RHH's photos with the keyword: highway 97

Also known as Pahto or Klickitat, Mount Adams is an active volcano in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, second in height only to Mount Rainier. This photo was taken from Highway 97 south of Goldendale.

Mount Adams is one of the many active stratovolcanos in the Cascades that form a chain reaching from British Columbia to California. It is the second highest mountain in the state of Washington after Mount Rainier but much more remote. This photo was taken from a turnoff along Highway 97 south of Goldendale and Brooks Memorial State Park and just before descending into the Columbia River Gorge. On our recent trip through Washington, Oregon and California we spent our first night in Blewett Pass south of Leavenworth, Washington, and spent some time in that area the next morning before traveling south through Yakima to the Columbia River Gorge. Before reaching the gorge we spent some time in Brooks Memorial State Park where we hunted for orchids and other wildflowers and did some hiking.

Coming up north out of the Columbia River gorge on State Highway 97 affords one of the best views of Mount Adams to be gotten anywhere. We stopped at a turnoff on the heights south of Goldendale and the Klickitat Valley for this photo. Mount Adams is one of five active volcanos in the Washington Cascades. The other four are Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, Glacier Peak and Mount Baker. Mount Adams, however, is so remote that it is almost impossible to get nearer without a heavy duty four-wheel drive vehicle and that over some of the worst roads I've ever been on.