Backpack - Mount Adams Highline—Devils Garden

Meet at the Killen Creek Trailhead at 10am. This is about 4 hours from Seattle. I will likely camp the night before.

October whether can turn cold and rainy. I will only cancel if there is no chance of a view and the nighttime temps are expected to be below 30 degrees or there is a good chance of snow.

** LEADERS PERMISSION REQUIRED **

** NOTE ** Sign up will be first-come-first-serve, you're welcome to request permission in advance but you will have to register when registration opens.  There won't be any advance registration.

We will hike at a moderate 2 mph pace, taking frequent breaks. We will stop for an extended lunch (~20 minutes).  

There may not be an option for hanging food. I plan to bring my Ursack.

This part of the highline trail may require some route finding and is pretty rugged. We may venture off trail carefully once we make camp to explore closer to the glacier.

We will take an out and back hike from the Killen Creek Trail to the Highline trail clockwise past Foggy Flat to the end of the maintained trail and possibly slightly beyond to the Devil's Garden. This will be about 12 miles each day with about 4000 feet of gain the first day and the steepest section being 1900 ft of gain in three miles.

Goals, Expectations, and Style: My goals are always to stay safe, have fun, and do my best to help everyone feel welcome and included, while keeping a sense of interdependence and finding some wild and free moments. My expectations are that everyone will read all the information carefully, be truthful about their ability and experience level, communicate needs proactively, always stay with at least one other person and regroup at junctions, will work as a team to support each other, leave camp at the agreed on time and get to camp at a reasonable time. Everyone will do their best and try to be “all in” during the trip. Everyone will have the needed supplies for cooking, food storage, sleeping, and enough food and water for the trip. My style is to take breaks for swimming, snacks, and a longer lunch, to keep a steady pace around 2mph sometimes a bit slower uphill, to have good conversation with everyone in the group and have time together at camp around mealtime. I sometimes like to have an early morning coffee “sit spot” but enjoy having social time in the evening. I love exploring around camp and seeing “all the things”. I enjoy high places and don’t mind exposure but will not hike through high exposed areas in very rainy, snowy, or icy conditions.