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| Swithich | South Spur: Lots of fun.  Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010 | |
| Started out at 7 A.M. Buddy got altitude sickness at 10,500 feet, but he dragged himself to the top anyway (summited about 12:30 P.M.). Glissading 2000 feet off of Pikers was unreal. Hard to describe without having climbed up the face first. The view was great from everywhere on the peak, and the weather held well enough to keep us from freezing or baking. Our reaction upon leaving the mountain and looking back from Trout Lake was "Wow, we climbed that thing today." It really is a surreal experience. It is hard to believe you can be standing on the top of it only 4 hours after leaving the trailhead. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2010 2:08 pm | ||
| balajisv | Been a while Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| South Spur: a really warm day and a long day hike. But great fun! | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2010 7:49 pm | ||
| Hotfeet | Number 7 Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010 | |
| Seventh trip and 5th summit. Another great climb on Mount Adams! | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2010 8:41 pm | ||
| Redwic | Great weather, great mountain! Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2010 | |
| The weather was good, but the day was long. FZTE and I arrived at the trailhead very late in the evening and we each only got a solid 1h30m of sleep. This made the route more of a grind than it needed to be, but we made it. I was one of the first climbers to reach the summit that day, and FZTE still made the summit despite a lingering stomach ailment that nearly ended his ascent. The glissades down from Pikers Peak were awesome! This was my 24th WA CoHP completed. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2010 10:31 am | ||
| fzte | Car to Car South Spur via Cold Springs Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2010 | |
| Due to the crazy weather conditions in the spring, the entire route was still snow-covered. The Wild Waves-like glissade chutes from the false summit all the way to the Lunch Counter were tons of fun. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2010 1:36 am | ||
| zoink | South Spur Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010 | |
| Went up the south spur from Cold Springs. Very hard to find a parking spot if you get there later on a Friday. Snowboarded off the summit. If you want a good ride all the way down bring some cards or something so you can hang out while the snow softens. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2010 5:48 pm | ||
| Holk | Indescribable Environment Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010 | |
| Quite the surreal experience my brother and I shared over the course of 24 hours. We climbed the Northwest Ridge with a North Face variation as our finish. Beautiful light the entire time! My TR is here: http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/639064/Agro-Adams-NWR.html | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2010 1:09 pm | ||
| kraymes | Mazama Glacier Date Climbed: Sep 2, 1990 | |
| Solo hike, I still need to ski this pig. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2010 2:34 pm | ||
| nelson20 | Conditions Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2010 | |
| South Climb trailhead is snowed in still. There was a large snow drift blocking the road 2.16 miles (at 4600 ft) before the trailhead. If you can get past that drift (someone tried in their Dodge truck and got stuck as we started) then the road is clear of snow for probably another mile or more. On our way back down from Cold Springs to where all the cars were parked a guy was driving through the drifts with his jacked up Subbie... maybe his tracks made them passable now? LOTS of downed trees on the road within a mile of Cold Springs. The trail is all snow still. We had zero scree the whole time (nice). However, we were heading back down in the afternoon and were post holing like crazy. Makes for slow going. Recommend skiing/boarding down. | ||
| Posted Jul 1, 2010 11:31 am | ||
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| mikevoie | Re: Conditions | |
| What time of day did you decend? We are climbing on the 5th and the 6th. (next week) Do you think we could avoid postholing with an earlier start? Thanks in advance. | ||
| Posted Jul 2, 2010 6:26 pm | ||
| DavidRooster | Good Snow Climb in Warm Weather Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009 | |
| Spent night at the Lunch Counter, semi-alpine start, and a nice view from the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2010 2:01 pm | ||
| brittonruss | Winter Mount Adams Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2010 | |
| Tough, tough approach. You can only get about 3 miles up the 8040 road right now. Then we snowshoed from there up to about 7,300'. That was a long slog in deep snow. Woke up the next day and went for the summit. The snow is packed and icy about 7000', | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2010 3:15 pm | ||
| SKI | S. Spur Date Climbed: Apr 4, 2009 | |
| Epic 3,000 foot belly-glissade down! | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2009 9:31 pm | ||
| Snowslogger | fun times Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1990 | |
| Drove down from Seattle with Sally. Hiked in a couple miles in the dark and camped, climbed up the next day. Did a ski ascent in July 2009 and skiied down the west side gully of Pikers Peak - great. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2009 11:56 pm | ||
| jyojt | south side Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2001 | |
| was my first volcano. i think there was more people there than at a super bowl. next time i ever do this i am not camping on the mountain. start early (2am) and make it a long day hike. view from the summit was awesome though | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2009 1:15 am | ||
| alpinedon | Only Once, long ago Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2000 | |
| My only summit of Adams was with the Obsidians group out of Eugene, via the south spur. Nice climb, nice day, wasn't in very good shape back then. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2009 4:14 pm | ||
| Buckaroo | N Face NW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 27, 1992 | |
| Climbed with Dave B. Gained the face from the Adams Glacier. Roped but no pro. Very windy on the summit. Came down NW Ridge, has a couple of steep steps. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2009 12:48 pm | ||
| project360 | Wagon Wheel on Summit> Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2002 | |
| A climb for everyone... | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2009 12:00 am | ||
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