Goodnight Moon.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Silhouette all day Saturday
#hiking #nature #photography #MSHNVM #SpiritLake #NorwayPass
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Silhouette all day Saturday
#hiking #nature #photography #MSHNVM #SpiritLake #NorwayPass
April 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Goodnight Moon.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Silhouette all day Saturday
#hiking #nature #photography #MSHNVM #SpiritLake #NorwayPass
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Silhouette all day Saturday
#hiking #nature #photography #MSHNVM #SpiritLake #NorwayPass
Descending into the clouds on Mt St Helens.
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Descending into the clouds on Mt St Helens.
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano
𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘤𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭.
It's #RockinTuesday in the #Backcountry too!
#Photography #Hiking #MSHNVM #Goat #Wildlife #Nature
It's #RockinTuesday in the #Backcountry too!
#Photography #Hiking #MSHNVM #Goat #Wildlife #Nature
April 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘤𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭.
It's #RockinTuesday in the #Backcountry too!
#Photography #Hiking #MSHNVM #Goat #Wildlife #Nature
It's #RockinTuesday in the #Backcountry too!
#Photography #Hiking #MSHNVM #Goat #Wildlife #Nature
Anyways, next on our historic journey is the...oh, god damnit...the 1940s.
February 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anyways, next on our historic journey is the...oh, god damnit...the 1940s.
Snags along the shoreline, and their #reflections in the still water, reminiscent of a waveform audio graph.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #nature #musicsky #MSHNVM #BlueLake #hiking
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #nature #musicsky #MSHNVM #BlueLake #hiking
May 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Snags along the shoreline, and their #reflections in the still water, reminiscent of a waveform audio graph.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #nature #musicsky #MSHNVM #BlueLake #hiking
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #nature #musicsky #MSHNVM #BlueLake #hiking
If you look closely at this 1930s photo of St. Helens, you can see why people used to report it was erupting when it totally wasn't.
February 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you look closely at this 1930s photo of St. Helens, you can see why people used to report it was erupting when it totally wasn't.
Happy #Stunday!
On the way to many popular #hiking trails, this viewpoint offers a spectacular glimpse of what adventures lie ahead that day.
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #MSHNVM #volcano
On the way to many popular #hiking trails, this viewpoint offers a spectacular glimpse of what adventures lie ahead that day.
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #MSHNVM #volcano
April 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy #Stunday!
On the way to many popular #hiking trails, this viewpoint offers a spectacular glimpse of what adventures lie ahead that day.
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #MSHNVM #volcano
On the way to many popular #hiking trails, this viewpoint offers a spectacular glimpse of what adventures lie ahead that day.
#photography #landscapephotography #sunrise #MSHNVM #volcano
By 1980, the stories of Fire Mountain had been largely forgotten, left to be discovered. The "land of the dead" surrounding Spirit Lake became a recreational escape for thousands.
Perhaps if people had listened, the surprise of...well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. #PNW
Perhaps if people had listened, the surprise of...well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. #PNW
January 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
By 1980, the stories of Fire Mountain had been largely forgotten, left to be discovered. The "land of the dead" surrounding Spirit Lake became a recreational escape for thousands.
Perhaps if people had listened, the surprise of...well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. #PNW
Perhaps if people had listened, the surprise of...well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. #PNW
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Lines, and my first thoughts go to the incongruity of straight lines in #nature.
#photography #suspensionbridge #MSHNVM #LavaCanyon #hiking
#photography #suspensionbridge #MSHNVM #LavaCanyon #hiking
![Pedestrian suspension bridge [currently closed!] across Lava Canyon on the eastern flank of Mt. Saint Helens.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c6nxvmtgqpjupcfpvbbolrve/bafkreic3qaroz6r3c46v7nn4u7odq2cjesrcy7ipnpt2ht5iiyczmfkbqe)
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Lines, and my first thoughts go to the incongruity of straight lines in #nature.
#photography #suspensionbridge #MSHNVM #LavaCanyon #hiking
#photography #suspensionbridge #MSHNVM #LavaCanyon #hiking
Where the newest earth on Earth meets the sky!
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano #lavadome
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano #lavadome
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Where the newest earth on Earth meets the sky!
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano #lavadome
#BlueSkyArtShow #sky #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #volcano #lavadome
...the idyllic lake at the base of the stunning mountain, where he knew he and his family would be safe — secluded.
To be continued...
To be continued...
February 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
...the idyllic lake at the base of the stunning mountain, where he knew he and his family would be safe — secluded.
To be continued...
To be continued...
