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Mt. Adams from near 7000 feet on the west side. The high point of Skamania county is found at the 8920 foot mark on this side, just below the Pinnacle. The high point used to be Mt. St. Helens (pre-eruption) The actual summit of Mt. Adams is far to the right of this picture showing what a huge mountain it is. If you look closely above what is roughly the 9000 foot level, you will see a big dust cloud. Rockfall occurred all day during our visit.
9-21-03
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[ Post a Comment ]| rfbolton | Just to cover our... | | 
Hasn't voted | ...backsides, you might want to change the 9,000 feet in the caption to 8,920 feet. Klenke is likely to pull a John Roper on us and claim that we went to the wrong spot! 
Actually, if the truth were known, Don and I think that the area on the topo map where the 8920-foot+ spot shows may be air now. The speed with which that mountainside is disintegrating suggests that any spot that close to what was essentially a cliff back when the map was drawn may no longer be there. Don was thinking that when he was there, and I can't argue based on what we saw.
We did indeed have much more severe conditions than they had, that's for sure! | | Posted Jun 8, 2005 8:09 pm |
 | | rfbolton | Re: Just to cover our... | |
Hasn't voted | I shot a photo of my GPS here just to prove that we did get high enough to go into Yakima County. I took the shot while standing on the edge of the abyss, and when I got home and saw on Topozone where the shot had been taken, I was very confused. Then when Don told me his theory, it all made sense. | | Posted Jun 8, 2005 8:36 pm |
| | Don Nelsen | Re: Just to cover our... | | 
Hasn't voted | Interestingly, the spot you linked to no longer exists! I've sent each of you a .jpg of my GPS track. Do we have a Mt. St. Helens situation here, except that the mountain went down, instead of up!?
don | | Posted Jun 8, 2005 8:47 pm |
| | Dean | Re: Just to cover our... | | 
Hasn't voted | Wrong spot? The way we covered that mountainside, I'm sure we hit everything in creation that could've qualified. It doesn't surprise me one bit to think that that whole section may have changed. But when we were there, it was there. : ) | | Posted Jun 8, 2005 10:22 pm |
| | rfbolton | Re: Just to cover our... | |
Hasn't voted | I think Don's right that the mountain we saw doesn't resemble the topo map. Like I said, I was confused when I got home because my GPS reading was taken right on the edge of the abyss, and it was some distance south of the edge showing on Topozone. Don's track also provides evidence since it goes right over the spot I took my GPS photo. Not to worry, however, we got the HP. It's just not where the topo map said it would be.
| | Posted Jun 8, 2005 11:00 pm |
| | Don Nelsen | Re: Just to cover our... | |
Hasn't voted | I'm sure you and Dean got the high point but previous climbers, if they kept to the ridgeline, would probably have climbed what is now just air! It would be interesting to compare pictures from several years ago. | | Posted Jun 9, 2005 10:41 am |
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