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      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 Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #11)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #13)      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #57)      Colorado 13,500 foot Peaks (Rank #12)      Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #14)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #19)      Colorado 13,700-foot Peaks (Rank #12)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #8)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #207)      Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #12)      United States 13,750-foot Peaks (Rank #36)      Aetherius Society Holy Mountains (Rank #2)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #14)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #19)      Colorado Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #50) 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:      2002-08-04 by Mike Groesbeck      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)      2012-06-13 by Brian Marsh      2012-08-18 by Ethan Aumann      2014-08-15 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)      2014-08-15 by Hannah Wilner      2014-09-07 by Brandon Boulier (GPS Track)      2015-07-18 by glen mizenko      2015-07-26 by Beth Lakin      2015-09-08 by Albert Wolff      2016-08-16 by Jeremy McKeon      2016-09-22 by Harvest Mondello      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)      2018-08-17 by William Musser      2018-08-17 by Joseph McGrath View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (223 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Castle Peak      Elevation Ladder from Castle Peak      Prominence Ladder from Castle Peak

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 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
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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