bobloblaw4221

A buddy and I are planning on climbing Adams this upcoming weekend (10th-12th) and I am looking for some feedback/insight. Both of us are fairly experienced hikers and snowboarders, but neither of us have done any alpine climbing. The plan is to meet up Friday afternoon and park and hike. I see that the regular trail head is closed because of the fire, so it looks like it is another 5-6 mile hike to the original trail head. Hopefully we will set up and camp lower on the mountain Friday night, and then hike up to Lunch Counter on Saturday, camp and summit and snowboard out Sunday. I understand that many people do this trip in 1-2 days, but we figure we will take our time. We just want have the experience of camping at altitude and take it easy so we can save our legs for a good ride down. My questions are: 1) We want to climb in our snowboard boots because we don't want to pack another pair of boots. It looks like we are going to need crampons though. Does anyone know of somewhere in Yakima or Hood River or Portland where we can rent crampons that will fit over snowboard boots? 2) Would you suggest snowshoes as well? 3) Are we going to regret climbing it in snowboard boots? Should we climb in something else? 4) Do you have any other suggestions/tips? I appreciate the feedback. Most of the trip reports I can find are from folks that have skied/skinned so it's hard to find reports from folks climbing it in snowboard boots.