Travis Atwood - Aug 13, 2008 1:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008
Summit at Dusk
Climbed with Ammon for a quick after work outing. Fun scramble for such a quick trip. We ended up coming down in the dark.
Ammon Hatch - Aug 13, 2008 1:06 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008
Summit at Dusk
Went up after work for a quick hike with Travis Atwood. The sun was setting when we started scrambling, but we made it back past the sketchy sections before dark. Great scrambling with plenty of exposure to go around. Ran into climbingchic during the scrambling.
dunsum - Jun 7, 2008 11:04 pm Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008
Devil's Castle Couloir
Climbed with Brenton Peterson on a fine, late-spring day; still a ton of snow hanging around this year.
vanman798 - Apr 5, 2008 8:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2016
Timp looks amazing from
August 27, 2016 - Mike Halls and I climbed Portable Darkness (six pitches). We swung leads, I took the first pitch. Approach from the campground was 35ish mins. Time on climb was about 3 hours. Scramble to peak was under 30 mins. Descent (walk off to the west) was about 1.5 hours.
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August 11, 2012. Climbed the six pitch Portable Darkness Route then scrambled to the peak.
Start climbing at 12:04 pm. Here are our times (climbed with Scott C)...Both at top of p1 at 12:46 pm. Both at top of p2 at 1:41 pm, both at top of p3 at 1:57 pm, both at top of p4 at 2:34, both at top of p5 at 3:02, and both at top of p6 at 3:38 pm. 4:15 on the summit. 5:30 pm at Cecret lake, and 6:30 at the Alta parking lot.
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April 5, 2008 While skiing at Alta, I put on my climbling skins and skinned up to the East Peak of Devils Castle (aka East Castle); I got right up on top so I could look down the South aspect. It only took about 30 minutes to do it from the Supreme lift at Alta. First time I did it was March 22, 2008, but I didn't bother with the views like I did this time.
East Castle is at 40.56603ºN / 111.61101ºW with an elevation of 10,880 ft.
Also today (April 5, 2008), I skinned up to the ridge between Sugarloaf and Devils Castle, and had a look down the south aspect. I was at 40.56528ºN / 111.61824ºW, about 0.6 km E (82°) of East Castle at an elevation of 10,800 ft.
Loved the views of Timp from both locations.
PocketsOfBlue - Mar 27, 2008 3:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007
Sweetness
Bagged this in a quick afternoon with J. Parked at Alta then ascended via Cecret Lake, gained the ridge east of the peak and made our way up the scramble (sketchtastic!) to the summit, where we were surprised and pleased to find a couple from Colorado already up there. Great exposure and an excellent peak, looking forward to a technical ascent up Black Streak this summer.
seth@LOKI - Aug 14, 2007 1:00 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2007
Been wanting to climb Devil's Castle since last year. Scrambled up the boulder field to the colouir on the west side- only climbed to the first summit as I was just "exploring", but mean to come back soon and finish it off.
7/28/07
Camped out in the saddle meadow between Devil's Castle and Sugarloaf. Hiked up Sugarloaf to wake up and get warm, then came back and finished off Devil's Castle. Saw a huge moose on the way down- it was a good morning.
Wow, this peak has excellent exposure but still a fairly easy climb. Solid rock with maybe one low 5th (~5.2) move. This turned out to be easier than I thought it was, but more fun as well. Saw a goat pretty close on the way down. Tacked on Sugarloaf before just for fun.
Moogie737 - Jul 10, 2007 6:44 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2020
From Cecret Lake
#1 07-10-07 My first time hitting all three towers, thanks to the able help of Lana & Broc. This is a fine little climb which makes the climber utilize a wide range of skills. The entire exercise took only 3 1/2 hours. I highly recommend this loop. (We crossed the ridgeline from west to east and descended after traversing eastward from the third tower maybe 300 yards.) #2 on 8-7-07 with Lana & Brent we topped them from west to east and then came back, touching each tower again and then followed the ridge to Haystack. Lots of fun scrambling. #3 8-29-07 My 3rd time atop all of the spires was part of a long ridge hike which began at the south Superior ridge and hooked around to the Snowbird tram. #4 10-19-10 W/ Dave. Alta Ridge Run from Cardiff Pass over Honeycomb Cliffs, etc. to and including the Castle. Astounding autumn colors below us and in LCC. #5 08-28-20 W/ Lana. From Albion TH. 3+27 to the top of the 3rd tower.
