Harry's Ridge at Mt St Helens 14 June 2014

We knew the weather was sketchy when we left on the 3 hr trip to Mt St Helens.  Total fog when we got there.  We hiked anyway often in the rain.  Now and then God parted the fog and we could see into the valley and at the lunch spot we were even rewarded with a view of Spirit Lake.  We hiked to the Harry's Ridge viewpoint - 8.0 miles.

fog!

a bit of a view

lupine and paintbrush

avalanche lilies

these trees were snapped off in the blast 34 yrs ago

volcano monitoring equipment on top Harry's Ridge

our lunch view of Spirit Lake

paintbrush

Harry's Ridge in the fog

heading back we could see the dropoff

the visitor center is high on the hill on the right