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.