The Castle Creek road is clear to 12,600' was able to drive my Jeep Cherokee Trail Hawk up to 12,500' taking time as I went to move large boulders out of the road, there are still a few big boulders above 11,000' that would require a bulldozer to move but fortunately they don't take up too much of the road. There are a few spots that have pretty substantial washout and require smart lines to be possible, 3 wheel driving over these parts. Above the 12,500' turnoff the road is partly covered in snow still.
The actual climb is as reported before. The snow is unforgiving until about 13,200', but provides a great glissade still on your way down. At this point taking the super glissade from the Castle-Conundrum Saddle is a decent risk. The down climb to the access snow is super loose and the glissade is getting relatively thin now to the rock below.
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