Pikers Peak
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this destination:
- Mount Adams Summit Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 46.1951, -121.4868
- Elevation: 11657 feet
Description
Pikers Peak is the false summit on the south end of Mount Adams' summit ridge. A boot path usually leads over the gently sloping crest, but you can also cut out some elevation by taking a route below the summit on its western flank.
The peak was so named after an inscription carved on a boulder there by Art Jones, who was in charge of Mount Adams' lookout from 1921 - 1923: "(Aug. 27 1923) You are a piker if you stop on this summit. Don't crab. The mountain was here first. Arthur Jones."
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