Mount Torment by Forbidden Peak / 靠禁峯的折磨山
Mount Torment was my final technical climb on the Washington State Top 200 Peaks list.
Honoring Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, the wilderness is located within North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, and Ross Lake National Recreation Area in the North Cascade Range of Washington State. ~Wikipedia
Mount Torment was my final technical climb on the Washington State Top 200 Peaks list.
Mount Degenhardt was my third and final trip to the Pickets this season after last week.
Mount Fury has been on my radar in recent years. But the remoteness has had me put it on hold until now.
Mount Challenger West Peak could have been part of our Northern Picket Traverse three years ago.
I had forgotten to bring crampons. So Easy Ridge ended up being an exploratory trip.
Mad Eagle Peak by Mount Redoubt was the last big mountain to reach my personal goal for the season.
Devils Tongue by the Canadian border was going to be our Labor Day weekend trip this year.
Over the years, I'd see the mountain during various trips in the North Cascades.
Booker Mountain is the highest point on Park Creek Ridge. It also boasts a flat and long summit ridge.
Johannesburg Mountain was a no-go. But I stuck around on my last day to explore something else.
Second time going through Cascade Pass this season. The weather was eerily similar to the first time.
Tricouni Peak was going to be our season opener over Memorial Day weekend.
As the weather outlook worsened, we had to forego Saturday due to the high possibility of rain and snow.
Climbers sometimes referred to this obscure high point as Hellfire Peak.
Highway 20 felt very much like a ghost town on my drive to Easy Pass Trailhead.
Getting to base camp with good route finding skills, one can certainly enjoy the views abound without ever leaving camp.