Castle Peak - Photos by Alice McGrath, Barb Proffitt, and Mike Nusink

The group coming up from Castle Pass



Heading up

The view toward I80 as we climb higher

Approaching the peak

Near the Peak

Almost there

Vista. What a beautiful clear day. The distant peak is Pilot Peak - near Penn Valley

Barb and hike leader. Chris, at the top

View from the top - Donner Lake on the left?

The next challenge - Basin Peak

And off we go

A rest brek on the way - Chris W, Chris G, Lee, and Barb in the back; April, Gay, and Alice in the front

Lee Johnson start up Basin Peak

Chris W approaching Basin Peak

The final push to Basin Peak

At
Basin Peak - a Yahoo! for Sue Geisler. The hiker on ther
right is not part of our hiking club - a lone hiker from Roseville (Rod
Campbell) who chose to tag along for part of the hike.

Look back at Basin Peak from the meadow below

View of Castle Peak from the trail junction at Castle Pass

Water break

Tall trees on the way back to the trailhead