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| ericwillhite | Hard to forget  Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2005 | |
| Great trip up Forgotten and Stillaguamish. 15 blue sky pictures and map on one page, see http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_climbing/mount_forgotton/stillaguamish_218.htm | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 4:26 am | ||
| Curtissimo | with Magellan Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2003 | |
| a bit of a search but fun trip. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2008 5:09 pm | ||
| iluka | Mt. forgotten Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Easy scramble. Great views. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2007 11:06 pm | ||
| RdyHiker | Perry Creek and East Gully Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2006 | |
| First hike I led for Seattle Backpackers meetup group. I was glad there were only 5 of us. Perry Creek Falls was more creek than falls due to our unusually warm summer. Had a little difficulty finding the path to the summit, but fortunately the only other hikers we encountered all day came up just as we were finishing lunch at the meadows and pointed us in the right direction. Really enjoyed the long traverse of the last mile and the scramble up the gully. I prefer rock to loose scree scrambling, but this was easier than the rock scramble 2 weeks earlier at Mt. Aix. Only stayed at the summit long enough to sign the register and snap a couple photos before the exposure unnerved us enough to descend. Went back the way we came via the gully, much to the dismay of one member of the party, who felt (correctly) that there must be an easier way. But moments later I was forgiven for my choice of route when... surprise! Delight! We spotted a patch of snow on Glacier Peak in the perfect shape of a heart! | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2006 9:48 pm | ||
| Krylon | Forgotten Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2005 | |
| This was the final summit of a weekend scramble marathon.I was tired. Some of the best pictures I have came from this trip. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2006 11:33 pm | ||
| leftfield | Route Climbed - Perry Creek/East Gully Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2006 | |
| Hey, this was fun! Of course the weather could have been a little better (after a clear, dry summer). Some minor route finding issues. Fellow climbers we encountered very helpful - and prepared! - hooch, hot food, musical instruments. We had what amounted to a party in the bowl below the summit. Ya meet the darndedest people up in the mountains. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 1:32 am | ||
| osatrik | Corkscrew Route on Forgotten? Date Climbed: Sep 18, 1999 | |
| Yeah, I know, the Corkscrew Route is really on Sloan (to the east). However, Forgotten can be done similiarly, if not as aesthetically. Instead of going to the east from the saddle, head across the talus fields on the west. Curve around the north side of the mountain and come up the reasonably pleasant north gully with some minor scrambling. This route also adds additional scrambling at the summit. Its a bit longer, and trades talus for bushwhacking. Kathy, Nancy, Joseph, Terry, Dick, Meredyth | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2006 5:11 pm | ||
| gimpilator | Scattered Showers Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Some nice thunder showers on the way up the Perry Creek Basin but it cleared up for a nice view in the meadows. Wonderful vistas! We made the steep snow traverse to the east side to discover the scramble gullies filled in with snow. When am I finally going to learn to always bring my axe? | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2006 12:16 am | ||
| Phil Decker | Snow Route Finding in late June? Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006 | |
| Lots of snow this last winter 9.5 Hours Car to Car Route finding in the snow took some time. Had the summit to ourselves as all other groups turned around? Not sure why they did. Note: Keep heading E/NE traversing around Forgotten (up and E/NE of the small drainage break area w/ the big rock - you’ll see it) until you reach the flats and head up the left gulley. You traverse all the way to the East side of Forgotten. p | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2006 3:50 pm | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: Perry Creek Date Climbed: 08 May, 2005 | |
| A neat summit with outstanding views. Car to car in eight hours. | ||
| Posted Dec 23, 2005 2:05 am | ||
| dicey | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| beautiful! | ||
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 1:12 pm | ||
| jdavies212 | Route Climbed: Perry Creek Date Climbed: August 1978 | |
| One of the easiest summits after snow melt with spectacularly rewarding views toward both the south and north portions of the Mountain Loop Highway. Easy class 2 scramble to a very narrow pinpoint of a summit. Remember sitting astride the summit with each leg in a seperate valley watershed. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2005 4:23 am | ||
| Andy Dewey | Route Climbed: Perry Creek Route Date Climbed: July 17, 2004 | |
| Awesome day, did not see anyone else attempting Forgotten. Incredible views. Decided to traverse over and climb Stillaguamish Peak as well....long day! | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2005 12:18 am | ||
| jasonconnell | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: August 15th 2004 | |
