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[Last Updated: October 24, 2008] Some roads on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest remain closed due to road damage. Please check our current conditions reports or call the local Forest Service office for updates. Spring / Summer Advisory: As snow begins to fall on the crater rim, potentially unstable cornices (snow overhangs) will begin to form again on the crater rim of Mount St. Helens (please see climbing page and scroll down to cornice photo for details). Flood and wind damage from Fall 2006 storms still affects access to some popular sites. Please use caution when venturing out on roads and trails. Mount St. Helens
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Winter Road Damage Limits Acccess to Windy Ridge on the East side of the Mount St. Helens NVM. (July 23, 2008)
Cowlitz Valley Ranger Station
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The Ranger Station is located 1 mile east of Randle on Highway 12. Stop here for information on winter recreation activities and facilities in the Cowlitz Valley District and the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Books and videos are available here through the Northwest Interpretive Association. For more information call (360) 497-1100. |
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Cascade Peaks |
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Update August 28, 2007: The Mount St. Helens Concessions at Cascade Peaks viewpoint offers, food, drinks, recreation passes, and a gift shop. This site will close for the season at the end of the day on September 3, 2007. | |
Shop services are available at this site from approximately late June through September. |
Stop and marvel at the standing dead trees that mark the edge of the blast zone, 6.5 miles west of 25/99 junction. Look for a Forest Interpreter at this site at various times during the day. Program times are posted on the information board. |
Learn about the eruption that challenged the imagination of volcano watchers. Join a Forest Interpreter at the Windy Ridge outdoor amphitheater and relive the incredible power unleashed on May 18, 1980. Forest Road 99; allow 25 minutes for the program. |