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One short, steep hill and I'll be up at the next Castle Peaks pinnacles

2973-castle-peaks.jpg  I reach this pass in the Castle Peaks and have an unexpected view to the north across the Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-left I reach this pass in the Castle Peaks and have an unexpected view to the north across the Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-left I reach this pass in the Castle Peaks and have an unexpected view to the north across the Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-left I reach this pass in the Castle Peaks and have an unexpected view to the north across the Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-left I reach this pass in the Castle Peaks and have an unexpected view to the north across the Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsTo the west, I get a view I haven't seen before, with the New York Mountains peaks at upper-left

It's fun navigating out here with a general direction, but without a precisely predetermined route. However, I have to keep checking my GPS and maps to make sure I don't end up on a slope that's a bit too steep to hike safely. I get vertigo easily.