Mt. Adams Climb July 12th, 2001

Mt. Adams is a 12,000 ft volcano located in south-west Washington

South side climb requires no special equipment. I used my climbing boots but there was a guy I met the day before that climbed in a pair of moccasins.

To see maps of the mountain and surrounding area click HERE

Ascent route is marked with the red line. I started below the treeline at an altitude of 5,500 ft, when I woke-up at 5:00AM it was raining so I put off starting until 6:35AM.

I'm at 8,500 ft and the clouds have not yet overtaken the summit. There were a group of snowboarders camping out just to the left, outside the cameras view.

An old abandoned house sits on the summit. I reached the summit (12,276 ft) at 12:40PM, by this time it was too cloudy to see much.

This photo taken on the summit shows the final ascent route with the false summit in the distance.

Picture is looking east of the summit.

If you compare this photo, taken after I decended, with the third photo in this sequence you can see just how cloudy it was on the summit.

To save time on the decent I brought with a small tarp that I used to slide down the steep-snowy portion of the mountain. It saved me about an hour which was good because I got lost going down. My GPS straightened out the confusion and I made it to the car by 5:35PM (6,800 ft ascent with a round trip time of 11 hours).