The Torment Forbidden Traverse

The Torment Forbidden Traverse is a wild and challenging route.  It involves summiting Mount Torment, wild and exposed snow and glacier travel, knife-edge rock ridges and over a mile of rocky ridge traversing before summiting Forbidden Peak by the West Ridge.  While the climbing never exceeds 5.6, climbers must be comfortable on exposed terrain and move well on steep snow and rock.  There is a lot of terrain to cover and climbers must maintain a fast pace to make it happen.  For most of the climb, guide and climber will be moving together in a combination of short-roping and short pitches to stay protected from consequential falls. Once climbers have traversed the Torment-Forbidden ridge, the final push is to the summit of Forbidden Peak via the West Ridge route.  The West Ridge of Forbidden Peak is an outstanding alpine route in its own right and has proven its standing as one of the 50 Classic Climbs of North America.   From the base of the West Ridge, beautiful, blocky granite is t