2/22. Sunday. Beautiful sunny day (a bit windy). Mt St. Helens. Not much snow here.7 of us started at Marble Mountain Sno Park (special permit required) and followed Worm Flow route, to maybe 5000', less than 4 miles in. No snow till maybe the last 1000' from rim. View of Hood most of the time out of tree line, Adam was only for a little bit, blocked by boulders. Stephanie and I walked further up, while the others were having lunch in a good small camp spot. We saw the big reservoir and the tip of Mt Jefferson, before we turned back.
On the way down, Shannon, Stephanie and I took Pika Ski trail 2440 (the other 4 attempted and decided not to go forward). Boulder hopping most of the time, until a ditch.
Small red flowers among boulders.Went down and up the small ditch to the flat shore of June Lake. From afar, it was just a dark shape. June Lake is very small and shallow. But pretty enough. A waterfall flows down to the lake, with perfect reflection. To the left, there's another small waterfall, not as pretty, but it's an easy 5 minute walk. From June Lake, it's an easy flat trail to the June Lake TH parking lot. Take the road, turn right, and right, until our cars, maybe 10-15 minutes.