Mount Saint Helens circumnavigation

  • Date:
    2023/08/06 to 2023/08/08
    Car-to-car:
    3 days
    Round-trip distance:
    32 miles
    Elevation gain:
    7,100 feet
    Trip type:
    hike

    • Day 1

  • Pumice Butte
    Pumice Butte
  • Mountain goat
    Mountain goat
  • Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
    Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
  • Dry camp north of Pumice Butte
    Dry camp north of Pumice Butte

    • Day 2

  • Mount Saint Helens
    Mount Saint Helens
  • Plains of Abraham
    Plains of Abraham
  • Pearly everlasting
    Pearly everlasting
  • Fireweed & St Helens
    Fireweed & St Helens
  • Windy Pass
    Windy Pass
  • Spirit Lake from Windy Pass
    Spirit Lake from Windy Pass
  • Spirit Lake
    Spirit Lake
  • Loowit Falls
    Loowit Falls
  • Loowit Creek
    Loowit Creek
  • Horned lark
    Horned lark
  • Toutle River Canyon
    Toutle River Canyon
  • Toutle River Canyon
    Toutle River Canyon
  • Descending into the Toutle
    Descending into the Toutle
  • Camp on Crescent Ridge
    Camp on Crescent Ridge

    • Day 3

  • Paintbrush
    Paintbrush
  • Ascending out of Coldspring Canyon
    Ascending out of Coldspring Canyon
  • Descending into Coldspring Canyon
    Descending into Coldspring Canyon
  • Meet-up with my parents
    Meet-up with my parents
  • Water-polished lava
    Water-polished lava
  • Worm flows
    Worm flows
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