Killen Creek Meadows

Follow this popular trail through dense forest to a flower-filled parkland before climbing steeply up to a climber’s camp on the rubble strewn flanks of Mt. Adams. Wildflowers are found along the entire hike, from dense blooms carpeting trailside meadows and crowding streambeds to hearty heathers clinging to windswept vistas above.

From the trailhead, follow the Killen Creek Trail #113 as it leads directly into the Mt. Adams Wilderness in a dense pine-dominated forest. Much of the first two miles of the hike is confined to the trees, occasionally broken by small but increasingly frequent meadows and boggy streams where flowers thrive. As you progress the trail steepens, with log staircases built into the trailbed to minimize the trail erosion.

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