| Tried to get up this Last November but got turned around due to icy conditions. Don't know how in the world the 6 feet of scrambling could be rated class 3. Nice Hike. Views were limited due to BC fires. Pictures Here | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2004 6:07 pm | ||
| magellan | Route Climbed: east gully Date Climbed: September 20, 2003 | |
| After a three-year hiatus, team Magellan and Quetzalcoatl (formerly Vasco de Gama) peak bag again! This is a very underrated hike. It's not a fast trail, being very rooty, and rocky. It starts with a nice open valley traverse. Colors will be better in a week or two. Cross above some falls, and head up through timber. You top out in a very picturesque meadow, complete with marmot bathtub, and stellar views of Glacier Peak. Feeling the pull, we started down the climber’s path to Forgotten. It drops and drops and traverses and traverses. At some point on the SE side of the mountain there are multiple paths. Try to stay on the high one for the most direct route. At some point we doubled back and ended up on the ridge. (Not the correct move.) Eventually we relocated the main path and continued. It gets steeper, rounding to the NE side. Up a scree gully, a few more steep steps, and the 6005' summit is bagged. The Mountaineers register is almost full! Lots of fog let the surrounding peaks play hide and seek. Dakobed was freshly coated, but no snow on any of the surrounding hills. A gorgeous late summer day, with a little more work than expected. Class 2 max, no exposure. R/T 11 miles, 4100' cumulative gain, 3:45 up, 2:15 down. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2003 10:36 pm | ||
| paule | Route Climbed: Perry Creek Date Climbed: September 1, 2003 | |
| Good day to hit Forgotten. The temp stayed under 90 degrees, and the sky was clear. No water in the meadows, but a small stagnant pond still existed on the upper basin. The only drawback was the dreaded scree on the final pitch to the summit. I met up with a couple at the TH from the Snohomish County Rescue Team that were out training their dog. We heard nothing but rescue calls and dispatches all day long on their ham radios. Shortly after hitting the summit, a rescue helicopter flew right by us to do a rescue at Round Lake near Mt. Ziob. Afterwards, another rescue team came in another helicopter went to perform a rescue on Glacier Peak. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2003 8:17 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Route Climbed: East Gully Date Climbed: August 23, 2003 | |
| Have wanted to climb this one since this picture was posted on summitpost. Started driving from Portland at 4 am and after some gas breaks (my truck is a gas hog) and one Egg McMuffin break, hit the trail about 9 am. Got to Perry Creek Falls in an hour and the meadows some time before noon. Took some photos from the ridge and then met the only other summit party on Forgotten that day on the climbers trail to the east side. I was about 10 feet off the trail and they politely corrected me. :- ) Tarn at the base of the gully is really low, not much water left up there. Thanks to this picture by Klenke I knew which gully to head up and was on the summit at 1 pm. Guess Beckey's book is right about it taking 4 hours. Picked some blueberries in the Meadows on the descent. Got back home about 10:30 pm and had blueberry pancakes the next morning for breakfast. Hardest part of the climb was the drop down from the Meadows to the climbers trail:lots of steep loose dirt and rock, was holding on to trees to get down it. Other than that, it's just steep Class 2. Beautiful mountain and great hike. Now I know what all the fuss is about with the North Cascades. Endless pointy peaks everywhere. Just made me want to go back soon and start climbing the rest of them................................ | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2003 6:25 pm | ||
| paule | Route Climbed: Perry Creek / FT 711 Date Climbed: May 24, 2003 | |
| Departed at 6:00 am. The weather was very nice and cooperative up to Stillaguamish Ridge. There are two perennial water crossings midway between the trailhead and Perry Creek Falls which had considerable runoff to navigate over. The main log crossing just above Perry Creek Falls on that day was moving enough water to require trudging through a small section of the creek that was about shin deep. It felt almost like summer, as I was already burning through twice as much water as I normally do. Got to the east shoulder just in time for a major storm to come in and make things a little interesting. I got cold on the summit from the storm, wind, and from sweating like a pig most of the way up, so I quickly turned around to head back. As I was coming back, there were avalanches (a couple hundred feet below) me on the steep east face going off about every 10 - 15 minutes or so. My guess that by the third weekend in June, the only snow left might be on the final pitch to the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2003 5:08 pm | ||
| RStokes | Route Climbed: Perry Creek Date Climbed: December 3, 2002 | |
| Still very little snow at the end of this dry fall season. The snow did start at the saddle and continued to the meadows. Some icy conditions made for interesting downclimbing from the meadows to Mt. Forgotten. After traversing the south side we continued up the slope towards the west, beneath the cliffs then on to the ridge. From there it was a snow slope and minor scrambling to the summit. | |
| Posted Dec 15, 2002 1:16 am | ||
| Klenke | Route Climbed: Standard Route from Perry Creek Trail Date Climbed: November 4, 2002 | |
| Paul Klenke & Gordon Schryer reached the summit on another outstanding 2002 fall day. This summit shall not be forgotten. | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2002 8:10 pm | ||
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