"Hiked solo today. Left the trailhead at 7:30 with temps in the 50s and fog beginning to lift. The trail travels private land roads for a ways before hitting the actual trail. Summited at 9:15. From the open summit a beautiful view of Blue Mtn Lake in full sun awaited. Returned to car at 10:03. On to Inlet to hit Rocky and Black Bear." — garyogden • Jun 19, 2023

"We had a lovely day for climbing our 11th of the JR 29er challenge as a family. (7 and 5 year old kids) Found some great wild life along the way- birds, frogs and newts! Unique climb with the caves and crevices near the top. There was a little fog so the view was not the greatest for the mountains in the distance but still beautiful. Parking is clearly labeled a little distance before you get to the sign in or there is some in labeled right across from the sign in as well. You walk up a gravel road until you see what is a normal looking trail. " — jan2ny • Sep 6, 2022

"Solo. Out & back. Temperatures in the 30’s and overcast. Parking was a bit strange as everything on the road was labeled private, with no real trailhead parking. Made the best of it and tucked myself out of the way as well as I could near the trail start. The trail starts on a road that is in use and heads to private properties, though it isn’t very well plowed. Shortly thereafter it hooks off into the woods and across a small and sturdy foot bridge. There are still hidden mud puddles under the snow to dip your feet into! Not quite snowshoe season, but close. The final small push to the summit was an interesting rock scramble that became quite narrow in one spot. The views were quite nice despite the cloud cover. The trailhead mileage is (probably) incorrect, I clocked 1.6mi whereas the sign reads 1.1. Nice little outing. Should’ve coupled it up with something else in the area as the drive was quite long to just bag this one peak. " — kellieirene • Nov 21, 2019

"Well, where do I begin. For a start, the trail head sign says 1.1 miles, I beg to differ. Or maybe it's because my poor old legs were done in at this point, Castle Rock was Peak #4 for Today. We got to the top in time to see the sun set, albeit slightly obstructed by the peak directly West of the summit. This meant our trip back down was in total darkness (we of course had flash lights). We veered off trail slightly, due to some confusing markers by the caves !!! Finally we were heading down the correct route, when my Son and hiking partner realized he wasn't carrying our camera !!!! .5 miles from the trailhead........turn around and head right back up to just below the summit, in the dark, to retrieve or camera. So yup.....TWO summits of this peak in 1 day !!! an epic adventure to say the least. " — HikingViking • Oct 9, 2016

"Spent the day paddling around Blue Mountain Lake and decided to make the short hike up Castle Rock to enjoy the summit n this beautiful, clear day. The trail head from the lake is just northwest of Bluff Point on the north shore. The trail head is well marked but does not indicate Castle Rock on it. The 700' climb over 1.5 - 2 miles (??) took us about 30 minutes including a few fun lookout stops - easy trail. " — deb-and-rob • Jun 25, 2016