Castle Peak, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,272 ft / 4350 m
Subpeaks	Castle Peak-West Peak (13,803 ft/4207 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 0' 35'' N; 106° 51' 41'' W 39.009636, -106.861324 (Dec Deg) 338841E 4319494N Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Gunnison (Highest Point) Pitkin (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Castle Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      SummitPost.org Page for Castle Peak      CoHP.org Trip Report for Gunnison, CO by Fred Lobdell      CoHP.org Trip Report for Gunnison, CO by Walt O'Neil      CoHP.org Trip Report for Gunnison, CO by Kevin Baker Lists that contain Castle Peak:      Aetherius Society Holy Mountains (Rank #2)      Rocky Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #6)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #8)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #11)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #11)      Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #12)      Colorado 13,700-foot Peaks (Rank #12)      Colorado 13,500 foot Peaks (Rank #12)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #13)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #14)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #19)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #19)      United States 13,750-foot Peaks (Rank #35)      Colorado Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #50)      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #58)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #207) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs (Roach)        A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners (Borneman, Lampert)        Hiking Colorado's Summits (Mitchler, Covill) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2001-07-13 by Petter Bjørstad      2002-08-04 by Mike Groesbeck      2002-08-09 by Joe Lavelle      2007-06-02 by Patrick Lilly      2008-10-25 by Brian Kalet      2009-06-13 by David Foster      2010-09-10 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2012-04-08 by Brian Marsh (Unsuccessful)      2012-06-13 by Brian Marsh      2012-08-18 by Ethan Aumann      2012-09-02 by Eric Bruce View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Castle Peak      Elevation Ladder from Castle Peak      Prominence Ladder from Castle Peak

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 2345 ft/715 m Optimistic Prominence: 2385 ft/727 m Key Col: Taylor Pass 11,920 ft/3633 m  (40 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 11,880 and 11,920 feet.     Topo Map: Hayden Peak O39106a7 1:24,000     Key Col Lat/Long: 39° 1' 13'' N; 106° 45' 21'' W     Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	20.86 mi/33.57 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     La Plata Peak  (E) Isolation Limit Point: 39° 1' 45'' N; 106° 28' 28'' W     ILP Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Elk Range Area (Highest Point) Range5: Elk Mountains (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Colorado Gulf of California Pacific Ocean Gunnison Colorado Gulf of California Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest/White River National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Hayden Peak O39106a7 1:24,000
First Ascent	1873 Henry Gannett

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