The Adventure Guys » Windy Ridge http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Road to Windy Ridge at Mount St. Helens opens Friday http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2012/07/12/road-to-windy-ridge-at-mount-st-helens-opens-friday/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2012/07/12/road-to-windy-ridge-at-mount-st-helens-opens-friday/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:28:55 +0000 Craig Hill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/?p=7565 Starting Friday, visitors to Mount St. Helens will be able to drive to Windy Ridge, the closest point to the crater accessible by automobile.

Forest Road 99 open’s for the summer on Friday morning. The road also provides access to Spirit Lake, Meta Lake and hiking trails such as Norway Pass.

Forest Road 26 also opens Friday. The road accesses Norway Pass, Goat Mountain Trail and the Mount Margaret backcountry. The road has been repaired after portions were wiped out by flooding.

Also, a portion Obstruction Point Road in Olympic National Park also opens Friday. Snow as deep as six …

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]]> Starting Friday, visitors to Mount St. Helens will be able to drive to Windy Ridge, the closest point to the crater accessible by automobile.

Forest Road 99 open’s for the summer on Friday morning. The road also provides access to Spirit Lake, Meta Lake and hiking trails such as Norway Pass.

Forest Road 26 also opens Friday. The road accesses Norway Pass, Goat Mountain Trail and the Mount Margaret backcountry. The road has been repaired after portions were wiped out by flooding.

Also, a portion Obstruction Point Road in Olympic National Park also opens Friday. Snow as deep as six feet is preventing the road opening beyond Milepost 3.2.

 

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