Stuart Knob

"Start from Rockbound lake parking lot, hiking about 8 km till the base of the mount. Moving up easy scramble, rock scree, descending by slope straight to Stuart Knob summit, did not go down to plateau. Easy scramble for second peak, and hiking easy scramble to North or True summit of Mount Castle. Descending down to the plateau and hiking back to parking lot. 29,5 km. 12,5 hours" — hiker64 • Sep 13, 2026

"Just went to do Castle Mtn to Stuart Knob, original plan was to also add on TV peak but since we were moving so fast and learned that we could catch the second half of the Spain vs France FIFA world cup game, we decided to leave TV peak for another time. Also did Helena Ridge 2 years ago as a solo trip. Almost did it again in the mourning, since it was right there!!... " — etiennemyers • Jul 14, 2026

"we did a traverse of the Castle Mountain massif, starting on the north side on Protection mountain, keeping to the ridge to Television Peak via the moderate NW ridge, descending the NE ridge to a minor col, to follow the broad ridge (two local highpoints) to Stuart Knob. From there we descend W of SK to the true summit of Castle mountian, the North summit. While the plan was to then tag Helena Ridge, we agreed we had had a full day, and descended directly to Rockbound Lake. A fantastic long day, with some snow on TV peak keeping things interesting." — apfelstrudel • Sep 1, 2018

"Epic day with Simon, Roland and Dave doing a big traverse out by Castle. We started bright and early at 6 A.M. on the trail and got back around 7 P.M. to Rockbound Lake. We took two vehicles and shuttled back to the starting point, which was the trail up to the mine on Protection. We ascended the ridge and kept going to TV Peak and then onward to Stuart Knob and North Castle. It got spicy with all the snow along the moderate(ly exposed) ridge, but I lived to tell and to get my 112th and 113th Kane peaks. Because it poured rain in the morning on the drive out we had a bit of snow to contend with. It was also windy and colder than I would have liked. Still a good day and I am tired, especially after doing Fullerton on Thursday too." — leigh-annewebster • Sep 1, 2018

"Part of Protection - TV - Stuart Knob - Castle North - Castle a 12 hr 31km traverse with Gerry. Really nice traverse. Out Rockbound Lake trail should only be done on skis ;} Scramblers (2): Gerry, Alex https://www.meetup.com/canadian-scrambling-and-mountaineering-company/events/253062069/" — alexjoseph • Jul 28, 2018

"From rockbound lake. We had the whole day to ourselves. Good travel until the north castle/stuart knob col. This was snowy and protected by a large cornice. There was evidence of recent cornice breaking, so downslope of the col was no place to linger. We gained the col at a spot where the cornice had broken. A few kick steps in steep snow and we were free. Summit block was snow free." — mike_rogers81 • Jun 29, 2018

"Protection Mtn / TV Peak, Stuart Knob, Castle Mtn North, Helena Ridge traverse; 32.5km / 12 hrs workout. Lots clouds and poor visibility (no views at all) but a very good training" — alexp • Aug 16, 2014