The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
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Travel to Mount Saint Helens and environs, from Portland, on this ALL-INCLUSIVE tour with a guide who will discuss the geology, ecology, climate, history, and legends of the area, as well as the history of US public lands. Your guide will lead you on hikes near waterfalls, through lava tubes, and within oldgrowth forests.
You will see some of the most unique geological features in North America, including North America's longest continuous lava tube and a lava tree mold forest. Weather permitting, you will be driven to the closest viewpoint into the crater of the volcano, where you will be provided a picnic lunch, overlooking Spirit Lake. No matter how hot the weather, you'll enjoy natural air conditioning as you hike by dramatic waterfalls and through primeval forest. You'll have the option of a dinner/beer stop (own expense) on the way back to Portland. THIS IS A 12-HOUR TOUR
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Mount St. Helens
7 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedTravel to Mt. St. Helens and environs with a naturalist guide who will discuss the geology, ecology, climate, history, and legends of the area, as well as the history of US public lands. Your guide will lead you on hikes near waterfalls, through lava tubes, and within oldgrowth forests. Stops both inside and outside of Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.Ape Cave Lava Tubes
1 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedTraverse North America's longest continuous lava tube! No matter how hot it is outside, the temperature in the cave is a constant 42F (5.5C), so bring layers. Also, be sure to bring shoes that are suitable for scrambling, and wipe those shoes before entering the bats' home so that they don't get white-nose syndrome!Trail of Two Forests Trail
20 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedA lava mold forest. Walk through a wonderland of wells and tunnels, that's hard to pull kids away from.WIndy Ridge Viewpoint
1 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedWeather permitting, we'll take you to the closest viewpoint with a view into the crater that is accessible by vehicle. There you'll have a picnic lunch, and have the opportunity to burn off your lunch by ascending the 357 stairs to a 365-degree view overlooking Spirit Lake, with the mountain looming. If conditions are clear enough, you'll see four stratovolcanoes: St. Helens, Rainier, Adams, and Hood.Johnston Ridge Observatory(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe place where Dave Johnston got on the radio and yelled "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!", the fateful morning of May 18, 1980.Mount St. Helens Visitor Center(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe visitor center with the most detailed history and geology of Mt. St. Helens.Lava Canyon(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeA fairytale landscape of sapphire waterfalls and blue-grey andesite that were scoured and smoothed by the 1980 lahar resulting from the rapid melting of the Shoestring Glacier by pyroclastic flows.Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe visitor center that provides a special retro experience, with a movie about Mt. St. Helens circa 1985, and a 1990s-era Disneyland Haunted Mansion-style park ranger statue, who will give you a lecture.
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Terran Travels
USD 332.02
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