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Forgotten Mountain 2: Contact Driving Directions

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Oscillatorium Seattle *with support from Techno-Logik!* is super excited to present the 2nd edition of our summer renegade; Forgotten Mountain! This year we are going to be going with an Alien/ET/Contact theme and hope that everyone will be down to join us in a collective experience that could be truly enlightening!

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YAY, only a handful of days left until Forgotten Mountain 2! It's time to release the location and directions!!!!

DIRECTIONS pt.1! _____________________ DESTINATION COORDINATES 46° 9'42.27"N  121°37'54.63"W _____________________ _____________________ EASY DIRECTIONS [Seattle/Portland/Etc.] $2.00 toll bridge _____________________ [From Seattle] Get on I-5 South to Portland Stay on I-5 for about 155 miles

Exit right onto I-205 South to Salem/NE 134th St Continue for 15 miles [entering Oregon]

Use the right 2 lanes to exit onto I-84E/US-30E towards The Dalles Continue on I-84E for 55 miles

[Portlanders can head straight to I-84E :)]

Take exit 64 for Mt. Hood HWY towards or-35/White Salmon, cross Hood River bridge [toll is only 2 dollars]

Take a left at WA-14 W / Lewis and Clark HWY 1.5 miles

Then a right onto HWY 141 N 2.2 miles

Continue on 141 N 18.5 miles

Merge right onto NF-23 towards Cougar/ Mount Adams RD Follow NF-23 for 13.6 miles

The map point/gate entrance will be on the left, at the head of NF-8810, only 4 miles from the site. It crosses with the Pacific Crest Trail. Look for the wizard on the first day ;) There will be paper directions distributed at the site as well as a password provided to unlock the digital version. The password will be somewhere permanent at the site in case you arrive at an odd time and no one is manning the gate entrance.

_________________________________ 4X4 RDY / MORE FUN DIRECTIONS

[From Seattle] Head south on I-5 towards Tacoma

Take exit 133 for WA-7S, stay left on the exit at first [follow signs for WA-7], then after the first interchange stay right and continue to look for signs for WA-7/Mt. Rainier

Exit right onto 38th St W 0.2 miles

Then left onto WA-7 S/Pacific Ave 9.6 miles

Slight left to stay on WA-7 / Mountain Hwy E / Pacific Ave S - Destination: Morton, Wa Stay on 7 for 30.6 miles

Take a right in Elbe to Stay on WA-7 / Covered Bridge crossing! Make sure you take the bridge route. Continue on Wa-7 for another 20 miles until you reach Morton, Wa.

[Gas up in Morton!! WA-7 goes right through the middle of town]

Turn left onto US-12 E to Yakima / White pass Follow US-12 for 16.8 miles

Turn right onto Wa-131 S/ signs for Mt. St. Helen's (bridge crossing almost IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST) 1.0 miles

Slight left onto Cispus Rd! This comes up quick so be prepared..

Cispus becomes NF-23 Continue for about 30 miles (these roads can be pretty terrible even when paved, take your time)

Around mile 23, you'll hit gravel which will continue for another 10 miles, hence the need for a 4x4 vehicle. To be fair though, we have gone this way with mostly only sedans so its POSSIBLE to do in a normal car.. just risky.

Around 30 miles down, there will be a clear split in the road that is not very clearly marked as to which roads are which, you will need to turn left there to stay on 23.

3 miles from there you will reach another large turn just after the pavement returns, turn left here to stay on 23, follow signs for Trout Lake, WA

Follow the paved part of NF-23 for 6.7 miles

The map point/gate entrance will be on the right, at the head of NF-8810, only 4 miles from the site. It crosses with the pacific crest trail. Look for the wizard on the first day until 10pm! There will be paper directions distributed at the site as well as a password provided to get the digital version. The password will be somewhere permanent at the site in case you arrive at an odd time and no one is manning the gate entrance.

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For the safety of the site and party goers we are going to be having a "gate entrance" (similar to a map point) some way down the road from the actual site.

The rest of the directions will be provided at the site in 2 potential forms.

One is to get them on paper from the person manning the gate!! The first day [August 16th] the gate person will be our good wizard friend, until 10 pm!!

The 2nd is to download the PASSWORD PROTECTED zip file below and enter the password that you will find located at the map point. This will open an image with a map and written directions from the gate to the site. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY ARRIVE WHEN THERE IS NO ONE THERE TO DISTRIBUTE MAPS. IT'S BEST TO HAVE BOTH OPTIONS IF YOU CAN.

Suggested program for opening zip files on Apple Platforms:

Zip & RAR File Extractor

Suggested program for opening zip files on Android platforms: RAR

Password Protected Zip File for part 2 of the directions:

Dropbox

or

TinyUpload

**[DOWNLOAD AND TEST THE ZIP FILE WITH AN EXTRACTION PROGRAM BEFORE THE EVENT! EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT ENTER THE PASSWORD. YOU WILL NOT HAVE INTERNET AT THE SITE AND WILL NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY IN ADVANCE. AGAIN THIS IS A SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARRIVE WHEN THE MAP POINT IS UNMANNED. THIS IS SO YOU CAN STILL GET THE REST OF THE DIRECTIONS]**

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