With a sunny and dry day finally in the forecast, we chose Mount St Helens as the hike… It turned out to be sunny and dry, but very cold and windy day…giving it that real alpine feel. We decide to go to the true summit, making it up and down in just under 7-hours. Myself, Deb, Chris, Rob, Marty, and JJ were the team.
Heading up the Monitor Ridge route…cold and windy!
Deb reaching a break spot…
Icy traverse…
Heading up to the true summit…
A peek over the rim…Mt Adams to the east…
From the summit looking north, Mt Rainier in the distance…
The Rat Pack…Marty, Rob, Deb, Karl, JJ, and Chris (photo by JJ’s camera)
Heading back down, still cold and windy…