Castle Peak

14,265 ft.

October 7, 2004
North Couloir

Dirk Bockelmann

 
 
 
 
 
Dirk, at the saddle, heading for the summit
Dirk on top, the way he likes it
Into the couloir
Our first lap(out of order) before hitting the summit
It's always cool to be able to leave a record of your work

It's amazing what a good day you can get up in Montezuma in October. Since Dirk and I were heded to Ecuador in a week or so we wanted some time up high. A bluebird day with easy skiing snow greeted us.

After first skiing a lap in the upper bowl, we followed up with the now typical Castle loop— up to the Castle/Conundrum saddle, to the summit of Castle, and then down the North Couloir.

Montezuma doesn't get much better than this.

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