USDA Forest Service
 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

 

Gifford Pinchot
National Forest

Forest Headquarters
10600 N.E. 51st Circle
Vancouver, WA 98682
(360) 891-5000
TTY: (360) 891-5003

Cowlitz Valley
Ranger District

10024 US Hwy 12
PO Box 670
Randle, WA 98377
(360) 497-1100
TTY: (360) 497-1101

Mt. Adams
Ranger District

2455 Hwy 141
Trout Lake, WA 98650
(509) 395-3400
TTY: (360) 891-5003


Mount St. Helens
National Volcanic
Monument

Monument Headquarters
42218 N.E. Yale Bridge Rd.
Amboy, WA 98601
(360) 449-7800
TTY: (360) 891-5003

Johnston Ridge Observatory
24000 Spirit Lake Highway
P.O. Box 326
Toutle, WA 98649
(360) 274-2140

Mount St. Helens
Visitor Center
at Silver Lake

3029 Spirit Lake Highway
Castle Rock, WA 98611
(Operated by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission)


TTY: Phone for the Deaf



Recreation

Winter Activities

Winter Home | Current Conditions | Snowmobiles | Winter Safety | Winter Symbols
Packwood WRA | Randle WRA | Mount St. Helens WRA | Mt. Adams WRA | Wind River WRA
Spring / Summer Advisory [Last Updated: July 27, 2008]: Unstable cornices remain on the crater rim of Mount St. Helens (for details see climbing page and scroll down to cornice photo diagram).  Forest Road 81-830 has been reopened to Climber's Bivouac.  Forest Road 99 (access to Windy Ridge) is closed at Bear Meadows viewpoint. Forest Road 83 (access to Lava Canyon) is closed at Marble Mountain Sno-Park..
Tubing hill at Oldman Pass
[Photograph] Cross country skiing on the Big Tree Loop - December 2003
Big Tree Loop Trail, Pineside Sno*Park, Mt. Adams WRA (December 2003)

We have quite a bit of information and resources available here to help you safely enjoy your winter fun on the Forest.

If you have any suggestions, find any problems or would like to contribute stories, photographs or drawings to our Winter Recreation web site, please contact us at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

Winter 2008 photos.

General Information

Winter Safety

Be Aware!
Check avalanche danger before going into the forest.


Winter Recreation Areas

Northern Sno-Parks

Packwood Sno-Parks

Randle Sno-Parks

Central Sno-Parks

Central WRA Maps

Mount St. Helens WRA Sno-Parks

Southern Sno-Parks

Mt. Adams Sno-Parks

Wind River Sno-Parks

Winter Activities Map

US Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Vancouver, WA
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - Amboy, WA
Last Modified: Friday, 09 May 2008 at 12:49:09 EDT


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