Ice, Snow and No Cave

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:59:59 -800

Jason and I later had a brilliant idea: Let's explore an ice cave! Apparently
the interaction between (hard) lava and (soft) basalt over the years left quite
a few empty holes in the ground up near Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens. St. Helens
is still mostly closed after the volcanic activity last September, which ruled
out a visit to Ape Cave...but not Ice
Cave. For the unfamiliar, Ice Cave is just past the end of WA141,
which is a road that goes north-south from the Columbia just opposite Hood River
up to Trout Lake, and then curves westward out to some ancient lava flows.