44 The Mountaineer 
MOUNT ADAMS. 
Pror. W. D. Lyman. 
Each great peak has its special features. Mount Adams 
is peculiar in its elevation, being second only to Rainier, vet 
comparatively easy of ascent. 
Though 12,307 feet high, its presents no special difficulties 
or dangers. To ascend it one has to just keep “plugging away.” 
It is a long, long climb, for the high-line camp cannot be 
made higher than about 7,500 or 7,800 feet. That leaves nearly 
5,000 feet to ascend on the great day. 
A second feature of Adams is the very great extent of the 
parks and apine woods. These meadows and glades are mar- 
vellous also for beauty, though unfortunately the great num- 
ber of sheep that have grazed there have somewhat marred the 
turf and the margins of the lakes. 
A third feature is the completeness and variety of the view 
from the summit. 
Of course all the great peaks have extensive views, but 
Adams occupies such a central position that it commands a 
view, if the day be clear, of more regions than does any other 
peak. The Puget Sound Basin, with all the great peaks of 
Washington, is stretched out to the north, while on the south 
the Columbia River, both central and lower part, and the long 
line of Oregon peaks, Hood, Jefferson, Three Sisters, Thielson, 
Scott, Diamond, and McLoughlin, are revealed. Also the vast 
Blue Mountain region eastward. 
The usual approach to Adams by the Columbia River, 
either steamboat or rail, and then from White Salmon up the 
valley of that stream to Trout Lake and the foot of the moun- 
tain, is of great beauty and interest. 
If the party should go, as has been suggested, by way of 
Mount St. Helens with a view to ascending that peak also, 
the route would be wilder and newer, more of a genuine ex- 
ploration, and might lead through the famous Indian burying 
and hunting ground, known as Sequash. The author is not 
familiar with the trails by that route, but they can doubtless 
