Perry Creek

This trail is the best access to Stillaguamish and Twin Peaks and Mt. Forgotten. All are within range for a one day trip off the Mountain Loop highway. The long, gradual approach to the Perry creek crossing has some of the best views to cascading waterfalls, especially because of this years high snowfall. All the stream crossings were raging but not difficult to ford until reaching the Perry creek crossing. The large log is holding back a tremendous amount of rock, etc. and water is moving swiftly over the blockade. We found another tree upstream that we could shimmy across. Snow patches begin at the 3200' creek crossing. We proceeded to follow the trail, seeing it intermittently, until reaching 4200'. Route finding in the snow makes for a slower trip so we turned back short of our objective - Mt. Forgotten.
Except for the log crossing and several avalanche debris fields over the trail, #711 is easy to follow. Wildflowers, ferns and moss are now showing themselves. Take your camera for waterfall or wildflower photos. Remember those trekking poles for crossing the streams and snow covered slopes.
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