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Mount St. Helens - Monitor Ridge — Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

Great hike in 2 ft+ snow with 25+ mph wind, ice pellet, and snowing (white out after 1 mile of climbing the boulders).  First 2 miles in the tree were mostly snow free.  Light snow after the tree-line through the first set of boulders.  Blazed trail after first 2 sets of boulders.  Pushed on after everyone turned back.  Made as far as near-vertical boulders beneath Monitor Station (6379 ft elevation according to Strava, 1821 ft elevation and 1.275 miles from the crater).  Weather will be better tomorrow for climbing.

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