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View of Cascade Peak from the parking lot.
There is plenty of water along the approach.
Hiking to base camp.
View to the northwest on the ascent.
Early views of Forbidden Peak (8,815') on the ascent.
View to Boston Peak (8,894').
Reaching the snow fields.
Lower camp.
High camp above the tree line.
Studying the route at high camp.
Early morning view south, from just below the couloir.
Boston Basin filled with clouds.
Entering the couloir.
Entering the couloir.
Forbidden Peak's West Ridge.
Climbing the West Ridge.
View to Moraine Lake and Eldorado Peak (8,868') from the West Ridge.
Further up the West Ridge of Forbidden Peak.
View west over the West Ridge route.
Rappeling the couloir on the way off the mountain.