Mt Adams, WA Climb

[milani74]

Hi all, Just got back from climbing Mt Adams' south spur, Trail Number 183. First we had to get our Volcano pass from the NF Ranger Station in Trout Lake, WA.

Then off to the mountain!!

At the trail head, we begin our trek. It's beautiful and hot at 5000 feet.

Climbing higher and making progress..

Could see Mt Hood in the distance.

Finally hit patches of snow around 6400 feet.

All I brought was the "lowly" Swiss Army Knife!

 

[milani74]

Cont'd
Climbing higher still..

Suns going down so we stopped at 8000 feet.

 

[milani74]

Next morning, we started at 0500. The snow pack was all ice and the temp was hovering around 35 degrees. Awesome weather!!

Sun is coming up!

The march of the ants.

This isnt so steep..

Maybe spoke to soon..

 

[milani74]

Finally at Piker's Peak.

Almost there..

At the top at last! We had perfect weather; crystal clear and not very windy. It was a balmy 46 degrees! You could clearly see Rainer, Hood, and St Helens. It was an eagles nest from which you could see Oregon and Washington. Awesome.

Coming down, we glissaded where we could. What took us 5 hours to climb too us 1 hour to decent.

 

[jacksterp]

Spectacular scenes.

Re the knife: rocks don't cut well with any knife

 

[jds1]

You had some nice clear views from the summit. We got lucky like that too. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Jeff

 

[kgd]

Stunning! Love some of those sun & ice shots! Makes me tired just viewing the thread though.

 

[lambertiana]

Cool! I have only seen Mt Adams from a distance, I'd love to get on top.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

That looks fantastic--
Thanks for posting

 

[Bigfattyt]

Looks like a lot more work than this fatty could accomplish. I lost my breath just thinking about it!

Looks like a great trip!

 

[TheGame]

Looks like a good workout getting to the top of that. Definitely looks worth it, though. Fantastic scenes. Thanks for posting.

 

[ROCK6]

Great looking trip Chief! That's a heck of a day hike for sure...glad to see it was clear enough to see on top.

ROCK6

 

[milani74]

Thanks all. That was the tallest mountain I've ever climbed yet and one of the most satisfying overnighters. I hope to hike Rainier soon!

 

[OwenM]

Awesome. Volcano pass hahahahaha, that's awesome, too!

 

[jds1]

I hope to hike Rainier soon!

Have a good one!

Jeff

 

[Joezilla]

Did you guys have to tye off to one another at all? Looks awesome.

 

[milani74]

Nope. The lack of air at alt makes you work for every step but its not a technical climb. It was physically demanding but nothing vertical that required belay's or harnesses.

 

[scruffuk]

Stunning. I could almost smell how crisp the air was in some of those shots.

Thanks for taking the time to share :thumbup:

 

[River-8]

Outstanding!!

Thanks for sharing your trip!

See you at the Mischief?!!

8

 

[milani74]

I'll be camping on the Lewis river this weekend with the family. I'll stop by for the Mischief on Saturday.