We are going up to where eagles fly!
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So this isn't really the summit of the mountain but gives you a little idea of the elevation of where we are headed. It is about another mile or so around the back of this cliff face to the summit.
The first peak we see is Mt St Helens with some of the visible scars of the 1980 eruption still evident.
Here is another shot on the other side of the trees of some of the blast zone on the north side of St Helens. Unfortunately there is not really a 360 degree view from the summit so you kind of get little glimpses of the peaks on your way to the top.
Here is Mt Rainier to the north.
Mt Rainier.
Goat Rocks in the distance.
Mt Adams. The closest peak we will see this day.
And finally Mt Hood in Oregon to the south with Mt Jefferson to the right of Hood in the haze a little further south. As you can see from this shot it was an extremely hazy day. Hopefully I was able to clean these up enough in Lightroom to make them enjoyable. :)
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Photos taken by me with a Nikon D3300 and CPL filter with some Lightroom post processing.
Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!