I likely won’t get up Mount Adams (5,799 feet) this winter for various reasons. But this triangular peak is one of the highlight destinations in the White Mountains. People who climb it, remember that day without any trouble. Second highest in the region to Mount Washington, it is a true summit with no man-made structures except a low wooden sign for multiple trails, which is often decorated with ice feathers in the winter.
Back when I worked in the AMC Hut System in the 1960s, I enjoyed climbing to the summit from the nearby Madison Hut, located in the Madison/Adams col. On the summit was an exotic Sanskrit letter painted in red on one of the rocks, signifying the universal sound OM. It strangely fit on this pointed wild summit, and back at the hut I found out it was painted by an exotic group from Philadelphia called the Aetherius Society. Those interested can find more about them at aetherius.org . By the 1980s, forest regulations required that the symbol be erased.
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Grey Knob Cabin just below timberline on Mount Adams. It is reached by the Lowe's Path. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)
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