Topo and GPS tracks for todays outing (7.4mi, 2500ft gain).
Part of a 7 peak day that started with Tinker/Anderson in the morning.
Castle is my 32nd OGUL peak (Half Done!)
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08/03/2009 06:52 AM
I made it up to the road junction and decided not to push it any further. In retrosepect, I think I could have gotten the outback up to the Hole in the Ground trailhead but not to Castle Pass.
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First look at Castle from the trail. The highpoint is obscured behind the tree on the right.
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The spur trail leading from the end of the road up to the PCT junction. A fisherman had gotten his truck up to the end of the road and he was heading out as I passed.
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PCT junction. There's a guy trail running with a full pack up ahead.
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Castle Pass, a short distance past the PCT junction. Right turn here onto the unofficial trail up to Castle.
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1mi up to Castle from the pass. (The second half of which is quite steep)
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Castle getting closer. No routefinding issues, the trail was well defined all the way to the top.
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Approaching the inflection point where the trail turned sharply steeper. Passed a BSA troop near this point.