Andy Goodwin stationed himself last Saturday at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually spends several hours each week educating climbers about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most spectacular ...

"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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Andy Goodwin stationed himself last Saturday at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually spends several hours each week educating climbers about one of the Pacific Northwest’s ...

Following several recent rim failures, two cornice breaks and the death of an experienced climber on Mount St. Helens, the U.S. Forest Service is asking climbers to stay away from the rim and avoid ...

Every $22 permit to climb Mount St. Helens is sold out through mid-September. Reservations for peak summer hiking days began hitting the 100-people-per-day limit in early spring. "The day they posted ...

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 ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The sun has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest, but permits to climb Mount St. Helens have already sold out. The Columbian reports ...