The dirt road up to Cecret Lake was closed for "dust control" thus added another 5 miles to the hike.
climbingchic - Jul 6, 2007 12:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007
the classic climb!
This hike is definitely my favorite short hike here in the wasatch! I put in all the scrambling/climbing I could! and I took my time...for once. lol got detailed pics. I started from cecret lake and topped the summit then headed east along the ridge. bumped into a deer, mtn goat. I love the exposure and the climbing! awesome hike!
LonePeakFreak - Jul 1, 2007 6:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
A Classic Scramble
This was my first time in the Albion Basin and I loved it! The views and exposure would be really hard to beat in any other trip that takes less than three hours car-to-car. Threw in Sugarloaf on the way down since it was so close. Saw several moose, including a massive bull near the campground and a smaller cow on a plateau above the lake.
JLarsen - Jun 27, 2007 6:30 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2007
Route Climbed: Cecret Lake
What a fun climb! I will do this again and again.
seanpeckham - Jun 1, 2007 3:38 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011
Twice to west and middle peaks
First time August 1996. Don't remember if we had intended to complete the traverse, but were intimidated by the east peak and went back down the west side. Our route to top out the west peak was on the American Fork side of the ridge.
Second time Aug 21 2011. Topped the west peak on the LCC side this time, seemed much better. Watched two guys complete the traverse, which was educational as to the route, but one in our party was sketched out between the west and middle peak so we stuck together. I went to the middle one myself, but was sorta glad for the excuse not to expose myself on the east one. I can't speak for that section, but as for the west and middle (true) peaks, I don't see where there were any 5th class moves.
This was a very enjoyable hike/scramble and I feel it's by far the best of its length in the Wasatch. It was really short (up and back in 3 hours), but after leaving the crowds at Cecret Lake and getting up to the ridge, the scrambling/climbing was really fun and the rock quality was much better than most other places in the Wasatch range. I only tagged the western summit since my wife didn't want to do any difficult scrambling that day (9/4/06).
Came back with David and climbed to the highest middle summit from the west on 7/16/13. The exposed scrambling was really fun, and the various summits do look a lot like the towers of a castle when you're up on them. See "Best Bang For Your Buck" trip report for details.
J Anderson - Aug 12, 2006 3:29 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008
Always fun in the Devil's House
08/01/2008 West to East with Matt
Climbed twice from east to west.
08/05/2006 as part of the Bullion Divide with Matt and Joe
07/19/2007 with Matt in combination with Sugarloaf.
climbingchic - Aug 9, 2006 4:28 am Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006
ridge traverse
Once again! an awesome hike every time. came from cecret lake, to the pass and then stuck to the ridge. the scrambling and tiny bit of climbing were great! a little nervous with the wind and the weather wasnt the best, but still a cool hike!! hopefully will do it again this year. yeah!
Jeremy Franchow - Aug 4, 2006 11:44 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2003
Route climbed: Ridge Traverse
East to west. Exposure and challenging scrambling made for a very interesting hike. Mountain goats encountered on the descent.
Dorkteam6 - Jun 14, 2006 6:47 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2003
Nice drop offs
Came up from cecret lake to the ridge between the devils and sugarloaf. I then ridgewalked over to it.
Travis Atwood - Aug 13, 2008 1:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008
Summit at DuskClimbed with Ammon for a quick after work outing. Fun scramble for such a quick trip. We ended up coming down in the dark.
