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enthusiastic_diver t1_j8pa2fq wrote

That's simply gorgeous! How far up did you snowshoe? I see you got high enough to get a good view of St Helens!

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satellite779 OP t1_j8pckcw wrote

I went to High Panorama Point at 7200ft. Around here: 46.805151, -121.728987
Mt St Helens photo was taken from a lower point: 46.799750, -121.733861

You can paste these coordinates in Google, Reddit is not allowing me to use Google maps short URLs to share it directly.

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enthusiastic_diver t1_j8pdaan wrote

Beautiful. Thank you! I take it snowshoes are required? Is it possible to get by with microspikes?

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satellite779 OP t1_j8peaif wrote

If you keep to the main tracks you might get by in boots, but you'll posthole at some point for sure. I actually removed snowshoes for particularly steep sections when going down, as snowshoes become almost like skis, so it's easier to make your own steps by going heel first. But, for the most part I was wearing snowshoes. It really depends on how well packed is the trail: if you go after a snowstorm, it's going to be very difficult to go around with no snowshoes. I think most people were using snowshoes or skis to get up this past weekend. Some skiers were climbing steep sections in their boots though.

I don't think microspikes would have been useful. It was mostly fresh or packed snow. Even on steep sections, there were steps from other hikers that you can use, or you can make your own.

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