Mt St Helens

2016-10-17

While my family was here this summer we took a trip to Mt St Helens, and hiked the trail to Harry's ridge.

Mt St Helens in the morning, from Johnston Ridge Observatory

Ash below the mountain

My family hiking

Indian paintbrush flowers

The mountain and the trail

Mt Adams in the distance

My parents with Mt Adams

Jonathan and I with My Adams

Jonathan and St Helens

Pano of Adams and St Helens

Mom and St Helens

Equipment to monitor St Helens' geology

All of us and St Helens

All of us and Adams

My family hiking on the way back

I recently got a polarizer for my camera, and learned how to use it on this hike. It ends up making a huge difference in the photos I take. For instance, here's a picture with the polarizer turned the wrong way. Click it to see a picture from the same angle with the polarizer oriented correctly (both are completely unedited).

Mt Adams and Spirit Lake

For full-sized pictures, you can click the images in this post. I've also got all of the original and edited pictures in an archive here (1.5 GB). Let me know if you want anything edited.