It’s official. At the end of May we will be climbing Mount St. Helens. We’ll probably use the the Monitor Ridge Route (4,500 feet in 5 miles to the crater rim at 8,365 feet elevation!)
USFS Official Page: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/
What makes this hike special is the fact that Mt St. Helens is an active volcano. And the advanced preparation is needed because in a day only 100 hikers can go up the mountain. You need to buy a special pass. And the passes vanish rather quickly each year. For full pass story and the link to page where you can buy the pass check: http://www.wta.org/trail-news/signpost/mount-st.-helens-permits-open-feb.-1
More about Mt St. Helens and the 1980 volcanic eruption: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

The hike did take place and it’s now a past hike, not a future hike :)
Checkout the story of the hike here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2010/06/02/hiking-mount-st-helens-the-story/
Checkout pictures from the hike here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2010/06/03/hiking-%E2%80%93-mount-st-helens-%E2%80%93-the-pictures/