Revenge on Mt. Adams July 06

Revenge on Mt. Adams July 06

After failing our first attempt on summiting Adams Dan and Myself went back to finish what we started with plans of hitting the SW chutes. We made a early start at 2 AM at 6,000 feet and were at the lunch counter by sunrise

Dan hiking up some volcanic scree

Adams shadow and Mt Saint helens in the distance

Finally making our way into the sun

The sun makes it over the peak

Hood in the Distance

Saint Helens burping

Making the hike towards the false summit

When we reached the false summit we took a break and dropped off our gear. Dan sat on a rock and was stung by a bee on his ass (most random bee sting ever). We decided it wasnt worth Skiing from the summit so we left our gear behind as we climbed to the peak.

Dan heading towards the true summit

The view from the top

Dans glisading back down in this pic

We looked around for a few minutes and found access into the chutes alot of areas were melted out but the chute was consistent all the way to the basin
My run




The Nastychoke

Dans run

As it turned out we were not in the SW chutes at all we accidently rode the Avalanche Glacier headwall notice the SW chutes to the right

The hike back was a few miles longer but the run was definitely worth it.