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Castle Peak

Name History (Castle Peak)



Title: Naming of Castle Peak

Entered by: 14erFred

Added: 5/14/2010, Last Updated: 5/14/2010

Sources: Hart, J.L.J. (1977). Fourteen thousand feet: A history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks (Second Edition). Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club.

The Hayden U.S. Government Survey of 1874 named this peak for the striking towers along its ridges.