Mount Adams Climber's Log

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HeyItsBen

HeyItsBen - Jul 9, 2007 4:40 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2007

Mazama glacier  Sucess!

Fun route, an excellent beginner glacier climb. My partner wasn't feelin' it, so I went solo from the top of the glacier. 4:10 to the summit from Sunrise Camp. Cut off the train coming up the South Side and was the first one to the summit that day by an hour.

tkoooooooooo

tkoooooooooo - Jul 7, 2007 8:04 pm

playing catch up  Sucess!

i climbed this a couple years ago, then a year later. Mazama glacier and South Spur. South Spur is boring.

dan-o

dan-o - Jul 7, 2007 1:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2004

North Cleaver  Sucess!

2 good friends, 3 days of fantastic weather, no one else on that side of the mountain... perfect!

giggy

giggy - Jul 6, 2007 2:44 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2007

Via Mazama Route  Sucess!

great 3 days on the peak! Had sunrise to ourselves. Bird Creek road opened on 23rd. Coming from east coast, we got lucky with that. Great route.

gimpilator

gimpilator - Jul 6, 2007 2:35 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007

South Spur Solo  Sucess!

I made bivouac at Cold Springs last night after getting lost in the dark on the forest roads. Woke three hours later and got going at 3:45 am this morning. I was on the windy summit by 11 am and back to my motorcycle by 3:15 pm for the 250 mile drive home. Now I'm tired.

jclements

jclements - Jul 5, 2007 10:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007

From Lunch Counter  Sucess!

First one up in the morning ~0820, though I saw a light up there during the night.

idahomtnhigh

idahomtnhigh - Jul 2, 2007 10:39 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007

South Spur Route  Sucess!

This was my first Cascade Mountain. The weather on the approach was bad, snow, rain and wind. The top of the mountain was getting hammered. Saturday dawned clear and no wind, the day stayed great but the wind did pick up in the afternoon. I got a little sunburned but it was a great day!

nasak

nasak - Jul 2, 2007 4:17 am Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2007

Denied

We went up the South Spur during mid-week. Great weather on the approach, but incoming weather from the coast caused us to turn around around 10,600. It was raining at the high-camp (8100ft). Lots of folks up on the south side ... probably around 30. Great views of Helens & Hood.

J Fox

J Fox - Jun 26, 2007 11:25 am Date Climbed: May 21, 2006

South Spur  Sucess!

My brother and I climbed the South Spur over two days. The access road was snowed in so we had to hike and additional 6 miles just to reach the trailhead. This was a slog of a trip. 24 miles and 8000 vertical feet through some seriously deep snow. We had a blast though. We had clear skies on the summit and could easily see Rainier, Hood and Mt. Saint Helens. Glissading down Pikers Peak was a blast but we got rained on the last 6 miles out.

Pantilat

Pantilat - Jun 20, 2007 2:16 am

Adams Glacier  Sucess!

Sweet route

WoundedKnee

WoundedKnee - Jun 13, 2007 1:37 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007

Bad weather on the south spur

The road is clear up to the trailhead, but the trail gets snowy a mile from the trailhead. Weather report was dodgy, but we took a shot anyway. At about 7000', whiteout conditions took over, and our tracks began to fill with snow. We headed down, not having a night to wait out the storm. This is a grudge peak now.

Levi

Levi - Jun 4, 2007 6:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007

SO Close...

We came so very close to the summit but just didn't get it. The road isn't clear to Cold Springs yet but its getting close, so we had to walk the extra few miles. Made camp at about 7000'. We watched a couple thunder storms boil up. Left camp next day at 5am. Finally at 11:30am we got to the false summit. The weather the whole day was nice and right when we got to the false summit the clouds came in. Seeing that it was starting to get to white out conditions we turned around. About 10min later after getting pretty far down the weather became perfect again. Being to tired to walk up we continued down. Missed the tent and had to look for it and then packed up and headed for Morrison Creek. 4:45pm we reached the car after the grueling hike out. We came so close but we will have to return one day to get this one.

thundercloud

thundercloud - May 25, 2007 4:55 pm Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2003

South Spur  Sucess!

Second time up. Leisurely climb, good glissade.

oo09nj76t5

oo09nj76t5 - May 10, 2007 2:27 am Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2005

Mazama Glacier  Sucess!

Fun climb, beautiful views. Lots of Wind.

boisedoc

boisedoc - Apr 7, 2007 3:02 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1996

tired  Sucess!

pretty tiring day after not sleeping the night before. Great views.

mow10

mow10 - Mar 17, 2007 6:40 am Date Climbed: May 18, 2000

7000 vertical foot snowboard descent  Sucess!

Due to early season road closure I had to hike an extra 5 miles in. Ended up going nearly 10,000 vertical feet up in 10 miles in less than 24 hours, solo. Followed by the most memorable snowboard run of my life!! Ya shoulda been there....

Hotfeet

Hotfeet - Feb 25, 2007 7:27 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006

South Spur

South Spur again. Snow storm blew in and made visability horrible. We bailed out after weathering a restless night on the Lunch Counter. Fun time though. I found the experience to be a great reminder of how sudden a storm can change the dynamics of a climb, any time of year.

Hotfeet

Hotfeet - Feb 25, 2007 7:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2005

South Spur  Sucess!

South Spur again one year later. All of 4 of us were successful! Went and explored Mazama Glacier a bit.

Hotfeet

Hotfeet - Feb 25, 2007 7:21 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2004

South Spur  Sucess!

South Spur Route 2004 An inspiring experience. A magical place.

mbollino

mbollino - Feb 22, 2007 5:07 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006

South spur  Sucess!

Long but fun climb. An early start put us on the summit before clouds rolled in. Felt bad for people still hiking up into the soup. Unfortunately the glissade track was too icy for a comfortable descent.

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