Strawberry Mountain — Monday, Jun. 22, 2020

The weather was so good I wanted a hike with mountain views, and I hadn't really been to St. Helen's, so I thought I'd give this hike a try. The road to the hike is totally paved with a very nice trailhead that is also a Mt. St. Helen's view point fully equipped with open bathrooms. I was the only one at the trailhead (arrived around 4pm). I started hiking the trail, and it was HOT! But you are rewarded almost immediately with really awesome helen's views (way better than the view point!). At about a half a mile the snow started and I lost the trail. I eventually found it (I went straight into a valley, but he trail did a hard hook left and up), and as I hiked there was intermittent snow patches with steep drop offs to the right (poles at least would be good), but the trail was easy to follow. At ~0.9 miles, there was a large tree down across the path, which I could not pass while alone and with two dogs, so I had to turn around. This seemed like an awesome hike that I would definitely do again! Hopefully I can make it back with a hiking buddy and less snow!