Mount Dickerman - 1.25.2015

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Directions on how to reach the Mountain Loop Hwy by bypassing the town of Granite Falls using Quarry Road and 3 round-abouts.
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Directions from the junction of Quarry Road and the Mountain Loop Hwy to the shared parking area (1880') for Mount Dickerman and Mount Forgotten.
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rodman's GPS track from November 2012... the same route we took on this trip... 8 miles roundtrip, gaining 4011 feet of elevation.
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The Mount Dickerman Trailhead is at the east end of the parking lot... and the Mount Forgotten Trailhead is at the west end of the parking lot.
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Heading to Mount Dickerman today.
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After switchbacking the first couple of miles in the trees, we got a nice view of Big Four Mountain across the valley.
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At mile 3 we got a nice view of Stillaguamish Peak.
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At mile 3 we can see the west end of Mount Dickerman... and still need to gain 700 feet of elevation to reach the summit.
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Still ascending... and looking south to Silvertip Peak on the left... Del Campo Peak (left center)... Morning Star Peak (center)... Sperry Peak and Vesper Peak (right center).
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The Monte Cristo group on the far left to Big Four Mountain on the far right... with Silvertip, Del Campo, Morning Star, Sperry, Vesper and others in between.
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On the Dickerman summit (5723') now... looking across Stillaguamish Peak to Mount Baker in the distance.
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Three Fingers (left) and Whitehorse Mountain from the Mount Dickerman summit.
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Glacier Peak... with Bedal Peak on the far right.
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Some Twelfies on the Mount Dickerman summit... left to right... larman, the unknown Hawk fan, rodman, BarbE, ragman and aceman.
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Mount Forgotten in the left foreground... and Mount Pugh in the center.
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Looking east from the Mount Dickerman summit over to the false summit... where the views are a bit better.
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From the Dickerman false summit we are looking south to the Monte Cristo group in the left center of the photo... with Del Campo Peak on the right.
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Looking west to the true summit of Dickerman... with Three Fingers in the distance on the right... and the Olympic Mountains on the horizon on the left.
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Glacier Peak (left)... Bedal Peak (center)... and Sloan Peak (right).
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Twelfies on the false summit of Dickerman... with Glacier, Bedal, Sloan and the Monte Cristo group behind.