Adams' Snow-covered Aiken Lava Bed - backpacking pictures
Mount Adams, Washingtonby precision Mount Adams is a volcano that has its peak inside the Mount Adams Wilderness, which is a part of the Gifford Pichot National Forest, in Washington's part of the cascades. It receives a great deal of snow most years, and outside the wilderness, below about 6,000 feet, is a place where you may find many snowmobiles in action, skiers, and snowboarders - even in March. The main roads into the park are forest roads 80, 8020, 8040, 82, and 8225. These roads are not likely to be plowed this time of year, so if you're going to hike up the lava bed or up to the peak some other route you should be prepared for a long approach to the mountain, for your parking might have to be in one of the distant snow parks. If you go through the lava bed be sure to use caution as you hike and climb up. The snow I encountered was mostly wet snow. The snow is punch-able, and you can easily find yourself thigh deep with one leg and a snowshoe / crampon wedged into the sub-snow boulders - even on trails packed by snow mobiles.
Photographs of Adams and the Aiken Lava Bed on the South by South-east side of Mount Adams up to about 6,000 feet. Number Pictures:21 Date Created: 3/28/07
