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Oregon Randy

@oregonrandy.bsky.social

Today was full of views!
#Hiking #MountHood #MtStHelens

#MtRainier #MtAdams
A classic set of #PNW views from Silver Star Mountain in Washington State.
#Stunday #Nature #Mountains #Snow
Mount Jefferson was briefly visible along the horizon to the South, but it was being shy. 🫣

A photo of receding mountain ridges with the nearest at bottom, with individual trees visible along it's top and side ridges that descend out of frame to the bottom. The trees and dense first cover appear very dark green against lighter colored brush covering areas between the trees, and some bare rocky areas in light gray along ridgelines.
The next ridge upward in the photo crosses the whole photo from side to side. On the whole it appears bluer from distance, and the trees look like a solid covering of forest in blue green with hints of shaded contours descending the lower slopes.
Above that is a hazy blue distant landscape that rises steadily to a horizontal bank of puffy white clouds.
Above the clouds is a jagged come shaped pointed mountaintop with it's high slopes covered in thin new snow. Darker shaded areas of snow free blue rocky exposures radiate down it's slopes from the summit.
The sky around and above the mountain is a pale blue with just a few wispy puffy clouds.

A photo of a rocky pointed peak in the middle looked down on from a higher vantage in the foreground at bottom.
Above the peak, the top half of the image shows the blue sky with a towering grey hazy cloud rising all the way to the top of the photo, and another shorter, but more white rounded cloud at it's base to the left. To the right a grey string of small distant clouds hug the blue horizon with the haze of high white clouds far away.
The rocky pointed peak has one side fully lit by the Sun in light grey of rocky outcrops, separated by a sharp steep ridgeline with everything the other side of the ridge in solid dark shade. It resembles a very rough pyramid. The peaks base is surrounded by tall dense green conifer forest tree tops that run forward on the landscape until the foreground of nearby colorful yellow/green Fall grasses, short tough ground cover in pale rusty hues, a scattering of large grey angular boulders, and the same color rocky open patches amount the plants, and finally two small rich green well formed tough conifer trees.

A expansive view overlooking rolling and rugged mountains covered in green conifer forests almost to the horizon across the upper third of the photo.
At bottom left there is a view of a closer very steep rocky set of descending grey cliffs with isolated patches of small trees clinging to a few places that aren't drop offs.
Along the horizon are a few sparse hazy grey low clouds that give way to two snow covered high mountain peaks. The peak on the left is a fairly rounded jump with some dark ridges visible before the cloud obscure the mountains lower flanks. That is a view of the South flanks of Mt St Helens in Washington State.
On the far right is a little less distinct view of a much farther snowy mountain top. That is 14,000 foot Mount Rainier, almost 100 miles away to the North.
Above the cloudy horizon and mountains the sky is a very pale blue that becomes a little darker in a gentle gradient to the top of the photo.

A photo of more forested mountain views.
A foreground mountain has a rounded shape with it's right flank having a dense line of green conifer forest almost to it's small grey peak. The forest cover is interrupted by pale yellow/green grassy and small shrub covered areas that descend down the right and left flanks from the peak, as well as a few exposures of rocky dark grey cliffs dropping off lower on the left bottom flank.
Beyond the foreground mountain are rows of mountain ridges and ranges covered in more green conifer forest with creased ridge and gullies descending into unseen valley bottoms below.
In the distance the green mountainsides are blue from the great distance so the way up to the intermittently visible horizon with the sky, sometimes obscured by a few grey fluffy clouds.
A few irregular grey patches of clouds are scattered above the horizon in the pale blue sky.
To the right side of the horizon looms a large snow covered peak above most of the clouds and all the other mountains. Some texture is visible of it's rugged ridges and a few darker areas of bare stone exposure.
That mountain is 12,000 foot Mt Adams in Washington State.

September 28, 2026 at 3:20 AM

heinessight2020.bsky.social

@heinessight2020.bsky.social

South of Mt. Adams there is a ranch. 🛸👣

Matthew Heines Interviews James Gilliland at ECETI Ranch.
When the interview ended, the night watch started.

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#ECETI #UFO #Bigfoot #MtAdams #EncountersUSA #Heinessight

September 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM

Oregon Randy

@oregonrandy.bsky.social

Let's have a little #ForestFriday!
Here's a scene from this large open meadow area full of springs like the one in the image. Flowers, alpine conifers, butterflies, and a big ice capped stratovolcano!

#Hiking #Meadow #Forest #Nature #MtAdams #PNW #Friday
Want more pics in the comments?

A green meadow split by a cool mountain spring meandering from it's source are the bottom third of the image. On the left edge of that bottom third is a jumble of grey boulders descending to the spring. And on the right bank of the spring a tall twinned conifer tree rises from the bank to out of the top of the images frame.
The middle third of the image is a dense forest of sub alpine firs rising in pointy green columns into the sky. The forest rises upward away from the level meadow edge to the left.
The top third of the image is far off background featuring a rugged buff and dull light reddish mountain, almost barren save for a few green patches. And masked partially by the tree tops, a massive snow capped mountain looms high above, against a hazy pale blue sky.

