Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of
Washington
Mt. Adams: Round the Mt. Trail #9 from Cold Springs Campground to Bird Creek Meadows
October 22, 2005
This photo shows the south face of Mt.
Adams as seen from the junction of the Round the Mountain Trail #9 and South
Climb Trail # 183. The south climb route ascends the long, straight snow fields
on the slopes at right. Photographed October 22, 2005.
A view south across the uppermost elevations of the Aiken Lava
Flow towards King Mt. (on the horizon), Snipes Mt. (center right) and Smith
Butte (to upper right of Snipes Mt.). Photographed from the Round the Mountain
Trail #9.........October 22, 2005. The haze is due to the burning of
slash near the Klickitat River near Cunningham Cr. A whitebark pine (Pinus
albicaulis) is seen at lower right.
Paul Slichter