The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland

By Terran Travels

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12h
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Selective hotel pickup

Overview

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 through forests, through lava tubes, and road conditions permitting, by waterfalls.

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 mould 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. THIS IS A 12-HOUR TOUR

Activity location

Ape Cave Lava Tubes
- Cougar, WA, United States
- Longview, Washington, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

523 NE 19th Ave
- 523 Northeast 19th Avenue
- 97232, Portland, Oregon, United States

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The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland

12h
English

Pickup included

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 08:00

Price details

€278.17 x 1 Adult€278.17

Total

Until Wed, 22 Jul

What's included, what's not

Headlamps
If weather does not allow mountain visibility, a modified itinerary will take you to bonus stops.
Bottled water
Snacks
Lunch
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Portland area
Air-conditioned vehicle
Service charge
PA system to hear guide while driving
Professional naturalist guide
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Seattle area
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Hillsboro

Know before you book

Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
This tour operates in all weather conditions, and the cave is 42F (5.5C). Please dress in layers.
We recommend shoes that are suitable for minor rock climbing (i.e. scrambling/bouldering).
Wear long pants, as there will be opportunities for crawling.
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Mount St. Helens

7h
Admission ticket included

Travel 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

1h
Admission ticket included

Traverse 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

20m
Admission ticket included

A lava mould forest. Walk through a wonderland of wells and tunnels, that's hard to pull kids away from.

WIndy Ridge Viewpoint

1h
Admission ticket included

Weather 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)

The 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)

The visitor centre with the most detailed history and geology of Mt. St. Helens.

Lava Canyon (Pass by)

A 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)

The visitor centre that provides a special retro experience, with a film about Mt. St. Helens circa 1985, and a 1990s-era Disneyland Haunted Mansion-style park ranger statue, who will give you a lecture.

Location

Activity location

Ape Cave Lava Tubes
- Cougar, WA, United States
- Longview, Washington, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

523 NE 19th Ave
- 523 Northeast 19th Avenue
- 97232, Portland, Oregon, United States

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