"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, ...

While it may be the deadliest volcano in the continental U.S., it's a surprisingly easy climb for those in good fitness.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every high peak has its own allure, its siren's call. Old Mount St. Helens beckoned generations of climbers with a symmetrical profile and cone of perpetual ice. The 9,677-foot volcano in the Cascades ...

Father and Son Tackle Mount St. Helens When Ed Brands watched in horror as Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980, there was no way he could have known that one day he would climb the reconfigured ...