CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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Registration for spring and summer Mount St. Helens climbing permits starts Feb. 2 at 9 a.m.
Climbing permits are $22 per person and can only be purchased via the Mount St. Helens Institute’s website, mshinstitute.org
“This year climbers will be able to gaze into the crater at the massive new lava dome that was erupted between 2004 and 2008 and see the glacier that was pushed aside by the eruption,” Monument manager Tom Mulder said in a prepared statement. “Interest in climbing Mount St. Helens continues to be high. Even though our weekend climbing dates tend to sell out relatively quickly, the online permit system allows folks to locate and purchase available week day permits up to 24-hours in advance of their climb.”
The institute also offers guided climbs.
Permits are required above 4,800 feet on the 8,365-foot volcano between April 1 and Oct. 31. Only 100 permits are sold per day between May 15 and Oct. 31.
I spent Friday and Saturday eagle watching on and along the Skagit River. I was in the Concrete-Rockport-Marblemount stretch and was able to catch the first day of the Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Festival.
If you want to check out the eagles, you better hurry as the number of birds in the area are starting to decline.
If you can't make it up there this year, I thought I would post these photos.
If you want to plan for next season, the majority of the eagles are in the area in December.
