They live in Colorado at about 7000 feet, and both are active in hiking, climbing, and skiing. Corkscrew is an unmistakable sight from the highway with its bands of dark strata winding around it. It even has its own highway sign to alert tourists. It has no trailhead, though. It's all cross-country with a few stretches of faintly defined trail and many steep pitches of the loose rocks called scree.
Corkscrew is remarkable as a lookout point.
Given the roughness of the climb, its popularity is surprising. The summit register records a steady stream of visitors. One fellow, Paul, whose last name was indecipherable, preceded us to the summit earlier that day. We saw no other trace of him all day. It was a great climb on a great day.