Windy Ridge


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Mount St.  Helens peaking over the ridgeline from Windy Ridge.  This is road’s end on this approach to the mountain.


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The big pyroclastic flows and a whole side of the mountain came thundering down into Spirit Lake and created the huge plains seen here.


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Mount Rainier to the north.


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Dog’s Head Point is up there somewhere.

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The new growth is happening in the caldera.

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Wind kicking up dust in the caldera.

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Mount Adams.

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Mount Hood peeking over a ridgeline in the distance.

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Cascade Peaks Wayside

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Mount Hood in the distance to the south.

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Mount Rainier looming large to the north.

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The old boarded up visitor center at the Cascade Peaks Wayside.


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Mount St. Helens and the other Cascade peaks.

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Bear Meadows

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A view of Mount St. Helens from the northeast in Bear Meadow.

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Wow what a mountain!  Someone was here when the mountain erupted and took a few photos.  What a place to be to watch death approach.


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Another Cascade volcano in the distance.  Maybe Mount Rainier?

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Yup, Mount Rainier.

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