It’s official. At the end of May we will be climbing Mount St. Helens. We’ll probably use the the Monitor Ridge Route (4,500 feet in 5 miles to the crater rim at 8,365 feet elevation!) USFS Official Page: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/ What makes this hike special is the fact that Mt St. Helens is an active volcano. [...]