Forbidden Peak, Washington

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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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 289      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 287) Selected Trip Reports:      1987-08-19 by John Anholm      2002 by Rich P (Unsuccessful)      2011-09-16 by Dustin Erickson (Unsuccessful)      2013-07-13 by Sean Albert      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      2016-08-21 by Nick R      2017-06-03 by Jason Curtis      2017-06-03 by Russell Bennett (GPS Track)      2017-07-20 by Emily Cheng (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2017-08-27 by Steve Brown (GPS Track)      2017-09-15 by Harvest Mondello (Unsuccessful)      2018-05-12 by Angus Brookes (Unsuccessful)      2018-08-28 by Eric Gilbertson      2019-06-17 by Patty Cokus      2019-06-17 by Jared Pearce      2019-07-13 by Johnny Petraborg      2020-07-18 by Alden Ryno      2020-07-18 by Ryan Cairnes      2020-07-19 by Bob Burdalski      2020-07-19 by Ian Culhane      2020-08-16 by Ryan Stoddard (GPS Track)      2020-08-16 by Julia Syi      2020-08-16 by Andrew Yi      2020-08-30 by Nick Magill      2020-12-29 by Eric Gilbertson (Unsuccessful)      2021-07-10 by Rio H      2021-07-11 by Ryan Cairnes (GPS Track)      2021-07-18 by Madolyn Moritz      2021-08-12 by Karthik Krish (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
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View of Torment rightward to Forbidden traverse. From Quien Sabe Glacier (2016-08-19). Photo by Curt Baxstrom. Click here for larger-size photo.
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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 Strait of Juan de Fuca 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, Lloyd     Beckey, Fred (United States)     Crooks, Jim     Lind, Dave
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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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. Click here for larger-size photo.

Rappelling down. (2017-06-03). Photo by Russell Bennett. Click here for larger-size photo.

Ascending the couloir (2017-06-03). Photo by Russell Bennett. Click here for larger-size photo.

Igor in standard mountain man pose on the false summit (2019-07-13). Photo by Johnny Petraborg. Click here for larger-size photo.

North Cascades base camp for Forbidden Peak and Mt Torment (2017-07-18). Photo by Emily Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.

Snow and whiteout conditions on Forbidden Peak (2017-07-20). Photo by Emily Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.

Heading back from the summit on the final stretch. (2020-08-30). Photo by Nick Magill. Click here for larger-size photo.

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