10:26 am | ||
| ktimm | nice Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Nice, easy, great intro to elks | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2007 10:29 pm | ||
| Panthera uncia | Standard route Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| The view of the Elk range to the NW from the top of Castle was amazing! | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2007 4:14 pm | ||
| ouray19 | Another favorite Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2004 | |
| Uncompahgre was my favorite 14'er until I did Castle. The whole hike was beautiful! | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 9:09 pm | ||
| GeorgeJames | NE\NW Loop Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| Climbed the northeast ridge from the 4WD parking area. Went across the saddle to Conundrum, and descended down the northwest ridge route. Slid down some sketchy stuff at the top due to lack of snow, scraped up my leg real nice. Glissading after that was great. Next time I won't come in August. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 5:40 pm | ||
| rpace | First Elk Range 14er Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Approaching this peak from the west is much more difficult than the east side, but still a great climb! | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2007 1:10 am | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Done. Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2001 | |
| Beautiful peak. Nice crevasse, too, for a semi-permanent snowfield. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 4:47 pm | ||
| Scott Rogers | Fun Climb Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007 | |
| Cruised up to the top. Great view of the Elks and the Sawatch range. Can't wait to get back to the Elks, but I hate the hubbub of Aspen. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2007 8:06 pm | ||
| lilmantis | Beat down after 3 wks at sea level... Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2007 | |
| Ran into one of the coolest persons I know! Summited together. Awsome time Suey and Jeff! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2007 6:42 am | ||
| Gahugafuga | Tour de Castle Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2007 | |
| Super warm temperatures made me leary of the Conundrum Couloir, so I climbed the NE Ridge of Castle and traversed the NW Ridge to Conundrum. Despite the Elk's rep for bad rock, there is some fun scrambling along the NE Ridge if you go looking for it, class 3/4 with solid rock. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2007 6:11 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | North Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| The snow wasn't in great shape, but still a good ascent with some great glissades on the way down. Conundrum and Malamute were nice additions to the day. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2007 1:39 pm | ||
| Britette | North Face Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| After climbing and skiing the Conundrum couloir, did the same on Castle's north face. Cold and windy. Snow was hard - great for climbing, not so much for skiing, but fun all the same. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 12:30 pm | ||
| cftbq | Northeast Ridge with snow Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007 | |
| Made a last-minute decision to climb the NE ridge because it looked easier. It wasn't, so we (trishapajean and I) descended the NW ridge. VERY slow ascent and two great glissades on the way down. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2007 7:17 pm | ||
| Britette | North Face Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2005 | |
| Climbed the north face couloir to ridge and scrambled to summit. Unable to ski direct from summit so downclimbed to saddle and skied the north face from there. | |
| Posted May 29, 2007 1:56 pm | ||
| boisedoc | good Elk introduction Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1999 | |
| Interesting but not frightening | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 4:28 pm | ||
| lanagordon | Beware of the Boulders Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2006 | |
| A friend had one literally roll off his back. Be careful! | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2006 6:18 pm | ||
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