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I'm almost there; just a little further and I'll be on that saddle between the two Castle Peaks pinnacle `groups`

2911-castle-peaks.jpg The climb up to this Castle Peaks saddle is about 500 feet elevation in about 3/4 mile from Indian Spring down belowThumbnailsGreat views back down into the valley behind me from this Castle Peaks saddleThe climb up to this Castle Peaks saddle is about 500 feet elevation in about 3/4 mile from Indian Spring down belowThumbnailsGreat views back down into the valley behind me from this Castle Peaks saddleThe climb up to this Castle Peaks saddle is about 500 feet elevation in about 3/4 mile from Indian Spring down belowThumbnailsGreat views back down into the valley behind me from this Castle Peaks saddleThe climb up to this Castle Peaks saddle is about 500 feet elevation in about 3/4 mile from Indian Spring down belowThumbnailsGreat views back down into the valley behind me from this Castle Peaks saddleThe climb up to this Castle Peaks saddle is about 500 feet elevation in about 3/4 mile from Indian Spring down belowThumbnailsGreat views back down into the valley behind me from this Castle Peaks saddle

The juniper trees provide a sense of scale as to how large these pinnacles are.