Ammon Hatch - Aug 13, 2008 1:06 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008
Summit at DuskWent up after work for a quick hike with Travis Atwood. The sun was setting when we started scrambling, but we made it back past the sketchy sections before dark. Great scrambling with plenty of exposure to go around. Ran into climbingchic during the scrambling.
dunsum - Jun 7, 2008 11:04 pm Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008
Devil's Castle CouloirClimbed with Brenton Peterson on a fine, late-spring day; still a ton of snow hanging around this year.
vanman798 - Apr 5, 2008 8:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2016
Timp looks amazing fromAugust 27, 2016 - Mike Halls and I climbed Portable Darkness (six pitches). We swung leads, I took the first pitch. Approach from the campground was 35ish mins. Time on climb was about 3 hours. Scramble to peak was under 30 mins. Descent (walk off to the west) was about 1.5 hours.
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August 11, 2012. Climbed the six pitch Portable Darkness Route then scrambled to the peak.
Start climbing at 12:04 pm. Here are our times (climbed with Scott C)...Both at top of p1 at 12:46 pm. Both at top of p2 at 1:41 pm, both at top of p3 at 1:57 pm, both at top of p4 at 2:34, both at top of p5 at 3:02, and both at top of p6 at 3:38 pm. 4:15 on the summit. 5:30 pm at Cecret lake, and 6:30 at the Alta parking lot.
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April 5, 2008 While skiing at Alta, I put on my climbling skins and skinned up to the East Peak of Devils Castle (aka East Castle); I got right up on top so I could look down the South aspect. It only took about 30 minutes to do it from the Supreme lift at Alta. First time I did it was March 22, 2008, but I didn't bother with the views like I did this time.
East Castle is at 40.56603ºN / 111.61101ºW with an elevation of 10,880 ft.
Also today (April 5, 2008), I skinned up to the ridge between Sugarloaf and Devils Castle, and had a look down the south aspect. I was at 40.56528ºN / 111.61824ºW, about 0.6 km E (82°) of East Castle at an elevation of 10,800 ft.
Loved the views of Timp from both locations.
PocketsOfBlue - Mar 27, 2008 3:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007
SweetnessBagged this in a quick afternoon with J. Parked at Alta then ascended via Cecret Lake, gained the ridge east of the peak and made our way up the scramble (sketchtastic!) to the summit, where we were surprised and pleased to find a couple from Colorado already up there. Great exposure and an excellent peak, looking forward to a technical ascent up Black Streak this summer.
seth@LOKI - Aug 14, 2007 1:00 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2007
don't kill the messengerNice box.
Bassoon - Jul 19, 2007 3:28 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007
Finally!Been wanting to climb Devil's Castle since last year. Scrambled up the boulder field to the colouir on the west side- only climbed to the first summit as I was just "exploring", but mean to come back soon and finish it off.
7/28/07
Camped out in the saddle meadow between Devil's Castle and Sugarloaf. Hiked up Sugarloaf to wake up and get warm, then came back and finished off Devil's Castle. Saw a huge moose on the way down- it was a good morning.
apachedino - Jul 16, 2007 8:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
W. to E. Ridge TraverseWow, this peak has excellent exposure but still a fairly easy climb. Solid rock with maybe one low 5th (~5.2) move. This turned out to be easier than I thought it was, but more fun as well. Saw a goat pretty close on the way down. Tacked on Sugarloaf before just for fun.
Moogie737 - Jul 10, 2007 6:44 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2020
From Cecret Lake#1 07-10-07 My first time hitting all three towers, thanks to the able help of Lana & Broc. This is a fine little climb which makes the climber utilize a wide range of skills. The entire exercise took only 3 1/2 hours. I highly recommend this loop. (We crossed the ridgeline from west to east and descended after traversing eastward from the third tower maybe 300 yards.) #2 on 8-7-07 with Lana & Brent we topped them from west to east and then came back, touching each tower again and then followed the ridge to Haystack. Lots of fun scrambling. #3 8-29-07 My 3rd time atop all of the spires was part of a long ridge hike which began at the south Superior ridge and hooked around to the Snowbird tram. #4 10-19-10 W/ Dave. Alta Ridge Run from Cardiff Pass over Honeycomb Cliffs, etc. to and including the Castle. Astounding autumn colors below us and in LCC. #5 08-28-20 W/ Lana. From Albion TH. 3+27 to the top of the 3rd tower.
