We camped at Takhlakh Lake and got on the trail at 6:30 am. Beautiful hike through the alpine forest paralleling Adam's Creek. Steady climb to a beautiful meadow. We decided to forgo heading to Divide Camp and took a left on to the Pacific Crest Trail instead. Beautiful views from the boulder field of Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helen's, and, of course, Mt. Adams.  Adam's Creek was flowing pretty swiftly and we didn't feel comfortable crossing so High Camp will have to wait until next time.

Lots of mosquitoes starting out. Bring your bug spray. We only saw one other hiker on the trail.

Given the long drive down to Mount Adams, took two nights at Divide Camp.  It's an easy (if hot) 2.25 mile hike to the site - we saw a few families with kids who were camped elsewhere in the area and using the trail for a day hike.

As others have said, this is a buggy site. It is admittedly gorgeous with a spring flowing from a lava wall - but that spring has created a bit of a marsh which is rife with mosquitos.  Even with a fire going and liberal use of bug spray, we all ended up with more mosquito bites than any other camping trip we've ever been (roughly 80 bites for myself - I had to count!)

We day hiked up to the PCT where there was a fair amount of snow to cross but not bad with trekking poles.  Views of Rainier and St. Helens were just stunning.

Worth the views but either come later in the year or be prepared with mosquito hates, long sleeves and pants - or a shelter big enough to hang out in to keep away from the bugs!

Spectacular day hike with amazing up close views of Mt.Adams and Far away Views of Rainier. Hiked the 2 miles from Tachlack lake to Divide Camp Trailhead as Road was snow covered from lake and not passable with four wheel drive. Snow covered most of Divide Camp trail but first two miles were easy to follow other set of footprints, good sticky snow, the last mile above meadow to Pacific Crest Trail was deeper snow and no tracks so more postholing but used motion x app with downloaded trail map which was very accurate for keeping us on trail. Gorgeous sunny day, saw no other hikers, and super warm for November- we hiked in t-shirts. We didn’t feel need for micro spikes but brought them just in case. Total Hiking distance from Tachlach lake to Pacific Crest Trail Rd. Trip:10 miles (aprx 5 hrs hiking time)

Despite rating Road 2329 as "rough but passable" when coming from the west, I saw a Tesla Model 3 parked at the Divide Camp trailhead, proving that with careful driving almost any vehicle should be able to get there.

We hiked up the Divide Camp Trail for 3 miles to the junction with the Pacific Crest Trail. We turned right and hiked south on the Pacific Crest Trail to reach views of the west side of Mount Adams. This area is covered with hundreds of acres of glacial debris and moraines.

We found the last, late-blooming wildflowers, but most were past their prime.

A lenticular cap settled over the summit of Mount Adams and then lowered to hide the summit and placed us in the shade of cloud cover but the day remained warm.

Today's hike was ideal - clear sky, 80 degrees, cool breeze coming off the glaciers, no mosquitos, and few hikers.  Moderate difficulty hike rating is due to the ascent but the incline never exceeds 10%.  Be sure to sign the Wilderness form. The beginning of the trail is wide and the tread well compacted.  About 3/5 of the way the trail takes you to an overlook of the Adams Creek (rushing river).  The next portion of the trail is forest interspersed with meadows until you reach the 2-mile mark.  A snow gage is in the middle of a meadow for airplane fly overs (photo).  At least 30 feet tall.  

Here the trail leads to the Pacific Crest Trail 0.7 miles further towards the mountain.  A side trail is 0.3 miles to a primitive camping area at the foot of a lava field.  Back on the trail, the final segment is through an expansive alpine meadow with wildflowers everywhere.  Once you reach the PCT, the end of the #112 trail, you can go south 0.1 miles for some better views of the Adams Glacier or north across a moraine.  

When you start your return from the PCT junction look northwest the mountains are Mount Ranier and Mount St. Helens.