Forbidden Peak

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Forbidden Peak
Forbidden Peak in August 1992

Forbidden Peak in August 1992

height 2687  m (Sea Level Date of 1929)
location Skagit County , Washington , USA
Mountains Northern Cascade Range
Notch height 322 m
Coordinates 48 ° 30 '41 "  N , 121 ° 3' 28"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '41 "  N , 121 ° 3' 28"  W.
Topo map USGS Forbidden Peak
Forbidden Peak (Washington)
Forbidden Peak
First ascent June 1, 1940 by Lloyd Anderson, Fred Beckey, Helmy Beckey, Jim Crooks and Dave Lind
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The Forbidden Peak is a mountain in the North Cascades near the Cascade Pass in Skagit County in the US state of Washington . At Forbidden Peak there is the West Ridge Route , which is counted among the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America . The mountain was first climbed in 1940 by a rope team of Fred Beckey , Helmy Beckey, Jim Crooks, Lloyd Anderson and Dave Lind.

climate

The Mix-up Peak lies in a climatic zone of western North America called the "Marine West Coast" . Most of the weather fronts originate from the Pacific and move northeast towards the Cascade Range . When the fronts reach the North Cascades , they are forced to rise by the high peaks, which sometimes leads to heavy precipitation in the form of rain or snow ( damming effect of the mountains ). This results in high amounts of precipitation on the west side of the cascades, especially in winter in the form of snow. During the winter months, the sky is usually overcast, but due to the high pressure systems over the Pacific, very often cloudless or very little cloudy in summer. Due to the maritime influence, the snow tends to be damp and therefore heavy, so that there is a high risk of avalanches .

Neighboring peaks
Klawatti Peak
Eldorado Peak 		Primus Peak / Tricouni Peak Mount Logan (Washington)
Mount Torment compass
Johannesburg Mountain Boston Peak / Sahale Mountain
Buckner Mountain

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Forbidden Peak, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d Fred W. Beckey: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass  (= Cascade alpine guide: climbing and high routes), 3rd edition, Volume 2, The Mountaineers Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-89886-838-8 , P. 322.
  3. ↑ Steve Roper, Allen Steck: Fifty Classic Climbs of North America . Sierra Club Books, San Francisco 1979, ISBN 0-87156-292-8 .
  4. ↑ Beckey, Fred. Challenge of the North Cascades.

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