Happy #TACOtuesday! 🌮
#DonTaco #WeakSauce #photography #nature #landscape #volcano #MSHNVM #hiking #traillunch
#DonTaco #WeakSauce #photography #nature #landscape #volcano #MSHNVM #hiking #traillunch
June 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#MSH45 | The 60s
Growing pains had come to St. Helens.
Logging carved deeper into the forests, but people took notice. Tourism boomed, but facilities were overwhelmed. People had set a foothold in the wilderness, but nature would have the last laugh.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #Washington
Growing pains had come to St. Helens.
Logging carved deeper into the forests, but people took notice. Tourism boomed, but facilities were overwhelmed. People had set a foothold in the wilderness, but nature would have the last laugh.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #Washington
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#MSH45 | The 60s
Growing pains had come to St. Helens.
Logging carved deeper into the forests, but people took notice. Tourism boomed, but facilities were overwhelmed. People had set a foothold in the wilderness, but nature would have the last laugh.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #Washington
Growing pains had come to St. Helens.
Logging carved deeper into the forests, but people took notice. Tourism boomed, but facilities were overwhelmed. People had set a foothold in the wilderness, but nature would have the last laugh.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #Washington
Heading up the peak, we're looking back at Spirit Lake from the Forsyth Glacier.
Wrapping up for this evening. Saving the better photos as we start closing out the 20s and 30s.
Wrapping up for this evening. Saving the better photos as we start closing out the 20s and 30s.
February 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Heading up the peak, we're looking back at Spirit Lake from the Forsyth Glacier.
Wrapping up for this evening. Saving the better photos as we start closing out the 20s and 30s.
Wrapping up for this evening. Saving the better photos as we start closing out the 20s and 30s.
#MSH45 | 1900-20 (II) | National Forests
While the land west of the slumbering giant was being stripped of trees for the sake of commerce and progress, the approach was different near Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake.
The name of the game? Conservation.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #History #Forestry
While the land west of the slumbering giant was being stripped of trees for the sake of commerce and progress, the approach was different near Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake.
The name of the game? Conservation.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #History #Forestry
February 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
#MSH45 | 1900-20 (II) | National Forests
While the land west of the slumbering giant was being stripped of trees for the sake of commerce and progress, the approach was different near Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake.
The name of the game? Conservation.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #History #Forestry
While the land west of the slumbering giant was being stripped of trees for the sake of commerce and progress, the approach was different near Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake.
The name of the game? Conservation.
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #History #Forestry
𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘤𝘦
Some of the newest rocks on Earth, extruded out into the high lava dome within Mt St Helens' crater, completely surrounded by Earth's newest glacier!
#Photography #Nature #Crater #Glacier #Volcano #MSHNVM #Geology #Devastation #Rebirth #RockinTuesday
Some of the newest rocks on Earth, extruded out into the high lava dome within Mt St Helens' crater, completely surrounded by Earth's newest glacier!
#Photography #Nature #Crater #Glacier #Volcano #MSHNVM #Geology #Devastation #Rebirth #RockinTuesday
April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘤𝘦
Some of the newest rocks on Earth, extruded out into the high lava dome within Mt St Helens' crater, completely surrounded by Earth's newest glacier!
#Photography #Nature #Crater #Glacier #Volcano #MSHNVM #Geology #Devastation #Rebirth #RockinTuesday
Some of the newest rocks on Earth, extruded out into the high lava dome within Mt St Helens' crater, completely surrounded by Earth's newest glacier!
#Photography #Nature #Crater #Glacier #Volcano #MSHNVM #Geology #Devastation #Rebirth #RockinTuesday
Looked like a conga line of #climbers up the last 1200' to the crater rim on #MtStHelens on the first permit-free day of fall. Normally well after the snow's started flying, the weather was glorious. 🌞
11.1.2020
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #nature #photography #landscape #volcano #hiking #MSHNVM
11.1.2020
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #nature #photography #landscape #volcano #hiking #MSHNVM
May 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Looked like a conga line of #climbers up the last 1200' to the crater rim on #MtStHelens on the first permit-free day of fall. Normally well after the snow's started flying, the weather was glorious. 🌞
11.1.2020
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #nature #photography #landscape #volcano #hiking #MSHNVM
11.1.2020
#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #nature #photography #landscape #volcano #hiking #MSHNVM
Passing through the rock arch along the Boundary Trail, near Saint Helens Lake, brings you into the another world known as the Mount Margaret Backcountry.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm #flipside
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm #flipside
March 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Passing through the rock arch along the Boundary Trail, near Saint Helens Lake, brings you into the another world known as the Mount Margaret Backcountry.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm #flipside
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm #flipside
In decades to come, as executive orders vanquished the land rights of Indigenous peoples, settlers—including miners, loggers, and farmers—moved into the Cowlitz, Lewis, and Toutle valleys.
