Thousands of logs were washed into Spirit Lake after the eruption of Mount St. Helens and have stayed there for 44 years. Courtesy of US Forest Service Meanwhile, Spirit Lake continues to settle ...

Stunning, historic front-page coverage from The Oregonian reporters Les Zaitz and Steve Jenning reports the confusion and ...

KING 5 Meteorologist Rich Marriott was working at Mount St. Helens in the days leading up to and following the eruption. The then-U.S. Forest Service employee was doing avalanche research near Spirit ...

Harry R. Truman, the owner and caretaker for the Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake, was among the 57 people who died. Truman is now legendary for refusing to leave the lodge in the days ...

This striking satellite photo shows the unusual shape of Spirit Lake, which was transformed into a giant anatomically inaccurate heart by the explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

Photographer’s description: “I made this photo after hiking down to Spirit Lake one foggy afternoon ... obliterated by the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, it became a hellish ...

Even though a landslide has cut off part of Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, you can still have fun at Mount St. Helens this summer. You won’t be able stare into the maw of the volcano from ...

None of this should surprise us. Even on a human scale, St. Helens is an ecosystem trying to find equilibrium. What I remember from my swim in Spirit Lake is not a sunken forest but an underwater ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain closed to the public until at least 2026 due to road repairs on Spirit Lake Highway, a Washington State Department of ...

The United States Forest Service has begun considering options for what to do with a 40-year-old tunnel built at Spirit Lake ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, debris blocked the historic outflow of Spirit Lake, raising the water level 200 feet. Engineers built a tunnel in 1985 to drain the lake and to prevent a ...

A panoramic view of the south rim of Mount St. Helens, looking past the lava dome north toward Spirit Lake and Mount Rainier. Dean J. Koepfler The public is still able to visit multiple recreation ...