![]() You will soon come to an orange "X" painted on a rock on your right (towards the mountain). Hike left along the moraine's ridgeline, making your way upwards. The trail will then top out on a saddle at the top of the moraine ridgeline. The trail eventually starts to climb up a glacier moraine in very, very short switchbacks. After passing through some pretty subalpine wildflower meadows, and perhaps herds of mountain goats (we saw more than 20 goats on Labor Day) you will break out above treeline and into a world of rock and ice. This trail is far less maintained, but fairly easy to follow. This is the unmarked Sunrise Camp Trail #20. Looking down the canyon, you will see Bench Lake, Hellroaring Meadow, and Little Mount Adams (a volcanic cinder cone).After taking in the view at Hellroaring Overlook, look for a continuation of the trail heading directly up the mountain. Gazing up the canyon, you will spot Hellroaring Falls cascading off Mazama Glacier on Mount Adams' southeast flank. Mount Adams reveals itself in all it's icy glory! This is a dramatic overlook into an enormous canyon, bounded on the opposite side by the serrated Ridge of Wonders. At about halfway up the Hellroaring Trail, you will come to the infamous Hellroaring Canyon Overlook. At the first junction you come to, go right to take the Hellroaring Trail, which is no longer wide like the old roadbed trail. It starts out on an extra wide trail, that at once was a access road to the Bird Creek Meadows Picnic Area. ![]() Hike this in Mid-August for the Wildflowers or in September for the fall color and solitude.This hike starts out at the Bird Creek Meadows Trailhead off of BIA Road 208 / Bench Lake Road. Hike through beautiful woods, subalpine meadows, and glacial moraines to a viewpoint over Iceberg Lake.
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