"Holy cow, it's incredible," said Racine, who is normally assigned to the Johnston Ridge Observatory on the other side of the volcano. "It's hard to describe." Racine joined a group of rangers, ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Mount St. Helens climbing permits go on sale for the 2011 climbing season beginning 9:00 a.m. Feb. 1, 2011 on Mount St Helens Institute's website at mshinstitute.org. These permits ...

COUGAR, Cowlitz County — Two men reported overdue on a climb up southwest Washington’s Mount St. Helens made their way down safely Wednesday after spending a cold, wet night on the mountain. Mark ...

Mount St. Helens looms on the horizon, its snowy cap a symbol of accomplishment for hikers. Dick and Marie Storts set their sights on the peak a year ago, climbing to the crater's rim after months of ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. – More than eight months after he went missing, officials confirmed they found the remains of a young Japanese man who set out to hike Mount St. Helens. Yosuke Onishi, 26, of Japan, ...

Mount St. Helens has a way of taking first-timers by surprise. She baits you. She starts you off on a cool, wooded trail, then gently nudges you past the tree line and onto the ridge that runs up her ...

Brittany Fintel knows she cheated death after falling more than 300 feet while climbing Mount St. Helens. The 32-year-old Omaha, Nebraska native and Navy veteran lost her footing while climbing the ...

Brittany Fintel says she really thought she was dead the moment she slipped. A woman survived the nearly impossible after falling down hundreds of feet while climbing on Mount St. Helens. Brittany ...