This has become one of my fav climbs, its high 12,210ft, its steep and feels very remote

The west side of Mt Adams, showing lots more snow than the previous year

A closer look at our objective, with more snow, we were able to climb a direct line off the toe of the glacier

As always a nice alpine start, an instructor once told me that headlamps for for the morning not the evening, ie start your climb early enough to be back before dark. A simple statement that has shaped a lot of my climbing

Wonderful climbing to get onto the glacial rib

We have come a lot way from camp and its still early. Sign of a previous big slide litter the base

Heather climbing into the zone

Looking down at the crevasse field

Nearing the flat spot where we might be able to grab a snack and some water

A BIG crevasse that we need to cross

We were able to bypass this monster by climbing to the right.

Dawn light moving in from the east

Some of the ice seracs that need to be bypassed

The summit still looks like a long way to go but it looks warm up there :)

Looking towards the North ridge

Getting a little closer, Heather did learn to CJ (crevasse jump) on this trip!! Last year the climb moved through this crevasse on the left towards the North ridge col.  This year we were able to climb to the right and take a more direct line

 

Summit, its 12,210ft and windy

View from the North ridge , looking back at the summit

Looking at the North ridge descent route, this year we were able to access the NW face at 10,600ft to avoid the rock traverse

 

 

 

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