Mt Whittier Traverse

I had the good fortune and privilege to hike with guidebook author, Craig Romano on the weekend of Sept 8th 2012. Craig is the author of several of the Day Hiking series Mountaineers books. We hiked the Mt Whittier “trail” in the Mt Margaret Backcountry of Mt Saint Helens. We also hiked the Lakes trail …

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Mt Margaret Backcountry

A few months back, I decided at the very last minute to drive down to Mt Saint Helens for a hike and to see if I could figure out conditions on the Mt Whittier Trail. Mt Whittier had been on my to-do list all year and I figured I should go see for myself if …

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Mount Saint Helens Climb Attempt

My friend Steve from my work and myself purchased permits to climb Saint Helens earlier in the year. Steve has climbed Saint Helens already a couple of times from Climbers Bivouac. The road to Climbers Bivouac when we were there had not opened yet (but it opened a couple of days after our attempt) so …

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