Climbing Mt St Helens part 2

The first couple miles were a gradual uphill through forest. Pleasant to be in the shade for as long as possible. We broke out and it got uphill fast. The trail became a scramble up rocks and would remain this way for most of the 3 miles left to the summit. It was also the last of any kind of shade





A flat spot!





Took a short breather and it was a lot more of this.



We hit a shady spot, so it was breaktime again



Moving on





Breaktime