Mt. St. HELENS
(Last updated 11/21/00)

View of the crater from Johnston Ridge, northwest of the mountain (left); closeup of the crater (right)

View from the top of Windy Ridge, on the northeast (left); closeup of the crater (right) - note the plume of smoke above the new cone, at top left

St. Helens in August - viewed from the start of the Ape Canyon Trail on the southeast

The southeast side again from the top of the ACT at its junction with the Loowit Trail, in May (left) and again in August (right)

A September climb of St. H: view from the Climber's Bivouac on the south side, at the start of the Ptarmigan Trail (left); Monitor Ridge, start of the actual climb - the posts mark the "trail" (right)

The first good glimpse of the summit (left); always another rock ridge ahead (right)

Approaching the first seismic marker (left); looking down towards the southwest and the Columbia River, covered in clouds (right)

Above the final rock ridge, looking down from the pumice cone onto the second seismic marker (left); above the remains of the glaciers (right), with Mt. Hood just visible on the horizon

On the pumice cone, with only a few hundred yards to go to the rim (left); on the rim at last, looking west to the "summit" (at 8,363 ft; right)

The view northwest (left); looking north past the new cone and the remains of Spirit Lake, with Mt. Ranier on the horizon (right)

Looking east to Mt. Adams (left); another view of Spirit Lake, with Ranier to the north (right)

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