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Mt St Helens

Mt St Helens, June 2010

Original plan was to climb Mt Rainier, but weather nixed that idea, so we decided to climb Mt Hood followed by Mt St Helens. Mt Hood was a night climb and I turned back early, so almost all the photos here are from Mt St Helens.
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you should see an image here Mt Hood's crater, seen from the Timberline Lodge.
you should see an image here Mt Hood from Timberline Lodge.
you should see an image here Avalanche lily (Erythronium montanum) at the foot of Mt St Helens.
you should see an image here Climbing out of the woods, with Mt Hood visible above the clouds.
you should see an image here Monitor Ridge from below.
you should see an image here Greg and Josh climbing Monitor Ridge.
you should see an image here Another view to Mt Hood. Can you see the hikers on the rocks?
you should see an image here A mini-bergschrund along the side of the ridge.
you should see an image here View to Mt Adams.
you should see an image here View down Monitor Ridge
you should see an image here A skier coming up behind us
you should see an image here Skier in context
you should see an image here At the crater rim: cracks indicate unstable cornices.
you should see an image here Skier on the crater rim, with Mt Adams in the background.
you should see an image here Peering over the rim to Spirit Lake and Mt Adams.
you should see an image here Greg celebrating being above the summit rock - going over the crack onto the cornice wouldn't be safe.
you should see an image here Greg and Josh peering down into the crater.
you should see an image here Cornice detail.
you should see an image here .Celebratory photo with Mt Adams in the background.
you should see an image here Greg and Josh exchanging cameras. Mt Hood in the distance.
you should see an image here View eastward along the south rim. Mt Adams in the distance.
you should see an image here Detail of the corniced south rim.
you should see an image here Another view of the crater rim.
you should see an image here Detail of the crater rim.
you should see an image here Detail of the cracked cornice.
you should see an image here View to the true summit from the south rim.
you should see an image here True summit from the south rim.
you should see an image here Greg enjoying the sunshine as we wait for the snow to soften before we descend.
you should see an image here Josh.
you should see an image here Another view into Spirit lake. Those are dead trees floating at the far end.
you should see an image here Some other hikers had come up the trail by this time.
you should see an image here Some were already beginning to descend.
you should see an image here And plenty more were still climbing up.
you should see an image here With soft snow, the best way down is to slide!
you should see an image here Josh enjoying a glissade.
you should see an image here Taken from the airplane somewhere over Texas.