Mount St. Helens erupted May 18, 1980. This great force of nature caused emense damage to the surrounding landscape for 20 miles, leveling trees to mere poles, stripped of leaf and limb, and eraseing all signs of life. People were killed after the blast and ensuing lava and mud flows as well as animals and all plant life. After the eruption, Congress established the 110,300 acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument to provide for scientific research, education, and recreation.
Despite this tragedy, the mountain has been renewing ever since.
We could not see it, but a new glacier has been forming in the Crater. While glaciers are shrinking in most other places, Crater Glacier is growing at Mt. St. Helens. It just goes to show that nature is in charge and given time, will do its' will at its' own chosen pace, place, and time...... All we need to do is enjoy and let her have her way.......
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| June got a little too close to this elk |
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| Wildflowers are abundant |
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| Mt. St. Helen - A brief view of Summit through the clouds |
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| Trees struggle to break through the ash 32 years after the eruption, but are multiplying |
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| Mt. St. Helen landscape |
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| Visitor's Center |
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