Being new to mountaineering doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t read an avalanche forecast or discern avalanche prone conditions. We just don’t know what the conditions were so it seems a little anecdotal to assume that he didn’t know about avalanche risk. I think it would be dumb regardless if you’re solo or with a partner to be in terrain when the avalanche risk is high. All im saying is that doing Mount Adams solo in the right conditions isn’t a crazy thing to do. It’s not even a technical mountain. No crevasse risk or ropes required. I’m only responding to the comment basically saying that what op did is dumb, when he really doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.