Friends of Mount Adams

08/14/2026

Don't drive up to Bird Creek Meadows and find yourself locked out at the gate! Note that the closure affects all of the Yakama Nation's Mount Adams Recreation Area including hiking in on the Round the Mountain Trail from the South Climb trailhead.

08/09/2026

https://firesmoke.ca/ shows Mount Adams getting smoke tomorrow, August 9, from the High Lava Fire west of the Trapper Creek Wilderness. FireSmoke is a good resource to check before planning hikes or other outdoor activities.

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07/25/2026

Wildflowers are in peak bloom along the streams at Bird Creek Meadows. Best viewed from the Round the Mountain Trail. Pictured here: Lewis's monkeyflower, arrowleaf groundsel, large mountain monkeyflower, ciliate willow-herb, Sitka valerian.

07/25/2026

The meadow at the Picnic Area already is dry. Bird Creek Meadows, July 24, 2026.

07/25/2026

Gotchen Meadow, Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams, July 24, 2026

05/13/2026

03/12/2026

The race to save White-bark Pines from blister rust.

Oregon scientists have spent decades figuring out which trees can survive invasive blister rust fungus, which has wiped out millions of whitebark pine trees across the West and threatens the survival of the species.

10/25/2025

Snow is returning to Mount Adams. View from Trout Lake Valley on October 23.

08/10/2025

Bird Lake, Bird Creek Meadows, 8-8-2025

08/04/2025

Magenta Paintbrush (Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola), Fanleaf Cinquefoil (Potentilla flabellifolia), and Subalpine Lupine (Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus) blooming at Bird Creek Meadows on July 25, 2025.