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Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Hiking above Ridge Camp.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Foxglove and the Mount St. Helens crater from the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Hiking above Ridge Camp with a field of foxglove flowers.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Sunset over fields of foxglove.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Mount St. Helens at sunset.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Panoramic view of Mount St. Helens from the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Sunrise over the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Sunrise over the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Sunrise over the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
The South Coldwater Trail intersects with the Boundary Trail at St. Helens Lake.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Panoramic view of St. Helens Lake with Mount Adams.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
St. Helens Lake in the foreground with Spirit Lake and Mount St. Helens behind.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
St. Helens Lake in the foreground with Spirit Lake and Mount St. Helens behind.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
A zoomed-in shot of St. Helens Lake to see all the floating logs from the 1980 eruption.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Panoramic view of St. Helens Lake with Mount Adams (left) and Mount St. Helens.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Ridgeline trial toward Mount Adams in the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Spirit Lake and Mount Hood from the Mount Margaret backcountry. Note the thousands of logs floating in Spirit Lake from the 1980 eruption.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
A face in the rock....sniffing the crescent moon?
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Dome Camp with Mount St. Helens.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Mount St. Helens over Spirit Lake.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Wildflowers and switchbacks en route to the Mount Margaret summit.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Wildflower and switchbacks en route to the Mount Margaret summit.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Panoramic view with Mount Margaret (left), Spirit Lake, and Mount St. Helens.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Lush fields of wildflowers in the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Wildflowers in bloom in the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Can you spot the mountain goat?
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
A mountain goat with her babies scurrying up a ridge.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Mount Adams viewed from the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
A herd of elk en route to Spirit Lake. Note the thousands of logs floating in Spirit Lake from the 1980 eruption.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
View to Mount Rainier from the Mount Margaret backcountry
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Two hikers stand for scale between Mount Rainier and the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Panoramic view from Mount Margaret to the southwest.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Mount St. Helens with the tip of Mount Hood.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Mount St. Helens crater from the Mount Margaret backcountry at dusk.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Mount St. Helens crater from the Mount Margaret backcountry at dusk.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Sunrise over the Mount Margaret backcountry.
Shane Kucera
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08/04/2018
Sunrise over the Mount Margaret backcountry lighting up the foxglove.