RHH's photos with the keyword: mount st. helens

One more picture from a recent visit to Mount St. Helens, this shot looks south across the debris field below the volcano's cone, which is to the right of the picture. The picture was taken from Johnson Ridge Observatory north of the volcano and Spirit Lake is just over the low ridge at the end of the debris field, with Windy Ridge beyond. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/08/mount-saint-helens.html

Another shot from Mount St. Helens and the Johnson Ridge Observatory showing the base of the volcano in the background and the upper end of the Toutle River Valley which received most of the mud and ash flow, visible in the picture and carved by the streams that become the Toutle River. The picture below, taken in 2009, is from the other side of the volcano, at Windy Ridge, and shows one end of Spirit Lake and the collapsed cone of the volcano, with the main blast area below. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/08/mount-saint-helens.html

We had a grandson staying with us for five weeks this summer and took him and a friend to Mount St. Helens. Sadly the day was overcast and we were not able to see the volcano itself, but they did watch the video of the eruption at the Johnson Observatory and saw the area around the volcano including the Toutle River valley were the main mud flows went. This was taken from one of the viewpoints above the valley as we traveled up Johnson Ridge. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/08/mount-saint-helens.html