Castle Rock upper trailhead off of NF-SN86 en route to Bluff Mesa Group Camp.
Giant ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) along the Castle Rock Trail.
Castle Rock Trail via the upper trailhead.
First view of Big Bear Lake along the Castle Rock Trail.
Scarlet bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius) along the Castle Rock Trail.
View of Castle Rock.
Granite boulders on the south side scramble.
View of Castle Rock and Big Bear Lake.
View of Big Bear Lake and Bertha Peak (8,201 ft).
View to the west from Castle Rock toward Butler Peak (8,535 ft), which adorns a fire lookout tower.