Mount Forgotten & Perry Creek Falls
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This was an excellent hike. Each time I go somewhere I find a trail that impresses me more than the last one. The trend continues, even after this one. After hiking Ankle Fun Land or Fresh Boulder Freeway, also known as Squire Creek Pass, this trail was a welcome sight.
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| You get great views of the cliffs and snow gullies on Mt. Dickerman |
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But once you get to the meadows, the views are spectacular! There are nice little spots to camp, too.
You can go past the meadows to somewhere near the peak. But the trail is tough, and I didn't want to chance running out of energy to actually get down the mountain back to the car! Maybe someday.
But we did scramble up to a crumbly little cliff to get some shots.
I will have to go
back here again someday and camp. I want to look out my tent in
the morning and get this view of Glacier Peak in the morning while I
drink some coffee. Hell yeah....
July 16, 2000 (Click on the pictures for a bigger view)
There were not any recent reports about the upper conditions of this trail. Most of the reports were from people who only went to Perry Creek. So, Saturday night I got out my crampons to make sure they fit my new boots, because I was definately bringing them. There was no way I would be denied the top! But, uh-oh, they were too small! Ack! After some discussion, I managed to buy a new pair with mine and Sunny's commuter bucks, and Sunny bought my old ones as well. So, the expense was minimal. Yay!
Anyway, we hiked this with her mother. This was my first outing with more than one other person. We got to the trailhead, and Carol took off ahead of us. We though we'd catch up to her pretty quick, but because someone kept taking pictures of the dozens of waterfalls across the valley on Stillaguamish Peak. we did not catch up to her until practically the end of the trail at about 4600ft. And we only did because she stopped and waited for us at the point in which the trail was lost under snow. My pure hiking skill found the trail again, and from this point on, it was snow covered.
It turns out that I was right last year. The actual END of the trail is at a meadow right at 5000 feet. after that, the trail wanders around to more meadows and that was where I was last year. However, this year it took on quite the white look. Lots of snow up there still. So, no tarn to reflect the peak. Oh well. There was plenty of other cool stuff. I won't post all of the 50+ pictures, because I have no space, but go to Sunny's Page for more. The majority look similar to the ones I have above.
| If you look right in the middle, you can see the first meadow where you stop. There were a bunch of goobers who called it quit there, which was perfectly fine. Less people on the top! |  |
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| A good chunk of my favorite mountains are viewable from this trail. Whitehorse is the bumpy one to the right of the picture. |  |
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| This is the actual peak
of Mt. Forgotten. As I discovered last year, there are
trails that go up there. If I came here later in the
year, I would have gone exploring. But the snow was too
much to risk it, so I'll just have to come back.
OH THE HORROR!!!! |
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| This is the top meadow.
The little island with the trees is where we ate lunch.
The white pointy thing in the back is Mt. Baker, on of my
favorite Volcanoes.
Oh, who am I kidding. I have yet to meet a volcano here that I did not love. |
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| The two pointy peaks in the back are Whitehorse and Three Fingers. |  |
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| You know, there are so pictures, I can't post all of them! That's why you just have to go yourself! |
And of course, the closing picture of Glacier Peak, another of my favorire volcanoes. Look snowier than the picture above? Well, it is. It's kewl.....
