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skyler - May 6, 2015 9:48 am Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2015
SummitClimbed solo via the South Spur. Camped at the lunch counter. The weather was perfect for the 9am summit. Will do it again.
endo.the.timber - Apr 17, 2015 11:43 pm Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2015
car to carnice hike. Mazama route.
goleary - Jan 30, 2015 9:36 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2013
Beginners stupidityThis was my first attempt climbing a mountain and we decided to do it in one day. I didn´t bring enough food or clothing for that matter and we did start towards the summit until around noon. Massive cloud system and electrical storm ended up turning us back less than 200 feet below the summit in the middle of the night. Definitely learned a lesson and will never do anything this stupid again.
Ian Culhane - Jan 23, 2015 2:29 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010
South Spur RouteGreat two day climb with optimal weather; amazing glissade down from the false summit!
nlahue - Dec 9, 2014 6:52 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2014
Fantastic ViewsSouth Spur Route, Camped at Lunch Counter the night of the 5th. Started about 3:30 am for the summit and summited around 7ish as the second group on the summit for the day. Had amazing views of Ranier, Helens, Hood, Jefferson and even the 3 Sisters.
Rkapman - Dec 1, 2014 4:45 pm Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2014
South SpurStarted on the 11th camped up at the lunch counter, continued the following morning around 5am and made the summit around 9 am
Vic Hanson - Sep 19, 2014 11:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2014
A beautiful day!After picking up my permit that morning I didn't start hiking until 9:30, reached the summit at 3 pm, and back at parking at 6. Was a fun glissade in spots! South Spur route.
NSchweiger - Sep 8, 2014 2:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2014
South SpurGreat first snow climb.
Lenny72 - Aug 21, 2014 4:58 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2014
Long Day of Climbing on Mount Adams!Camped at Cold Springs Campground and started up Trail #183. Nearly got nailed by a huge rock that came tumbling down the steep slope but got out of the way in time. Made it up to the summit and back to the campground in one long day. Strenuous going up but definitely worth the view from the top. Glissade down was quite fast and fun!
Fensterschlechter - Aug 16, 2014 3:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2014
Adams Glacier solo3 day trip, 2 nights at High Camp. Mostly steep snow. Crevasse navigation had me climbing about 25' of water ice on the far right at about 10.5k'. Had gear but didn't use it there. Descended N Cleaver, found a rap station to get to a decent snow field around 10k'. Mosquitos were bloody awful below 7k'.
x83415 - Aug 13, 2014 2:22 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2014
South SpurWarm weather and soft snow. Glissade down was fantastic!
lalpinist - Aug 12, 2014 1:38 am Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2014
Glissade!There is a nearly continuous 2,000-foot glissade from the false summit to lunchcounter.
yadahzoemtn - Aug 5, 2014 11:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2013
Best Ever GlissadeWow this one is worth doing over and over and over again. Started early and did it in one push. Great glissade down.
Walkoutnow - Aug 1, 2014 1:03 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2014
South SpurGreat weather both days we were on the mountain. We camped around 8900 ft with relative privacy. Tons of places to choose from, where people have worked hard to create rock shelters (much appreciated).Long snow slog up with varying snow conditions in the morning hours. Only wished we would have brought crampons instead of microspikes during that part. Other than that, a simple snow hike up. Great views from the top, and the best glissading ever - over 2500ft of it on the way down!
bb - Jul 26, 2014 1:50 am Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2014
solo11 hrs car to car. South route
brihuang - Jul 18, 2014 7:39 am Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2014
South Side SnowboardSolo 14 hour round trip from 830PM to 1030AM with a 2.5 hour rest/nap in between. Fun ride down and avoided the hottest part of the day!
DrGranola - Jul 17, 2014 2:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2014
Warm but funOvernighted at the Lunch Counter which was very warm. Mild overnight temps and a light freeze made for punchy snow until just under Pikers where it was bullet proof. Enjoyable walk to the summit. First Cascade climb! Trip report
Fairley8 - Jul 16, 2014 5:06 pm
Re: Mt Adams South SpurHi Jurgen, I haven't skied Adams yet. I agree, it's too late in the season for it to be worth it at this point. I will probably aim for a late winter/spring attempt next year and just plan on a very long approach.
Trawinski - Jul 16, 2014 4:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2014
1-nighter South SpurHiked in in the afternoon of July 8 and spent the night at around 8,000 ft near Crescent Glacier. 0700 start next day and summited with girlfriend at around 1PM. Snow pretty punchy most of the way, but epic glissade runs the whole way down.
Jurgen - Jul 14, 2014 1:06 pm
Re: Mt Adams South SpurHi Chris
Sorry for my late response. Didn't notice your comment. Have you been able to climb the Mazama glacier and ski down? We met a couple from Canada that planned a ski descent for the day after we climbed Adams. I'm not sure whether this was the right time though. I would go a bit early in spring season.
Jurgen