A mountain goat with a single horn looks on from below a trail in the Mount Margaret Backcountry in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Wednesday.
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A mountain goat and kid graze below a trail in the Mount Margaret Backcountry in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Wednesday.
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Foothills cast shadows across Mount St. Helens on Wednesday.
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Hikers and mountain goats look on from the Mount Margaret Backcountry in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Nishan Mahdasian, Madisyn Emley, and Skye Clark, seasonal Park Rangers at Johnston Ridge Observatory, walk outside in front of Mount St. Helens on Wednesday.
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A mountain goat and kid graze below a trail in the Mount Margaret Backcountry in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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A Spruce Grouse sounds off from a tree near the entrance to the Mount Margaret Backcountry in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Wednesday near the Johnston Ridge Observatory.
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Red Indian Paintbrush sprouts from the ground near the Johnston Ridge Observatory and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
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A herd of elk are seen below the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Spirit Lake Highway near the Johnston Ridge Observatory parking is seen Wednesday.
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Mountain goats and their kid walk along a ridge below the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Visitors walk outside the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Mount St. Helens towers over the horizon on Wednesday.
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Mount St. Helens is seen Wednesday.
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Mountain goats and their kid walk along a ridge below the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Mount St. Helens is seen in the reflection of windows on the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday.
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The Johnston Ridge Observatory is seen on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Mountain goats and their kid walk along a ridge below the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Mount St. Helens is seen from inside the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday.
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A raven sits near an info board outside the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Park Rangers are seen at work inside the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday.
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A mountain goat and kid graze below a trail in the Mount Margaret Backcountry in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Wednesday.
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From left, Madisyn Emley, Nishan Mahdasian, and Skye Clark, Park Rangers at the Johnston Ridge Observatory smile for a photo in front of Mount St. Helens on Wednesday.
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Mount St. Helens dominates the horizon Wednesday seen from Spirit Lake Highway.
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Mount St. Helens is seen from a trail near the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday.
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Mount St. Helens towers over the horizon at sunset.
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Mount St. Helens dominates the horizon Wednesday seen from Spirit Lake Highway.
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An info board is seen on display outside the Johnston Ridge Observatory Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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A mountain goat grazes below a trail in the Mount Margaret Backcountry on Wednesday near Mount St. Helens.
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Mount Adams is seen from the Mount Margaret Backcountry on Wednesday near Spirit Lake.
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Mount Adams is seen from the Mount Margaret Backcountry on Wednesday near Spirit Lake.
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A raven sits atop the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Wednesday.
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Spirit Lake Highway near the Johnston Ridge Observatory parking is seen Wednesday.
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