Castle Peak (6120')

Castle Peak can be accessed from Mowich Lake (Mt. Rainier National Park) by hiking the Wonderland Trail on the west side of the lake and taking to the woods, contouring around and up from the lake to a saddle. A nearer blocky peak is bypassed on the right side to climb Castle Peak. There is a boot path much of the way. Castle Peak has a flat summit area with two high points: the main summit at 6120', which requires a short scramble to get to, and the slightly lower peak on the opposite end of the plateau at 6110'. This one is relatively flat. At the end of this video I mention the transit across the ridge above Mowich Lake to continue to bag First Mother Mountain without backtracking. This transit is a separate video in the series.