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Forbidden Peak, Washington
Prominence: 1055 ft, 322 m
Elevation: 8815 feet, 2687 meters
True Isolation: 1.51 mi, 2.43 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 8820 ft / 2688 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
48° 30' 42'' N, 121° 3' 31'' W
48.511626, -121.058516 (Dec Deg)
643385 E 5374988 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Washington
County/Second Level Region
Skagit
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Forbidden Peak at SummitPost.org
Forbidden Peak at ListsOfJohn.com
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Lists that contain Forbidden Peak:
Mountaineers Cascade Classic Peak Pin
(Rank #18)
Washington State Top 100 Peaks
(Rank #30)
Mountaineers Everett Classic Eight
(Rank #7)
Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks
(Rank #21)
Washington Bulger List
(Rank #27)
Peaks with Highest Ascent Quality Ratings
(Rank #6)
Washington State Top 200 Peaks
(Rank #30)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
Climbing Washingtons Mountains (Smoot)
Summit Routes: Washington's 100 Highest Peaks (Stephenson, Bongiovanni)
Washington's Highest Mountains: Basic Alpine and Glacier Routes (Goldman)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
1987-08-19 by John Anholm
2005-07-18 by Milda Tautvydas
2011-09-16 by Dustin Erickson (Unsuccessful)
2012-08-04 by Sean Albert (Unsuccessful)
2013-07-13 by Sean Albert
2014-07-27 by Lou Hibbard
2014-08-09 by Priti Wright
2014-09-14 by Stacia Glenn
2015-06-13 by Jaime McCandless (GPS Track)
2015-08-23 by Rob Busack
2016-06-20 by Jason Curtis (Unsuccessful)
2016-08-21 by Nick R
2017-06-03 by Jason Curtis
2017-06-03 by Russell Bennett (GPS Track)
2017-07-16 by Evan Battaglia
2017-08-27 by Steve Brown (GPS Track)
2017-09-15 by Harvest Mondello (Unsuccessful)
2018-05-12 by Angus Brookes (Unsuccessful)
2018-06-17 by Jon Linders (Unsuccessful)
2018-08-14 by Ryan Rex
2018-08-28 by Eric Gilbertson
View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (179 total)
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View of Torment rightward to Forbidden traverse. From Quien Sabe Glacier (2016-08-19). Photo by
Curt Baxstrom
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 1055 ft/322 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 1095 ft/334 m
Line Parent
:
Boston Peak
Key Col
: Sharkfin Col 7760 ft/2365 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.51 mi/2.43 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 48.4958, -121.0358
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Boston Peak
(SE)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Cascade Range
Range4:
North Cascades
Range5:
Central North Cascades
Range6:
Buckner-Boston Massif
Drainage Basins
Skagit
Puget Sound
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: North Cascades National Park
Wilderness/Special Area: Stephen Mather Wilderness Area
Topo Map
Forbidden Peak O48121e1 1:24,000
First Ascent
June 01, 1940
Anderson
Fred Beckey
(United States)
Crooks
Lind
Data Source
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Other Photos
Russell on the false summit of Forbidden, which requires a short downclimb before the ascent to the true summit. Torment is below to the left and Eldorado is in the clouds in the background on the right (2017-06-03). Photo by
Jason Curtis
.
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Rappelling down. (2017-06-03). Photo by
Russell Bennett
.
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Ascending the couloir (2017-06-03). Photo by
Russell Bennett
.
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