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At 8,151-feet, Mount Terror is the highest peak in the Southern Picket range of the fabled North Cascades.

The climb begins on the Goodell Creek trail behind a large boulder near the campground at a mind-numbingly low elevation of 600-feet.

The first 4.5 miles follows a grown over logging road bed and gains approximately 1,400-feet in elevation. At approximately 4.5 miles, we will have to figure a way across Terror Creek and onto the other side where the real work begins. From the Terror Creek crossing, we will have to ascend up the steep and strenuous “Barrier”, approximately 4, 500 vertical feet to a small campsite on Chopping Block Ridge.

The summit is gained by working from the campsite down into, then across the Crescent Creek Basin to a loose, narrow gulley that leads to a notch between Terror and its neighbor to the west, “The Rake”. Hopefully the gulley will have good snow coverage as the gulley can be dangerous when melted out. Once at the notch, a few pitches of easy climbing, with good, established belay/rappel anchors spaced ~25 meters apart bring you to easier terrain where the west ridge becomes a scramble. Continue up the ridge, avoiding difficulties to the right (south) side of the crest until you arrive at a steep drop leading to a small notch. This is the same notch you'd cross over if climbing one of the north face routes. Traverse a ledge around the right of this small tower, and enter a small gully. Ascend this gully until you are about 75 feet below the small notch, and finish the final 250 feet of Class 3-4 to the summit.