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Climbing History (Castle Peak)Title: First Climbed Entered by: gpeoples Added: 5/14/2010, Last Updated: 5/14/2010 Sources: A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Walter R.Borneman and Lyndon J. Lampert, Third Addition, Published 1994. Castle Peak was first climbed in 1873 by the Hayden Survey. |
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. |