St Helens through the Forest St Helens View Opens Up View of Mount Hood St Helens Cloud Panorama Adams with Lenticular Clouds Yesterday's Ski Tracks Final Steps to the Crater Rim Matt Reaching Crater Rim Amar & Matt at the Crater Rim Western Part of Crater Rim Crater and Lava Dome Crater Rim and Mount Rainier Resting with a View of Adams St Helens Seismic Station St Helens Contrail Panorama Snowboarding with Poles The Truncated Cone of St Helens

We left Marble Mountain Sno-Park at 7 AM under cloudy skies, hoping the forecasted clearing trend would prevail. I skinned up right from the parking lot on thin but continuous snow, with my friend Matt following on foot and carrying his snowboard. The Swift Creek trail winds its way through the woods, and soon the clouds parted enough to allow a first glimpse of the slopes of Saint Helens.