Mt Adams area offers more than one thousand miles of trails that are woven throughout the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and many are open to mountain bikers.
If you're ExtraHyperActive like me, Mt Adams is a great little getaway from Seattle for a perfect multi-sport weekend.
Though my main goal was to climb/ski Mt Adams, having heard a lot about the abundance of opportunities for both road and mountain biking, I decided to take my bike along to explore the area and a few local mountain bike trails.
Conveniently for me, Cold Springs trail #72 was located at the same camping ground as the main climbing rout - South Climb #183
Open to mountain bikers, hikers, and equestrians, Cold Springs trail is 3.7 miles long, and offers amazing wildflowers viewing and the sights of A.G. Aiken Lava Flow. Much of the trail travels through an area heavily burned in the Cold Springs Fire of 2008.
The trail interacts with a few other major trails making a great way to explore the area by bike. If you decide to ride this trail one way, keep in mind, it's pretty steep, and the way up could be more than you bargained for ( especially if you have to climb Mt Adams the next day like I did :)).
But riding my bike with Mt Adams in the background was one of the highlights of my trip !
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