I've been to Mt. Adams in Washington a number of times, and I can tell you it's not to drive the lovely washboard pitted and twisty Route 23 or the South Climb 183 road. It's not to endure the dusty parking lot. It's not to contend with people coming and going at all hours when you're trying to get up at 4:30 AM. It's not to hike the rocky scree so typical of the volcanoes. But just like randonee skiers who "earn the turns" the trip to Mt. Adams can be one of the best glissades going, and when you're rocketing down the slopes you soon forget all the negatives and the hours of getting up there. The best time to climb and glissade Adams is usually late June early July when the snow is in good form, but this year (with the late lingering snowpack) even the middle of August provided some entertainment as I introduced my 16 year old daughter to this big mountain. But a video is worth a thousand blog entries......