"Copper Creek Trail The Mt Rose Trail team really converted a ruggedly steep trail into a gorgeous feat of hard work. 410 stairs w rebar to gain 1150’ elevation at the 1mi mark. Then another 1.4miles to the trail loop at the col (section not finished yet). Very very beautiful old growth particularly on the bottom half. Don’t know why all the Mt Rose loopers don’t this one. I’m talkin to you Scott Michie. Lightning Peak - 3” of snow at the top. Good mountaineers trail from the col w orange tape and cairns as guide. Sad part - four false summits all within 12 vertical feet of each other. One has to go one bump (200’ west) further from the coolest summit on average Olympics ridgeline to attain the true summit. Fun w snow. Furthest one is 6’ shorter than true summit. 3hrs up. 1.5hrs down. 6.5 miles. Watch died coming down. " — castrode • Oct 17, 2024

"Attempt, didn't summit. Went with JC on what probably was the last cold snap of the year. The days after today temps were supposed to be in the 50's F, but we only had our passes for today, so we went! Started at midnight from Seattle, on the trail by about 3:45am on Worm Flows. Conditions weren't great. Raining at the bottom. Temps in the high 30's. Temps at the top were forecast at a HIGH of 7 degrees F with wind chill. Winds up there were easily 20-25mph constant. At various times it was snowing, raining, and almost always cloudy (we were in the clouds). We essentially experienced a whiteout from above the weather station up, so we turned around at the last rock outcropping as we no longer had a visual point of reference and couldn't see the top let alone the edge of the volcano. Still made for an epic experience and I am glad to have done it. MSH is still my favorite mountain. " — zachmitch • Jun 17, 2024

"Snow to 1/2 mile of TH but don’t try to go farther or you’ll be digging out your car like we did. Park within 1 mile of TH but not at the current end as there’s no room there. Great corn snow at noon in full sun with freezing level at 11k. The summit push isn’t frozen either. SW chutes are IN and the most amazing ski run in Washington at 5000’ of drop at 40 degrees. " — castrode • May 31, 2024

"Squeezed in one last big day on Mount Adams - Adams is a 12,281’ stratovolcano in The Cascades - second largest in Washington only to Rainier. From the summit you can see Hood, Saint Helens and Rainier. We set out around 5am after acquiring permits the night before. It was a big day, 11 hours with over 7,500’ of climbing over about 16 miles of skinning, glacier travel on crampons and the most amazing 4,000 ski descent through slushy corn. Blessed by picturesque weather and mostly clear skis. Adams is a grind but it was worth the work. Running my marathon two weeks ago was easier than the grind up to the mostly-flat summit. " — wiweasel • May 20, 2024

"If using the ptarmigan route in winter Definitely follow the valley up to the left. Once you’re in the Boulder field not the ridge after weather station continue up to rejoin with the worm trail." — WanderingHutch • Jan 1, 2024