7.1 hr
Overview
The trails on the south side of Mount Adams derive from a network of stock driveways from an era when sheep, and later cattle, were driven up the mountainside following the snow melt into extensive high meadows that later became more forested. The Gotchen Creek Guard Station was erected to monitor the livestock traffic, and most of the mountain’s features in this area are named after sheep and cattle herders. Much of this hike, which uses three major trails, travels through the area of the 2012 Cascade Creek Fire (that fire was initiated by a lightning strike near Crofton Butte ) and the 2024 Williams Mine Fire. With the country opened up by the burn, the off-trail excursion to the big rock on the top of Crofton Butte is a worthy goal.
Trail Stats
20.1 km
792 m
1607 m
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