Feeling strong enough this season to try for a double lap on Mount Adams.

The best road view driving to Adams along its west side

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Now looking from the south side

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The best moon I have ever captured on a camera phone. I know Samsung projects fake images of the moon when the camera detects one, but not sure about Apple.

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Morning Hood

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Morning Helens

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Picked this pile of literal crap up and other strewn about garbage. Come on guys.

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Yea no wonder, this is getting ridiculous lol

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Rainier from Adams summit

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Helens from Adams summit

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Had to wait for corn o’clock. Bit of audience, but I was one of the earlier people to go down, and more people definitely followed after watching me descend than with the skiers who I think started a bit too impatiently on too firm conditions. No pictures of the second lap because I had to crank the timing for the next corn cycle on the west aspect.

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Thankfully a stranger had another bag with them to wrap the crap, but my bag still smelled a bit afterwards. A nontrival amount of weight too.

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Sunset at my car camp spot with Helens peeking out

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Sunset Hood

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Notes

• This was probably ~20 miles and ~11200 feet of vertical gain in a bit under 10 ½ hours.
• I think it’s hard to get perfect timing for both ski lines. I definitely started the SW Chutes on early [but still fun] corn (12:10 PM) and the west facing AG Headwall on perfect corn (2:40 PM). This makes 2:30 to get down the first line, transition, then skin 3600 feet of vert to the second, which seems reasonable if you’re dialed. But the skinning back up to the climbing route is not the easiest either since by then you’re skinning on proper corn and therefore prone to slipping. I think I’d put ski crampons on next time.