TR: Mount Adams 7/25/10

[snacktray]

With temperatures nearing 100 in Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho, we packed the bus to find cooler temps and snow covered slopes in the Cascades. The rumor was Mt. Adams still had a great snowpack but dwindling fast on the lower slopes. Snacktray, Reggie and Chris figured that would be a great destination.

The Central Washington heat wave



Yeah...This looks more like it






Still sleepy,Chris(lost a boxing match with his ski pole) and Snacktray rollin the South Route at sunrise with Mt. Hood in the background



Chris, Snacktray and Reggie posing with Mt. Rainier on the summit



After about an hour of hanging out on the summit waiting for the snow to soften, we enjoyed the fruits of our labor.
The cold wind was blowing hard on the Southwest Chutes, so we headed down an icy summit to the leeward,southeastern side to find a softer descent.
Gettin off to a rough start. Woot!









On to softer slopes....















We were able to link all the lower slope patches all the way down with only a half hour hike back to the car. About 40 minutes of continous turns only stopping to route find and switch the camera. Not sure if it was the fact that it was the end of July, 100 degrees in Hood River or my winter was cut short( broke my heel in a climbing fall), but that was one of the most satisfying runs in my existence thus far. This pic is where we finally ran out of snow. Thanks, Mount Adams

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

Cool - nice TR.

[Slaag Master]

utah needs to change it to greatest snow on earth except in summer. that is insane having so much snow that you went down the south face! non skiers can't begin to understand anything about summer skiing and even many skiers have no idea of what you said about one of the best ski days of your life. it is hard to explain. you guys must have climbed 6000'-7000'? 40 minutes of "down time"! major stoke builder! thanks!

[powski3]

Nice, still looking pretty good up there. The SW Chutes in June were on of my favorite non-powder runs of all time as well.

[snacktray]

non skiers can't begin to understand anything about summer skiing and even many skiers have no idea of what you said about one of the best ski days of your life. it is hard to explain. you guys must have climbed 6000'-7000'? 40 minutes of "down time"! major stoke builder! thanks!

Thanks for the kind words Slaag. Yeah...most don't understand hiking for summer turns. It is hard to explain! That would make a good thread.
You hit it just about right...6676' of climbing and 30-40 minutes of down time...so fun

[altasnob]

Did you descend the standard climbers route or venture left to the Mazama Glacier? From your pics, looks like the Mazama Glacier? Any crevasses to navigate around? Looks like a fun ski.

[*Ace*]

Hey, it's Chris from Portillo last year.
Nice photos, looks like you had a blast.
I am missing the snow terribly.
Can't wait to make som turns.

[djc]

Nice work Glenn....it ain't quite what we were doing last July....but still pretty damn good!

[snacktray]

Did you descend the standard climbers route or venture left to the Mazama Glacier? From your pics, looks like the Mazama Glacier? Any crevasses to navigate around? Looks like a fun ski.

We descended skiers left of the standard route. From the 6th pic you can see where the crevasse opens up substantially descending to the Lunch Counter. Didn't really scope it out, but from what I saw I'm sure their would be navigation issues on the glacier.

[Ski to Be]

Nice job. I am still amazed at how much snow is still there. We did it 2 weeks ago and thought it only had a few weeks left.

[mtl_ripper]

beauty, eh. Sooo fortunate to have summer snow out there, I am stoked for all y'all!!

[Vets]

That looks very enjoyable.

[The Duke of Hurl]

Bump to the only real stoke on here right now. Nice work Snacks. Where are all those little dots coming from in this pic? Lunch counter?

[rehabit]

+1 for real stoke! Nicely done!

[McFly]

Here I am sitting in Hot Hot India - loving your TR.

Waiting to get back just in time for the season.

Marty

[Clownshoe]

I've been looking over at Adams for a couple of weeks from my job at Mt. Hood, wondering how often it got skied in the summer. Thanks for the answer! Nice one