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| South Climb Trail |
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Low Point:
5,600 Feet
Trail Number:
183
Usage:
Very Heavy
Difficulty:
Difficult
High Point:
12,276 Feet
Length:
3.4 Miles
Reservation:
No
Season:
Mid-July - October
From Trout Lake, Travel north on Primary Forest Route 23 to Forest Route 80. Follow 80 north across the forest boundary and until it becomes Forest Route 8040. Follow 8040 north to Forest Route 500. Take 500 north to the Cold Springs Campground. The trailhead is at this Campground.
Location Information
The heavily used South Climb Trail provides access to the South Climb of Mt. Adams. This is not a technically challenging climb, but it takes climbers at least six to eight hours to ascend the nearly 6,700 vertical feet across snow and rock to reach the 12,276-foot summit of Mt. Adams. From the trailhead,the trail follows an old road for two miles to the timberline, where it enters the wilderness, crosses Round the Mountain Trail, and continues toward the summit of Mt. Adams (approximately 5.7 miles from Cold Springs). The trail is maintained to the 8,000-foot level on Crescent Ridge, then an unmaintained trail continues to Lunch Counter. A footpath accesses the false summit, Pikers Peak (11,600 feet elevation). The climb continues northwest to the summit.
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