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 ...

Let's give those of you who are curious about the Mt. St. Helens Club, a sneak peek of what a hike with our group entails. At the meetup point, a lone hike leader arrives and surveils the skies to ...

Clifton Perkins had heard that the road to the Johnston Ridge Observatory was open, so he brought his family there from Puyallup, Wash., on Presidents' Day. When the family encountered a closed gate 9 ...

The following are the scheduled upcoming Mt. St. Helens Club hikes. New members should call the hike leader listed before their first hike. More information about the club can be found at ...

Since 1996, scientists, researchers, staff and volunteers at Mount St. Helens Institute have been working to educate students and visitors about the mountain’s unique volcanic landscape. Despite ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, the landscape changed in an instant—the geologic version of an instant, anyway. It was the deadliest eruption the United States had ever seen, leveling ...

The number of rescues in the wilderness areas around Mount St. Helens keep going up — and the actions of some of those before they call for help have drawn criticism as reckless. One man, 21, kayaked ...