St. Helens in the PI

Nice spread of the crater in today's PI. I wonder how many yahoos are going to go try to ski that line now... <br><br>(warning large file)<br> crappy scan

check-out the most recent photos:<br><br> vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/MSH04/framework.html

quite impressive

Anyone know if they our planning to allow people back on the mountain anytime soon if it stays quiet? I have wanted to go boarding up there for a while, so hopefully it will open before the snow melts.

Seems unlikely -- the volcanic activity continues -- and really the agencies have little incentive to allow access and plenty of liabilities if they do and people get hurt by an eruption.<br><br>