Private Mount Saint Helens Monument Day Trip

Sightseeing  :  United States  :  Washington  :  Seattle  :  Day Trips

Mt. Saint Helen's, a national monument and active volcano, has a history dating back 40,000 years. She is one of 5 Washington State volcanoes. It was May 18, 1980, when the eruption brought this quiet mountain to the world's attention. On your tour, you'll see the devastation caused by the 1980 eruption and the slow return of nature’s flora. A full day of adventure, you'll visit: Mt. St. Helen's Visitor Center, lunch at a local restaurant, and Johnston Ridge Visitor Center.Departing Seattle from your hotel, you'll travel South to Castle Rock, then to the first stop, the Interpretive Center. Here you see the mountain in the distance and get a good visual of the before and after May 18, 1980 blast inside the interpretive center. Then on to lunch in a diner along the river, and you continue up Spirit Highway to Johnston Ridge, perfectly situated on the slide-side of Mount Saint Helen's with an incredible view of the devastation from the blast and slide. You'll see a short movie and get a feel for what it was like, then we make our way back, past the downed trees and new forest, only 34 years old. Snacks and bottled water provided, and lunch.

If the weather decides not to cooperate, we will gladly switch the tour to visit the Mt. Saint Helen's Lava Tube, a cave created by hot gasses from an event thousands of years ago. Same price, and though very different tours, still with the same theme!