- Mount Adams Summit Hike (OregonHikers.org)
In our area, Mount Adams, at 12,276’, is the highest summit attainable via a day hike; however, most people do it as a backpack, stopping overnight at the Lunch Counter (9,400’) and heading up the final leg early the next day. Indeed, an overnight might be necessary for acclimatization purposes. For fit hikers, this trip is eminently possible in good weather, and views from the Lunch Counter at sunset and from the summit on a summer morning are the just rewards. Lower down on the route, there are alpine parklands, small wildflower meadows, and rushing streams.
- Ötzi (Wikipedia)
Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi’s remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname “Ötzi”, German: [œtsi]) at the Austria–Italy border. He is Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans.
- Mount Adams (summitpost.org)
Mount Adams, situated in the eastern Cascade range, east of Mount Saint Helens and north of Mount Hood, is the second most massive and the third tallest volcano in the Cascade range. It’s eruptive volume is about 48 cubic miles and only Mount Shasta is larger in volume in the Cascades. About 60% of the mountain is in the Mount Adams Wilderness while the remainder (the East Side) was returned to the Yakama Indian Reservation. While often called a neglected mountain, this is debatable. During an early summer weekend, the Mount Adams Ranger Station recently issued Cascade Volcano Passes for over 350 people. Most of these people stay close to the South Spur described below. Be careful of rockfalls, especially on the headwall routes - there’s a reason why most Mount Adams headwall routes remain unrepeated.
- Mount Adams (Washington) (Wikipedia)
Mount Adams, known by some Native American tribes as Pahto or Klickitat, is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. Although Adams has not erupted in more than 1,000 years, it is not considered extinct. It is the second-highest mountain in Washington, after Mount Rainier.