The rugged type attempting to strike rich or seek a quiet life among beauty—yet close enough to town life.
The rugged type attempting to strike rich or seek a quiet life among beauty—yet close enough to town life.
January 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In decades to come, as executive orders vanquished the land rights of Indigenous peoples, settlers—including miners, loggers, and farmers—moved into the Cowlitz, Lewis, and Toutle valleys.
The rugged type attempting to strike rich or seek a quiet life among beauty—yet close enough to town life.
The rugged type attempting to strike rich or seek a quiet life among beauty—yet close enough to town life.
A6 #Parkchat
#1. Fox in MRNP - it's been pinned to the top of my Twitter/Bluesky profile for 5 years. bsky.app/profile/andy...
#2. Family of black bears in at MSHNVM.
#3. Moose in Grand Teton NP.
#1. Fox in MRNP - it's been pinned to the top of my Twitter/Bluesky profile for 5 years. bsky.app/profile/andy...
#2. Family of black bears in at MSHNVM.
#3. Moose in Grand Teton NP.
I had this photo pinned to the top of my Twitter feed for four years because whenever I look at it I remember happier times. Those memories grow more precious to me with every passing day.
June 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A6 #Parkchat
#1. Fox in MRNP - it's been pinned to the top of my Twitter/Bluesky profile for 5 years. bsky.app/profile/andy...
#2. Family of black bears in at MSHNVM.
#3. Moose in Grand Teton NP.
#1. Fox in MRNP - it's been pinned to the top of my Twitter/Bluesky profile for 5 years. bsky.app/profile/andy...
#2. Family of black bears in at MSHNVM.
#3. Moose in Grand Teton NP.
On the #edge of creation, looking into and far beyond the mile-and-a-half wide crater, on a most beautiful Saturday afternoon (1/30/2015).
#BlueSkyArtShow #Scenery #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Hiking #Washington #MSHNVM #Volcano #MtStHelens
#BlueSkyArtShow #Scenery #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Hiking #Washington #MSHNVM #Volcano #MtStHelens
April 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
On the #edge of creation, looking into and far beyond the mile-and-a-half wide crater, on a most beautiful Saturday afternoon (1/30/2015).
#BlueSkyArtShow #Scenery #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Hiking #Washington #MSHNVM #Volcano #MtStHelens
#BlueSkyArtShow #Scenery #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Hiking #Washington #MSHNVM #Volcano #MtStHelens
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #FavoriteThings; for me, it's damn hard to beat a birthday hike to somewhere incredibly special. Celebrating the 58th trip, atop my backyard #volcano.
#Donuts #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #lavadome #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#Donuts #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #lavadome #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #FavoriteThings; for me, it's damn hard to beat a birthday hike to somewhere incredibly special. Celebrating the 58th trip, atop my backyard #volcano.
#Donuts #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #lavadome #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#Donuts #MSHNVM #MSH #MtStHelens #Hiking #lavadome #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
Passing through the rock arch along the Boundary Trail, near Saint Helens Lake, brings you into the another world known as the Mount Margaret Backcountry.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm
March 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Passing through the rock arch along the Boundary Trail, near Saint Helens Lake, brings you into the another world known as the Mount Margaret Backcountry.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Arch all day Saturday.
#mtsthelens #landscapephotography #trail #rockarch #shadowselfie #mshnvm
How did we go from an unexplored, pristine landscape to a well-loved recreational paradise and an economy-driving logging hub?
Giddyup.
Giddyup.
January 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
How did we go from an unexplored, pristine landscape to a well-loved recreational paradise and an economy-driving logging hub?
Giddyup.
Giddyup.
In the 1880s, Lange came to Spirit Lake looking for gold and later served as the St. Helens Mining District recorder. He eventually dropped anchor west of the lake along the North Fork Toutle.
To assist with mining operations, Lange built a wagon road across Green Mountain to Toutle in 1901-02.
To assist with mining operations, Lange built a wagon road across Green Mountain to Toutle in 1901-02.
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In the 1880s, Lange came to Spirit Lake looking for gold and later served as the St. Helens Mining District recorder. He eventually dropped anchor west of the lake along the North Fork Toutle.
To assist with mining operations, Lange built a wagon road across Green Mountain to Toutle in 1901-02.
To assist with mining operations, Lange built a wagon road across Green Mountain to Toutle in 1901-02.