Trip: Mt St Helens, Washington - Climbed Monitor Ridge. Descent was based on snow
Date: 2/2/2007
Trip Report:
With no new snow and back-to-back-to-back sunny days in almost two weeks in the typically moist NW, most are (or were) talking about corn skiing rather than face shots.
With ugly weather expected for the weekend a buddy and I opted for a last minute Mt St Helens summit ski on Friday. Many happy skiers had been skiing St Helens in the past week so we figured it was worth a shot. It's not the best sequence of images, but here they are anyways.
With skins on at the car, it's just under 5500 ft of climbing to the rim, which of course means a great ski descent
High clouds kept the snow a little firm up top, but they didn't limit any of the views
Looking south, Mt Hood was easily visible (not necessarily in this picture unfortunately), as were some of the more southern volcanoes...even the Sisters could be seen near Bend
Crawling over the rim in great anticipation, the steaming crater is a sight to see
As are the surrounding views
Another day at the office
Ian
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Gear Notes:
Skis: G3 Tickets mounted with Hammerhead telemark bindings
Boots: Garmont Synergies
Camera: Canon Rebel XT w/ Canon 17-85 IS