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) 338841 E 4319494 N, 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      Castle Peak at SummitPost.org      Castle Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Castle Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      Castle Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      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 Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Castle Peak:      USA 48-States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #15)      Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #12)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #14)      Customary Western USA Fourteeners (Rank #15)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #11)      14ers.com Colorado Fourteeners (Rank #12)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #19)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #8)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #16)      United States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #36)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #16)      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #57)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #207)      Aetherius Society Holy Mountains (Rank #2)      100 Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #11)      100 Highest CoHPs (Rank #16)      Colorado Centennial Peaks (Top 100) (Rank #12)      United States 13,750-foot Peaks (Rank #36)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #13)      Rocky Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #6) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) 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)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 331      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 315) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2002-08-09 by Joe Lavelle      2007-06-02 by Patrick Lilly      2009-06-13 by David Foster      2010-09-10 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2011-07-31 by Donnie Puckle      2012-04-08 by Brian Marsh (Unsuccessful)      2012-08-18 by Ethan Aumann      2014-08-15 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)      2015-07-18 by glen mizenko      2015-09-08 by Albert Wolff      2016-08-16 by Jeremy McKeon      2017-07-16 by Paul Andrews      2017-08-20 by Mike Kernstock (GPS Track)      2017-09-03 by J Thornton      2017-09-15 by Bo Saunders (GPS Track)      2017-10-22 by Ben Ryan      2018-08-17 by Joseph McGrath      2018-08-17 by William Musser      2019-05-26 by Benjamin Casey      2020-06-29 by Ndirish35 Ndirish35      2020-07-20 by Eric Smith (GPS Track)      2020-07-23 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2020-07-31 by Scott Burns      2020-08-01 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)      2020-09-26 by Benjamin Kiser      2021-04-03 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)
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Castle Peak from Conundrum Peak (2015-09-08). Photo by Albert Wolff. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2345 ft/715 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2385 ft/727 m   Line Parent: Mount Elbert   Key Col: 11,920 ft/3633 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 20.86 mi/33.57 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.029162, -106.474467 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     La Plata Peak  (E)
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-Central America/Mexico Pacific Ocean Gunnison Colorado Gulf of California Pacific-Central America/Mexico 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     Gannett, Henry (United States)
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Castle, Conundrum, and Cathedral at sunrise from Mt. Massive (2017-06-17). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.

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