Coldwater Lake Boardwalk

Before our hike today, we stopped at Coldwater Lake in Mt St Helens NM to enjoy the views and walk out to the boardwalk a short ways from the picnic area and back. This is probably 0.2 miles or so.
Our first view of Coldwater Lake

 a little further down the path

 looking back along the shore

 beautiful reflections in the lake this morning

Pano from along the boardwalk: Coldwater Observatory, Coldwater Peak, and the sunrising near Mt St Helens

 Coldwater Observatory up on the ridge

 some ice near the shore

 beautiful snowy boardwalk

 more views

 snowy cattails

 Winter solstice sunrise near the top of Mt St Helens













Gorgeous beginning to this year's Winter Solstice