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hiked  Mount Saint Helens - Worm Flow Route  and did 19.0Km and 1700m   
Date: May 18, 2009
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This photo album start in fact the day before. camped near Silver Lake. Woke up because of people launching their boats, drove to Johnston Ridge Observatory, hike the Hummock trail and enjoyed the views of Mt St Helens Crater. Drove back and around it, stopped at Lake Merwin, got the climbing permit in Cougar, hiked through the lava tubes of Ape Cave and set up camp at Marble Mountain. The next day was the Mt Saint Helens climbing day.

You need a permit to climb Mount Saint Helens, all year round: In 2009, "Permits are required year round. From November 1 through March 31, you can obtain permits at no charge from the Lone Fir Resort in Cougar, WA. From April 1 through October 31, you need to purchase a permit in advance from this site. From April 1 through May 15, there is no limit on the number of permits available. After May 15, permits are limited to 100 per day. "
You can make reservation for the permit here:
http://www.mshinstitute.org/climb-the-volcano
You can check the availability here:
http://www.active.com/availability.cfm?CHECKSSO=0&EVENT_ID=1669307

Be aware that from May to October, the permits are sold very very very quickly. When I looked beginning of May, all the weekend were already full. If you are too late, you might take a look at the cascadeclimber forum where there is a dedicated part for permit exchange.

Since permits for all the weekends were already full, I was left with the option of climbing Mount Saint Helens on Monday, so I took the chance! It turns out to be the 29th anniversary of the 1980 blast! Pure luck!
After taking the permit at Cougar, spent some time exploring Ape Cave (amazing lava tubes) I set up camp at the Marble continue reading »
 
 
Then I drove South to Silver Lake and camped there
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