July 23, 2006, Avalanche Glacier Headwall, Mt Adams

Like many others I decided to ski tour to get away from the scortching heat so a friend and I decided to make a 3AM attempt on Mt adams and get these Southwest Chutes that everyone talks about. So we pushed up the mountain with a half hour break at the lunch counter to take in the sunrise views of the valley and peaks around (which Mt St helens burped up a plume of smoke). So we pushed on to the summit by around 9:30 then waited for the snow to soften and scope out the most feasible line ( from our view it looked as if the enterences were littered in Volcanic rocks) but we noticed one which was was wide open after down hiking some rocks and we talked to a skier who said the skiers left chute was in the best condition so we decided to go for the chute we had seen. When we dropped the conditions were very inconsistant from solid ice to summerslush and it keep getting steeper then it choked and became tighter and tighter until the end which was only two or three feet wide and at the base of the chute in dropped into a huge glacier valley so we rode it as far skiers left as possible and from a distance we could see the SW chutes and realized we had dropped down off the wrong side of the ridge and that we had quite a hike to deal with in blistering heat so after a hour our so of bushwaking we found a trail and hiked the last two miles in a almost zombie state.
The chute was super aggresive but it would be amazing in the middle of winter if you could get out there. Does anyone have a name for this chute????