Mount Saint Helens

Mt. St. Helens from Windy Ridge. July 18, 2026. (Bryan Dorr)

Mount Saint Helens, one of my favorite volcanoes. Low clouds blanket the Windy Ridge parking area below.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), no eruption today. The volcano erupted on me only once while I was at Windy Ridge on October 1, 2004. It was a small plume that rose about 2,000 feet above the crater.

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