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Three Volcano Day

posted October 27th, 2013 in Trip reports

Yesterday we took a quick (well, “quick”) run up to Norway Pass at Mount Saint Helens again, this time getting there basically just in time for sunset. I guess when I went last year it was technically a three volcano trip as well — I saw a few glimpses of Rainier and got a distant peek at the peak of Mount Hood. This year the sky was much clearer and so in addition to better views of Rainier we got to see Mount Adams. There was no snow anywhere on the trail, but we did see a fair amount of frost in parts that presumably saw no sun all day. We considered spending the night somewhere relatively nearby so we could hike again today, but with rain and clouds in the forecast basically everywhere west of Cascades that seemed like a waste of time.