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 Photographer: Drew Brayshaw

Technical: Fuji Sensia 100; Pentax Zoom90WR; scan to CD.
Date: July 24 2002
Vantage Point: From near the south summit

Technical: Fuji Sensia 100; Pentax Zoom90WR; scan to CD.

Caption: View north over Rockbound Lake to some of the other summits of the Castle Mountain ridge.

Story: Castle Mountain is a syncline with Rockbound Lake nestled in the cirque in the center. This means that on the climbing routes on the W face, the strata dip slightly down into the mountain, resulting in positive holds - in theory. The hiking route on Castle via Rockbound Lake comes up Silverton Creek to the lake, although it's called Rockbound Lake trail, not Silverton Creek trail. Anyway from the lake you sneak through the encircling cliffs on the right (gully at right edge of photo) then work your way counterclockwise up the huge sloping scree ramps of the summit plateau to the actual summit of your choice - there are a few. There is a good tread in the scree for the peak scramblers to follow. TV Summit and Stuart Knob are summit points off to the north a ways (at or out of left edge in the photo), Castle Mountain Summit is just north of the gap with Eisenhower Tower, and then you have Protection Mountain which is the next peak north of Castle (visible in the distance in this photo I think) and the peak at right is called Helena Ridge. Castle Mountain and Rockbound Lake are pretty neat - you have no idea that, looking at it from the highway, that this lake is hidden behind the Castle's walls.

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