Ever since I moved to the Columbia River Gorge in 2010, I was in awe at the snow covered mountains - Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. It dawned on me that I have never climbed a mountain before but now might be the perfect time to try! Known to be one of the "easier" mountains to summit, Mt. Adams tempted me every time I saw this majestic white peak. Standing 12,276 feet tall, it reminded me often of my goal to reach the top. Much to my displeasure, I never did climb it during the 2 years I lived in the Columbia River Gorge. Now, back for a two week visit in September, it was time to make this goal a reality...
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| Energy for the hike. . . |
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| We hiked 2 hours up in the dark and slept out on the mountain! Lots of fresh air to take in. |
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| Breakfast before we leave camp |
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| A view of the FALSE summit! Getting to the top of this was the hardest part and you weren't even at the top yet. |
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| SUMMIT!!! 12,276' made it :) |
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| Our crew at the top with Mt. Rainer in the background |
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| Start of the descent... long way to go |
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| Cool snow field we had to traverse. It looks like a crazy scene from a movie |
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| My first glissading! Yes, you slide down on your butt! I wore a rain poncho to protect my butt. |
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| Another one of the glissading shoots. It was super cold and REALLY hurt if you got too much speed and flew out of the track. I had a bruise to prove it. |
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| Drinking some FRESH mountain spring water! Straight from the source, hard to beat that. |
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| Last snow field before we reach our camp area. You can see one of the camps in the right side of this photo. |
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| A closer look at one of the camps. They build up the rocks to help protect you from the wind. |
Well... it took us 6.5 hours to ascend, and 4.5 to descend. Needless to say, it was a long day of hiking! But, my to my pleasure, I finally got to check that off my list!
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