Harmony Falls — Sunday, Jul. 10, 2016

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

Did a little site-seeing adventure on the Windy Ridge side of the mountain with the niece and nephew. We stopped at all the look-outs and read all the signs. I don't think I had been to this side of the mt for about 20 years, so didn't really remember anything specific. Not very many people on this side, probably due to the longer drive and it was a cloudy day with occasional rain showers. Harmony Falls was our last stop of the day. Hiked down to Spirit Lake. The falls are now a small creek tumbling over a few rocks. Still pretty. The trail ends at the log raft. Really cool! We usually hike from the Cougar side or the Johnston Ridge side and I had no idea there was even a trail that went down to the lake. It started raining on us as soon as we got to the lake, so we took a few pictures and went back to the car. This would be a great hike to do on a sunny day and spend some time at the logs. The magnitude of destruction here is really impressive. We also had foggy views of Loowit Falls that would be great on a clear day. Took us around an hour round-trip with a 10 and 12 year old and some time for pictures at the lake.