OROGENESIS - Colemonti Crossing - Loowit Tier

Tall, steep ridgelines separated by dense stands of towering firs dominate this landscape. Water is abundant, flowing from prehistoric jungles of skunk cabbage and devils club at every twist in the trail. These forests were no match for the eruption of Mount Saint Helens though, and in 1980 they were laid flat, their skeletons still visible 45 years later floating in Spirit Lake. Pedaling through this lunar pumice expanse on the Plains of Abraham is an experience like no other.