St Helens through the Forest St Helens View Opens Up View of Mount Hood St Helens Cloud Panorama Adams with Lenticular Clouds Yesterday's Ski Tracks Final Steps to the Crater Rim Matt Reaching Crater Rim Amar & Matt at the Crater Rim Western Part of Crater Rim Crater and Lava Dome Crater Rim and Mount Rainier Resting with a View of Adams St Helens Seismic Station St Helens Contrail Panorama Snowboarding with Poles The Truncated Cone of St Helens

Saint Helens is considered an ideal trip for snowboarders, but the last couple of miles of trail to the parking lot are quite flat and even rolling somewhat, forcing most snowboarders to take one foot out of the binding for propulsion and balance. I encouraged Matt to use the trekking poles while snowboarding to avoid these problems. After some initial reluctance, he soon got the hang of it and found that it was indeed a big help. This slightly blurry photo shows him cruising down the trail with poles in hand.