Jan 12 2024
Mount Adams Rising above the rugged northern Presidential Range, Mount Adams is one of the most imposing mountains in New Hampshire. Modern lidar-based measurements place its summit at approximately 5,797 feet, making it the second-highest ranked peak in the state after Mount Washington. Mount Adams is a classic White Mountains destination: steep approaches, enormous boulder …
Jan 12 2024
The Southern Presidential Traverse is one of the finest high-elevation hikes in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, linking a succession of exposed summits along the southern half of the Presidential Range. Unlike the much longer full Presidential Traverse, which typically begins around Mount Madison and crosses the entire Presidential ridge, the Southern Presidential Traverse focuses primarily …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Adams Mount Adams is one of the great volcanic mountains of the Pacific Northwest, rising to approximately 12,280 feet (3,743 meters) in southern Washington. It is the second-highest mountain in Washington, surpassed only by Mount Rainier, and one of the tallest summits in the Cascade Range. Broad, heavily glaciated, and extraordinarily massive, Mount Adams …
Feb 28 2022
They say you are who you hang out with. For this reason, it is difficult to get a true sense of a mountain until you spend some time with its neighbors. Sometimes the character of one peak may be better appreciated after having explored others in the same range. You know what you’re looking at …
