castle peak

Chose Castle Peak as our first of the six peaks in the challenge, as we were on our way to Olympic Valley.  Great hike and

It was a sunny day on 5/24 to hike Castle Peak and bag my first summit of the Lake Tahoe 6 Peaks Challenge with a

We started out near the start of the dirt road right off I-80 which ended up extending our hike quite a bit. But we started

Did a lollipop hike going first to Basin Peak then Castle Peak and then back to the trail head via Castle Valley Road.  Not a

Went for all 7 peaks. Used this as a tapering hike after the hefty long hike the prior week. nice loop, we added a portion

This hike was gorgeous. very mild to start but gets steep towards the top. Finding the actual summit was difficult. Lots of rock scrambling. The