Mount St. Helens is located in Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 95 miles south of Seattle. It is administered by the National Forest Service, not the National Park Service ...

On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. Located in Washington State, Mount St.

“In front of me was the eruption up in the sky, and in the living room behind me was the news broadcast telling us what was going on closer up there,” Kemery recalls of that infamous day in Northwest ...

The eruption triggered mudslides, an explosion, and plumes of ash that did enormous damage. The death of 57 people led to large changes in how the US monitors and prepares for eruptions. On May 18, ...

MT. ST. HELENS, Wash — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago Sunday when the sleeping giant woke up and erupted into Pacific ...

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens stands out as one of the most impactful in modern memory. But there are people who have lived in the Pacific Northwest alongside and coexisted with the volcano ...

CASTLE ROCK, Wash. (KPTV) – The Mount St. Helens visitor center will close Sept. 30 and is scheduled to reopen in May 0f 2025 for updates to its exhibits. “Many of the center’s exhibits were ...

• About 14,500 people a year climb Mount St. Helens though the vast majority — about 13,000 — do so in the summer. • About 1,500 people climb the volcano during the winter season of Nov. 1 to March 31 ...