Mount St. Helens Trip Pictures

July 2002

A bit windy but in the 80s amidst wildflowers in front of Mount St. Helens

We visited the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in sunny weather on July 18, 2002. The landscape varied from rich, deep forests to blasted brown devastation left from the 1980 eruption. It was a perfect time to visit, though, as wildflowers were in bloom everywhere!


Mount Adams as seen from Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Entrance sign for Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Wildflowers, with Mount St. Helens as a backdrop

More wildflowers on the ridge near Mount St. Helens

Walking through those wildflowers

The view at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Coldwater Lake in Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Checking out the view of Coldwater Lake

Checking out the view of Mount St. Helens

Some of the devastation area from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption

Walking up the overlook trail by the Johnston Ridge Observatory

Mount St. Helens as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory trail

Mount St. Helens, without the trail but with a cloud obscuring the top!

Trees snapped by the Mount St. Helens blast in 1980

Another view of trees snapped by the Mount St. Helens blast in 1980

Family at Mount St. Helens overlook

More of the devastation area from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption

Trees blown down on distant ridges from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption

Family in front of now-quiet volcano

A view within Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Smiling because there's no hot lava to jump over

Wildflowers springing up in 1980 blast zone

Two active and one passive hiker/explorer

Smiling in the hopes of finding hot lava to jump over (well, not really -- I think ---)

Looking out over Coldwater Lake

Purple bell wildflower at Coldwater Lake

Two children still looking for frogs

Make that three children still looking for frogs


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