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A group of Mount St. Helens Institute volunteers and U.S. Forest Service staff hike along the Hummocks Trail to Johnston Ridge Observatory to retrieve supplies Tuesday. A May 14 landslide closed Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, or state Highway 504, which is the only road to the facility, and provides stellar views of Mount St. Helens.

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A group of Mount St. Helens Institute volunteers and U.S. Forest Service staff hike along the Hummocks Trail to Johnston Ridge Observatory to retrieve supplies Tuesday. A May 14 landslide closed Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, or state Highway 504, which is the only road to the facility, and provides stellar views of Mount St. Helens.

May 25, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — Early Tuesday morning, a small group of outdoor adventurers ascended a foot path toward Johnston Ridge Observatory, now dark, cold and desolate, to gather supplies necessary for its summer operations. Read story

In this May 19, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward.

Predicting volcanic eruptions 43 years after the Mount St. Helens blast

In this May 19, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward.

May 19, 2023, 6:02am Latest News Free

Forty-three years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted, triggering a magnitude 5 earthquake and spewing ash, mud and debris across southwest Washington. Read story

Both directions of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway remain closed & will likely be for a while after the massive slide Sunday. The road and bridge up to Mount St. Helens Johnston Ridge Observatory were washed out by a large amount of debris, causing catastrophic damage.

Debris slide could block Mount St. Helens access for months

Both directions of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway remain closed & will likely be for a while after the massive slide Sunday. The road and bridge up to Mount St. Helens Johnston Ridge Observatory were washed out by a large amount of debris, causing catastrophic damage.

May 16, 2023, 1:04pm Clark County News

Officials say it could be months before the road to the Mount St. Helens overlook reopens after a landslide washed out the bridge on that section of Spirit Lake Memorial Highway east of Coldwater Lake, said Washington State Department of Transportation regional spokesperson Kelly Hanahan. Read story

Debris slide closes Spirit Lake Highway; dozen people, dog airlifted from observatory

May 15, 2023, 6:55pm News

A dozen people and a dog were airlifted Monday from Johnston Ridge Observatory near Mount St. Helens after a debris slide blocked both directions of state Highway 504, according to the King County Sheriff’s Air Support Unit’s Twitter. Read story

Highway 504 to Mount St. Helens to reopen at noon today

May 4, 2023, 5:58am Clark County News

Highway 504 to Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory reopens at noon today. Read story

Items carried by Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn on May 18, 1980 are going to be loaned to Washington State Parks for a new display on the eruption of Mount St. Helens, as seen Tuesday, February 7, 2022.

From the Newsroom: Photo gear loaned to Mount St. Helens’ exhibit

Items carried by Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn on May 18, 1980 are going to be loaned to Washington State Parks for a new display on the eruption of Mount St. Helens, as seen Tuesday, February 7, 2022.

February 25, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

We’ve been working on an interesting side project here for a month or so. I thought you might find it interesting, too. Read story

The Mount St. Helens Institute is working with Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, to secure legislative approval for a Mount St. Helens license plate. (Courtesy of Mount St.

Orcutt, other lawmakers back bills creating special Mount St. Helens license plate

The Mount St. Helens Institute is working with Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, to secure legislative approval for a Mount St. Helens license plate. (Courtesy of Mount St.

January 31, 2023, 2:02pm Clark County Politics

The Mount St. Helens Institute last week announced its campaign for a special license plate featuring the image of Mount St. Helens is back on track. Read story

Mount St. Helens puffs away in this view from the Pumice Plain between the volcano and Spirit Lake. The U.S. Forest Service's plan to build a road through Spirit Lake's Pumice Plain is set to move forward this summer.

Federal appeals court upholds decision allowing Spirit Lake access road

Mount St. Helens puffs away in this view from the Pumice Plain between the volcano and Spirit Lake. The U.S. Forest Service's plan to build a road through Spirit Lake's Pumice Plain is set to move forward this summer.

October 26, 2022, 8:10am Latest News

Last week, a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower ruling dismissing challenges to a project that includes building a temporary road through Mount St. Helens’ Pumice Plain. Read story

Kalama Fire, southeast of Kalama Horse Camp, reaches 112 acres in size

September 13, 2022, 4:28pm Clark County News

The Kalama Fire was burning at 112 acres in size Tuesday, southeast of the Kalama Horse Camp, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the south side of Mount St. Helens. Read story

Aubrey Gay, 13, of Ridgefield, front, hikes through the thick brush at Coldwater Lake while hauling sediment samples collected during the GeoGirls outdoor volcano science program summer camp on Wednesday morning.

GeoGirls all shook up at Mount St. Helens geology, tech camp

Aubrey Gay, 13, of Ridgefield, front, hikes through the thick brush at Coldwater Lake while hauling sediment samples collected during the GeoGirls outdoor volcano science program summer camp on Wednesday morning.

August 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Middle-school girls shouted over one another as they compared plastic jugs filled with the sediment-laden water — and smattering of insects — they had collected from an outlet of Coldwater Lake. Read story