"Syncline mountain 3 peaks loop , Nugara route.Peak 1 easy walk , a tiny bit of bushwhacking. From peak 1 to peak 2 I traversed ledges on the right side( moderate) . From peak 2 to 3 I dropped gullies on S side than traversed to the col between peaks . I took Nugara’s recommended ridge crest route ( difficult scramble) , through couple of rockbands. Scrambling is indeed good and interesting here, second band is exposed ( as Andrew mentions), but rock quality is good. From Peak 3 I descended slopes towards Suicide Cree- which was pretty bad - much of it is rather than nasty bushwhacking. I stayed close to the creek , perhaps staying bit higher on the left side would have been better…" — PawelG • Aug 24, 2024

"From the second peak. Messed up the directions and headed off 100 meters lower in the wrong direction. Corrected, and regained the second summit....went down the loose gully to the col. The route to the 3rd summit was the highlight of the day with 3 interesting scrambling sections. Only the last one was sustained though. Came back through suicide creek. The decent to the valley was easy, but it was a thrash from the valley to the ATV/ GDT. Sometimes walked through willows and alders, sometimes IN the creek. It "only" took 3.5 hours to get back to the car, including the descent to the valley and the easy travel on the GDT and 1.3 km road walk, but the thrash seemed to take a very long time. A good adventure." — mike_rogers81 • Jun 17, 2023

"Ridgewalked all three peaks in a clockwise manner. Started on Castle Road up to the first peak and descended the third peak through Suicide Creek with a quick visit at the small hanging lake on the way down. Plenty of bushwhacking; hard to find suitable routes on the descent. " — danielvanderpyl • Jul 5, 2022

"Let's begin the season. Castle PP Traverse: Syncline - St Eloi - Haig - Gravenstafel, 27.4km with 3,130m gain in under 14hrs. Bring the second car, otherwise add extra 4km and 40mins. Got changed in the very last moment (initially Ya-Ha-Tinda was planned) and it was my first time in Castle Provincial Park. Believe it should carry the second, unofficial name: "Escape from crowds". With all busy places anywhere from Kananaskis to Jasper, it's such a drastic contrast. The only our company was a goat family that was showing a way for most of the day, from Syncline to almost Haig. The route was 99% dry and free of snow. Actually, the worst section in terms of snow was the ski resort. It still does have lots of it and was really annoying. For the rest - either bare dry or some minimal amounts that didn't affect at all and will be gone by the next weekend. Mt Syncline A massive mountain with three distinct summits, with prominence of at least 150m each. Guess they ran out of names and it got called as Syncline 1 ("East") - 2 ("Midway) - 3 (main); 2,441m, 2,482m and 2,503m correspondingly. The second biggest patch of snow was on east slopes of the First Peak. But was avoid..." — alexp • Jun 2, 2019