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View of Mount St. Helens from the driving approach.
A fox hiding at Windy Ridge.
Devastation remains from the Mount St. Helens eruption - thousands of dead trees floating in Spirit Lake.
Devastation remains from the Mount St. Helens eruption - thousands of dead trees floating in Spirit Lake.
Devastation remains from the Mount St. Helens eruption - thousands of dead trees floating in Spirit Lake.
View of the Mount St. Helens blast zone.
Devastation remains from the Mount St. Helens eruption - clogged rivers on the northeast side of the mountain.
View to the crater from Windy Ridge.
View to the crater from Windy Ridge.
View to the crater from Windy Ridge.
View to the crater from Windy Ridge.
View to the crater from Windy Ridge.
View to the crater from Windy Ridge.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
08/10/2016
Iron Creek Falls near Windy Ridge.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
08/10/2016
The climb up to the viewpoint.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
08/10/2016
Mt. Saint Helens with wildflowers.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
08/10/2016
Spirit Lake.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
08/10/2016
Looking down the stairway.