Ape Canyon and beyond 8 May 2015

I hiked this in the fall a couple years ago with a friend, and we went to Windy Pass.  This time I took the other trail available at the fork and headed towards Windy Ridge.  I had a turn around time, so I didn't make it all the way there (that would have meant a 20+ mile day) but I did hike to a point where I could see Windy Ridge, the canyon and the road.  All in all the hike was 14 miles with 2800 ft gain.  Flowers were in bloom but only in the forest.  No flowers yet on the Plains of Abraham, but the mountain snow was beautiful. I saw one garter snake, a few squirrels and some mountain bikers.
map

Trillium

Hooker's Fairy Bells

Candy flower or Siberian Miner's lettuce

Salmonberry

glacier lily

Lupine

coralroot?

opening shot of the lahar (mud flow)

Ape Canyon and Mt Adams

Mt St Helens

Mt Adams

Windy Ridge to left, Coldwater Peak, Mt Rainier, Goat Rocks and Mt Adams

looking east lunch spot

as it got later, the wind picked up