August 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM

dev*

@devwild.bsky.social

#big changes can tear open a gash that will never fully heal, but may become a beauty all its own. 🗻

#photography #blueskyartshow #aerial #washington #mtsthelens #mtadams #pnw

August 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM

adalbertbruce

@adalbertbruce.bsky.social

The upper portion of Mt. Adams, seen over the heights of the Columbia River Gorge, from Hood River, Oregon; 7-10-26. #columbiarivergorge #hoodriver #mtadams #oregon

The snow-whitened top of Mt. Adams, over grassy and forested bluffs, with part of the Columbia River, signs, and roofs in the mid and near distance. -JBF

July 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM

William

@carltonliam96.bsky.social

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Beautiful 🫶🏼 #mthood #mountrainier #mtsthelens #mtadams #oregon

TikTok video by Amalia

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May 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM

Ingrid Saxon she/her

@ingridknits.bsky.social

Our time at Grateful Vineyard did not disappoint! Highly recommend the seasonal lemon artichoke pizza and the GF crust! We enjoyed wine, beer and a double Mountain View kind of day!

#gratefulvineyard #mthood #mtadams

April 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM

Dale R. Carlson

@dalercarlson.bsky.social

On #Stunday, "Mt. Adams over the Hood River Valley" with vineyards in the foreground. #mtadams #mountadams #oregon #hoodrivervalley #washington #mountains #cascades #vineyards #PNW #PacificNorthwest #bluemoonistic

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April 26, 2026 at 5:41 PM

Jason Stiff

@jasonstiff.bsky.social

Mt. Adams with Mt. Rainier in the distance, both with snow blankets. Back in #Montana, the trees rise as #rain and #snow fall. It wouldn't be #spring in Montana if we didn't have snow! I'll have your 7-day #weather forecast tonight!

#Washington #MtAdams #MtRainier #Billings #snow #Thursday #April

April 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM

Mark Jeffreys

@cmmarkjeffreys.bsky.social

"Praying the Steps" is an annual tradition in Mt. Adams which has been celebrated for over 150 years and Playhouse in the Park was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Mt. Adams is home to some amazing cultural landmarks in Cincinnati. #Jeffreyswalksthe52 #MtAdams #Cincinnati

March 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM

Mark Jeffreys

@cmmarkjeffreys.bsky.social

The Cincinnati Art Museum is a historic gem in Eden Park and always free to enter. Their Art in Bloom event next month will bring thousands of people here from all over the region, proving this is a premier attraction in the city. #Jeffreyswalksthe52 #MtAdams

March 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM

Starlisa

@starlisab.bsky.social

It was a gorgeous morning! I love living here. I also like listening to the geese calling out as they fly. #canadiangeese #MtAdams #peacefulday

February 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM

Melinda Ruby

@melindaruby.bsky.social

Sunset last weekend near Mt Adams
#sunset #mtadams #troutlakewashington #pnwphotographer #snowmoon #westcoastkin

February 7, 2026 at 3:56 AM

SBisch

@shb76.bsky.social

Circling Mt Hood with a view of Mt Adams and Mt Rainier in the background- great day to be a bird #mthood #mtrainier #mtadams #pnw #washingtonstate #oregon #flying #bluesky #mountains @nps-cambot.bsky.social @canonusa.bsky.social @mthoodadventures.bsky.social @bsky.app #photography #landscape

October 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM

Snowride

@snowride419.bsky.social

Panorama Friday! 3 #volcanos in the central #Cascades. #Pahto / #Klickitat / #MtAdams (left), #Wy'East / #MtHood (center), and #Loowit / #MtStHelens (right).

#landscape #pnw #danielimagery

A color shot of 3 volcanos on a snowy day.

A black and white shot of 3 volcanos on a snowy day.

October 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Snowride

@snowride419.bsky.social

#Pahto, aka #Klickitat, aka #MtAdams reaches 12,281 feet above sea level with over 8,100 feet of prominence. In this shot, the reddish colors of #alpenglow are reflected off #TakhlakhLake.

#PNW #reflectionphotography #danielimagery

September 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM

alyssa

@alyssalund.bsky.social

7-2-2022. #mtadams #mountaineering

September 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM

alyssa

@alyssalund.bsky.social

#mtadams #glissading

September 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM

Lizard

@afoo4u.bsky.social

Take me back to Oregon

#Oregon #travel #nature #mtadams #photography

August 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Mike Ellinger

@mellinger01.bsky.social

Hiked Mt. Adams in New Hampshire a couple weeks back. Also took the cog rail up to Mt. Washington #NewHampshire #MtAdams #AppalachianTrail #PresidentialMountains #hiking

August 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM

Page

@pagejpdx.bsky.social

I love spending a day wandering. One day last week I ended up in the tiny town of Trout Lake, WA marveling at views like this one of majestic Mt Adams!
#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #mtadams #mountain #mountainview #view #mountainlove #wander #wonder #getoutside #optoutside #photography

A view of the over 12,000 ft tall Mt Adams from a hiking trail. There is blue sky and fluffy white clouds at the top just above and around the sparsely snow-capped bluish-gray mountain. At the foot of the mountain there are dark green evergreen trees. Below that are lighter green shorter trees, bushes, grasses and other foliage. In the foreground are several streams of blue water and dark green foliage.

August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM

Randy Craig Photography 2 second account

@randy-craig-photo2.bsky.social

Photo from a very recent hike on Mt Adams in Washington state. A lovely day of solo hiking in wilderness, blue sky, wildflowers, and the simple serenity of just being there in nature. 08/08/2025

#mtadams #washington #wa #mountain #alpine #wilderness #hike #hiking #birdcreekmeadows #yakamanation