August 3, 2013: Johnston Ridge (Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington)

Here's a map of the hike.
Mount St. Helens
Coldwater Peak
garter snake
wildflowers (mostly paintbrush & lupine)
paintbrush
dwarf lupine
Johnston Ridge
the trail
narrow trail
Scouler's harebell (pale bellfower)
hummocks
fireweed
Oregon stonecrop
hummocks
half-baked caterpillars?
western tent caterpillars
fireweed
huckleberry
double strawberry blossom
The Dome & Mount Margaret
Spirit Lake
foxglove
willow apple (sawfly gall) on a willow leaf
bumblebee on agoseris
orange agoseris
caterpillar nest
scarlet paintbrush
woodland beard-tongue
wildflowers
pumice plain & clouds
willow-herb seeds
paintbrush & Mount St. Helens
Cardwell's penstemon
view to the northeast
water droplet on lupine leaf

[Geolocation map]
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