Troublesome Mountain
Scramble or winter scramble of Troublesome Mtn via the SE ridge; ~4,000' gain, ~5.5 miles RT. Option to add Double Toil (5,427'), adds about 1 mile and 750' gain. No maintained trails on this route.
Description selectively lifted from summitpost.org:
Follow US2 to the Beckler River Road (FR65), located one mile east of Skykomish. Follow FR65 up and over Jack Pass - the first seven miles will be paved. After crossing the North Fork Skykomish River, FR65 will intersect with FR63. Stay left on FR63, and follow it west - at this point, the road is once again paved. After 0.7 miles, find a suitable place to park that is just west of Garland Mineral Springs, and just east of the large creek draining south from Double Toil
From the aforementioned parking spot, plunge straight uphill into the woods. Within 100', you will be pleased to discover that the roadside brush gives way to almost brush-free open forest. For the first 1000' or so of elevation gain, you will want to stay relatively close to the creek on your left to avoid nuisance cliff bands.
At about 2600', you can begin migrating to the right (away from the creek) if you wish. Keep your eyes open for a faint game trail, which may provide slightly easier travel for those with decent tracking skills. For the next 1000' (until the ridge makes a left turn at 3600'), you will pass a series of rocky outcroppings (easily navigated) that will provide pleasant viewpoints to those wishing to make short side trips. At 3600', after passing a flat stretch in the ridge, turn northwest, and head straight uphill. Within a few hundred vertical feet, you will begin encountering scattered talus slopes that will provide easy access to the upper reaches of Troublesome Mountain and Double Toil.
Upon reaching 4800' you must decide if you want to go for Double Toil or Troublesome Mountain, or which to do first. Doing Double Toil first may allow you to study the scramble route for Troublesome Mountain. The final 600' climb up Double Toil from the south presents an open, low-angle ridge with no special difficulties.
To continue on to Troublesome Mountain, backtrack the connecting ridge fairly close to the crest - you should be able to follow goat paths for a good part of your journey. Continue on the ridge over the saddle at 4600' and over a 4800' high point in the ridge to a second saddle, and then drop directly north into the basin.
From the aforementioned basin (snow-filled until late season, some running water) at 4600', make a rising traverse to the northwest, with the goal of regaining the ridge crest just south of the summit block. As you ascend, the summit block will be the high point on the far left. Upon cresting the ridge at 5300', turn right for an easy scramble to the summit - it will be mostly class 2, with a few low-exposure class 3 moves.
- Suitable Activities: Scrambling
- Seasons: Year-round
- Weather: View weather forecast
- View avalanche forecast.
- Difficulty: Strenuous
- Length: 5.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,000 ft
- 5,433 ft
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Land Manager:
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Wild Sky Wilderness, Skykomish Ranger District (MBSNF)
- Parking Permit Required: Northwest Forest Pass
- Recommended Party Size: 12
- Maximum Party Size: 12
- Maximum Route/Place Capacity: 12
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- Troublesome Mountain via SE ridge
- Troublesome Mountain + Double Toil
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