I've frequently seen Castle Mountain from its valley below, from a distant mountain, from the air between Petersburg and Wrangell but never have I laid my eyes on the mountain's north face until now. I only took a couple photos of the mountain because I was simply in awe of the scale... That and we flew close enough to the back wall of the mountain that I felt like I could stick my hand out the window and touch the rock. The sense of scale was on a level I had not felt before. I was awestruck. This photo isn't quite Castle Mountain proper, simply a small peak nearby hiding the true peak.
I did manage to fire the camera a few times. Castle and its turrets break through the ice encrusted north face.
A saddle. Castle is on the right and this was one of the routes we had eyed during the winter. Well, the actual chute is hidden from this angle. Pretty daunting.
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