soccerman - Jul 8, 2007 10:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007
From Alta Parking LotThe dirt road up to Cecret Lake was closed for "dust control" thus added another 5 miles to the hike.
climbingchic - Jul 6, 2007 12:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007
the classic climb!This hike is definitely my favorite short hike here in the wasatch! I put in all the scrambling/climbing I could! and I took my time...for once. lol got detailed pics. I started from cecret lake and topped the summit then headed east along the ridge. bumped into a deer, mtn goat. I love the exposure and the climbing! awesome hike!
LonePeakFreak - Jul 1, 2007 6:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
A Classic ScrambleThis was my first time in the Albion Basin and I loved it! The views and exposure would be really hard to beat in any other trip that takes less than three hours car-to-car. Threw in Sugarloaf on the way down since it was so close. Saw several moose, including a massive bull near the campground and a smaller cow on a plateau above the lake.
JLarsen - Jun 27, 2007 6:30 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2007
Route Climbed: Cecret LakeWhat a fun climb! I will do this again and again.
seanpeckham - Jun 1, 2007 3:38 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011
Twice to west and middle peaksFirst time August 1996. Don't remember if we had intended to complete the traverse, but were intimidated by the east peak and went back down the west side. Our route to top out the west peak was on the American Fork side of the ridge.
Second time Aug 21 2011. Topped the west peak on the LCC side this time, seemed much better. Watched two guys complete the traverse, which was educational as to the route, but one in our party was sketched out between the west and middle peak so we stuck together. I went to the middle one myself, but was sorta glad for the excuse not to expose myself on the east one. I can't speak for that section, but as for the west and middle (true) peaks, I don't see where there were any 5th class moves.
renogurt - Oct 5, 2006 2:05 am
I love AltaDevil's Castle is a must due. It only takes a few hours and the views are awesome.
Rocky Alps - Sep 5, 2006 6:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2013
Route Climbed: Cecret Lake RouteThis was a very enjoyable hike/scramble and I feel it's by far the best of its length in the Wasatch. It was really short (up and back in 3 hours), but after leaving the crowds at Cecret Lake and getting up to the ridge, the scrambling/climbing was really fun and the rock quality was much better than most other places in the Wasatch range. I only tagged the western summit since my wife didn't want to do any difficult scrambling that day (9/4/06).
Came back with David and climbed to the highest middle summit from the west on 7/16/13. The exposed scrambling was really fun, and the various summits do look a lot like the towers of a castle when you're up on them. See "Best Bang For Your Buck" trip report for details.
J Anderson - Aug 12, 2006 3:29 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008
Always fun in the Devil's House08/01/2008 West to East with Matt
Climbed twice from east to west.
08/05/2006 as part of the Bullion Divide with Matt and Joe
07/19/2007 with Matt in combination with Sugarloaf.
climbingchic - Aug 9, 2006 4:28 am Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006
ridge traverseOnce again! an awesome hike every time. came from cecret lake, to the pass and then stuck to the ridge. the scrambling and tiny bit of climbing were great! a little nervous with the wind and the weather wasnt the best, but still a cool hike!! hopefully will do it again this year. yeah!
Jeremy Franchow - Aug 4, 2006 11:44 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2003
Route climbed: Ridge TraverseEast to west. Exposure and challenging scrambling made for a very interesting hike. Mountain goats encountered on the descent.
Dorkteam6 - Jun 14, 2006 6:47 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2003
Nice drop offsCame up from cecret lake to the ridge between the devils and sugarloaf. I then ridgewalked over to it.