Castle Peak Archives - Stuck in the Rockies

Spring Ski Season Wrap-up

Jun 11, 2016

A wrap up of our 2016 spring ski season on the 13ers and 14ers.

Castle Peak – South Face

May 25, 2016

A late spring ski descent of the South Face of Castle Peak with Pete Gaston and Max Taam.

Castle Peak – 11.9.13

Nov 15, 2013

A nice early season ski of Castle Peak’s North Couloir.

14er Ski Descents – Castle Peak – April 2, 2011

Apr 4, 2011

An awesome early spring ski descent of the East Face of Castle Peak.

Christy prances through the snow. The holiday season is upon us, and if you live and work in a resort town such as Aspen, it’s not quite the vacation you might think. Everything and everyone is maxed out– the mountain is busy, you work everyday, town is packed, you can’t park anywhere or walk into a restaurant without a reservation. Of course the business/ busy-ness is welcome, but by the...

Lovely, no?

Apr 21, 2010

Uninspiring for skiing, it’s uninspiring for blogging too, as the skiing and scenery are just UGLY. You can follow the snirt line as it moves up the mountain day after day. This photo is actually from April 10th, by now it’s showing up on the high peaks in the background. Ross Kribbs photo, click to enlarge. Ross’s email appeared my inbox with the aforementioned title in the subject line. Attached...

Grizzly & the local ‘Big 10’ Wrap-up

Jun 27, 2008

At 13,988 ft., Grizzly Peak is the tallest 13er in the state and a regular on many ski mountaineers spring tick list. Dirk and I found it in pretty good shape last Thursday. [singlepic=13,361,500,,center] Technically, Grizzly falls in the Sawatch Range and not in the Elks but with popular access beginning a short way up Independence Pass on the Aspen side, it feels pretty local. If you put together a list...