gimpilator - Dec 20, 2017 4:34 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2017
Gass/Fossil Ridge/Castle Rock
3 peak day.
Tracy - Nov 27, 2013 7:07 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2013
standard approach
I decided to do this "spur of the moment" since I was in the northwest corner of the Las Vegas Valley and found myself with some extra time. It took me an hour and 20 minutes car to car.
mountaingazelle - Dec 4, 2011 12:07 pm Date Climbed: Dec 3, 2011
Castle Rock
I approached from the north. I saw some neat alcoves in the cliffs of this peak. It was quite windy during the entire hike. There was lots of snow on Mount Charleston across the valley.
jtellis - Oct 10, 2011 2:14 am Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2011
Great find
Out-of-the-way hikes like this are why I love SummitPost. A nice long walk through the desert with lizards and jackrabbits, and a fun, relatively quick ascent to the top. Lots of loose scree, not for novices -- my wife stopped slightly short of the peak. I walked the whole ridge; no mayo jar anymore. I looked everywhere.
The road is pretty tough; I'm driving a Corolla and it wasn't fun. Doable, but sadly I'm not sure if I could make it another six miles to the Gass Peak trailhead.
sierragator - Mar 25, 2007 6:13 pm Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2007
castle rock
Nice Sunday workout. Found the old mayo jar register w/o a problem.
cp0915 - Dec 31, 2006 12:55 am Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2006
Tour of the Mojave
Well, I started out the morning by driving from Vegas to what I thought was the Kingston Peak trailhead...but something didn't seem right. I sensed an error (or perhaps a mis-read) in the driving directions had me in the wrong spot - so I decided to leave Kingston for another day.
I then moved on to Shadow Mountain, a trivial peak close to Kingston. Short and sweet.
I then moved on to the Ivanpah Mountain (in Mojave National Preserve), of which I still have a couple named peaks to tick off. Once again, poor directions landed me in the wrong spot...but I was close enough to cross-country it and bag Striped Mountain anyway.
I then moved on to Kokoweef Peak, where for the third time that day, poor directions landed me miles away from where I needed to be. I didn't realize it, of course, until I set out on foot, perplexed, and eventually climbed to the top of a ridge...and spied Kokoweef in the distance. Ugh, I had somewhere to be, so I left it for another day and headed home.
Well, a last minute change of plans had me soon driving to Castle Rock. No bad directions...and the summit views were fantastic. No register found, though.
redsplashman23 - Dec 19, 2006 3:14 am Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2006
Castle Rock
Easy hike. It was a cold windy day though. Views of Las Vegas and surrounding area were stunning with all the snow topped peaks.
gimpilator - Dec 20, 2017 4:34 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2017
Gass/Fossil Ridge/Castle Rock3 peak day.
Tracy - Nov 27, 2013 7:07 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2013
standard approachI decided to do this "spur of the moment" since I was in the northwest corner of the Las Vegas Valley and found myself with some extra time. It took me an hour and 20 minutes car to car.
mountaingazelle - Dec 4, 2011 12:07 pm Date Climbed: Dec 3, 2011
Castle RockI approached from the north. I saw some neat alcoves in the cliffs of this peak. It was quite windy during the entire hike. There was lots of snow on Mount Charleston across the valley.
jtellis - Oct 10, 2011 2:14 am Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2011
Great findOut-of-the-way hikes like this are why I love SummitPost. A nice long walk through the desert with lizards and jackrabbits, and a fun, relatively quick ascent to the top. Lots of loose scree, not for novices -- my wife stopped slightly short of the peak. I walked the whole ridge; no mayo jar anymore. I looked everywhere.
The road is pretty tough; I'm driving a Corolla and it wasn't fun. Doable, but sadly I'm not sure if I could make it another six miles to the Gass Peak trailhead.
sierragator - Mar 25, 2007 6:13 pm Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2007
castle rockNice Sunday workout. Found the old mayo jar register w/o a problem.
cp0915 - Dec 31, 2006 12:55 am Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2006
Tour of the MojaveWell, I started out the morning by driving from Vegas to what I thought was the Kingston Peak trailhead...but something didn't seem right. I sensed an error (or perhaps a mis-read) in the driving directions had me in the wrong spot - so I decided to leave Kingston for another day.
I then moved on to Shadow Mountain, a trivial peak close to Kingston. Short and sweet.
I then moved on to the Ivanpah Mountain (in Mojave National Preserve), of which I still have a couple named peaks to tick off. Once again, poor directions landed me in the wrong spot...but I was close enough to cross-country it and bag Striped Mountain anyway.
I then moved on to Kokoweef Peak, where for the third time that day, poor directions landed me miles away from where I needed to be. I didn't realize it, of course, until I set out on foot, perplexed, and eventually climbed to the top of a ridge...and spied Kokoweef in the distance. Ugh, I had somewhere to be, so I left it for another day and headed home.
Well, a last minute change of plans had me soon driving to Castle Rock. No bad directions...and the summit views were fantastic. No register found, though.
redsplashman23 - Dec 19, 2006 3:14 am Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2006
Castle RockEasy hike. It was a cold windy day though. Views of Las Vegas and surrounding area were stunning with all the snow topped peaks.