2013 IFP - 25 years later Photo Gallery by Liz Stanley at pbase.com

2013 IFP - 25 years later

I met up with the 2013 IFP class to mark 25 years since I went on the trip, and joined them on the Mt St Helens hike. We camped at Battle Ground Lake State Park and then spent the night before the hike at the Mt St Helens Climber's Bivouac before ascending on Monitor Ridge Trail. The hike gains 4,500 feet in 5 miles. It took 5 hours to reach the summit and 3 1/2 to return. I decided not to take my DSLR so all of these photos were taken with the G10.

Check out my eBird checklist for birds I saw at the campground.

Mt St Helens	Observatory panorama	Class lecture	Prairie lupine
Prairie lupine	Wildflowers	Wildflowers	Foxglove
Habitat around the Toutle river	View from the Toutle river	Class lecture	Ptarmigan trail
What is this plant?	Treeline	Treeline	What is this plant?
Prairie lupine	Wild columbine	Boulder field at treeline	Permits required!
View to the south from treeline	Climbing up the first boulder field	Boulder field panorama	Top of the ridge
Snow panorama	Taking a break	Looking down at a ridge	Looking down at a ridge
Climbing up boulders	Climbing up the last of the boulders	Patch of snow	Volcano observation equipment
On the trail	Going up the last section	Looking down at slow progress	Fellow hiker taking a break
summit2.jpg	Made it!	Made it!	Looking down from the summit
Summit panorama	Group photo

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Guest		26-Jul-2013 13:21
This looks like an amazing day! Enjoyed your photos.

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