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a trail 14 miles or so in length leads to a temporary camp on 
the southern slope of the mountain. The trail all the way 
passes through an open forest of pine and tamarack, and rises 
to a height of about 4000 feet where a camp for the night is 
pitched by one of the ice-cold springs that issues from the 
mountain side. 
The ascent of Adams is probably easiest made from the 
south. From a temporary camp at 4000 feet the trip to the top 
and back is readily made in a day. The timber line is passed 
at about 6000 feet and the foot of the first glacier is reached 
at 7500 feet. It is possible to go substantially all of the way 
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Photograph by A. H. Denman 
INTERIOR OF LAVA CAVE 
over the rocks alone, or one can go much of the way over the 
snow fields and glaciers if he likes. The bare slopes are made 
up almost exclusively of broken rock which have been pro- 
duced by glaciers or by the disrupting effects of extreme tem 
peratures. The angular rock fragments are piled at steep 
angles and they often give way under a person’s weight, so 
that some caution is necessary in picking the proper route. 
On the whole Mt. Adams offers practically no serious obstacles 
to the climber and its ascent is made with as much or more 
ease and safety than is true of any other of our great snow 
Caps. 
