[HikingBex]

tweeted out by The Mountaineers earlier today(https://twitter.com/MountaineersOrg/status/1481803260788887552/photo/1) I would've assumed one could find some solitude on Mt Adams in 1922 but I guess not! Looks a lot like I remember during a July climb a couple years ago - at least we have better gear now

[Randito]

By 1922 the USFS had erected a fire lookout on the summit -- it operation was quickly abandoned as fog and low lying clouds interfered with effective fire spotting. In 1930s attempts were made to mine sulfur from the summit area -- a pack trail traversed by mules serviced the mine -- which was never profitable. The last time I climbed Mt Adams, the ranger issuing the permit mentioned that maximum number of permits issued for a single day was over 250 on the South Route -- thankfully the number of permits for our summit day was more in the 50 range.

[kiliki]

Well, the GROUP probably had solitude...it's not like access was easy. Probably nearly everyone that climbed Mt Adams that year with with that group. They appear to have walked to Mt Adams as part of a trip that started around Packwood. You can read about it here. https://www.mountaineers.org/about/history/the-mountaineer-annuals/indexes-annuals-maps/the-mountaineer-1922 The lookout keeper made coffee for 78 people.

[Cyclopath]

[Randito]

I think the Mountaineers outings in the "olde days" were a factor in the development of the "12 heart beat" or "18 heartbeat" rules in wildreness areas these days. I recall reading an account of a summer outing to Mt Olympus that included "self propelled" food -- they led a cow into the base camp and slaughtered it on site to feed the multitudes.

[Malachai Constant]

There was a lookout on St Helen's also.

[Schroder]

Once when I climbed Mt Baker in the 60's via the Coleman, I happened to hit the weekend that both the Mazamas and the Seattle Mountaineers were there. They had a line of at least 300 spaced 60 ft apart.

[zephyr]