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The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
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Kerns
Important Information
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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This tour operates in all weather conditions, and the cave is 42F (5.5C). Please dress in layers.
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We recommend shoes that are suitable for minor rock climbing (i.e. scrambling/bouldering).
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Wear long pants, as there will be opportunities for crawling.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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...
Highlights
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
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
Headlamps
Gratuities
PA system to hear guide while driving
Professional naturalist guide
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Seattle area
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Hillsboro
Meeting Points
Departure
523 NE 19th Ave
Return
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
(41) Reviews
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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...
Highlights
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 11 hours to 12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
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
Headlamps
Gratuities
PA system to hear guide while driving
Professional naturalist guide
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Seattle area
Hotel pickup/drop-off in Hillsboro
Meeting Points
Departure
523 NE 19th Ave
Return
Itinerary
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Mount St. Helens
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.
7 hours
2
Ape Cave Lava Tubes
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!
1 hour
3
Trail of Two Forests Trail
A lava mold forest. Walk through a wonderland of wells and tunnels, that's hard to pull kids away from.
20 minutes
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WIndy Ridge Viewpoint
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.
1 hour
5
Johnston Ridge Observatory
The place where Dave Johnston got on the radio and yelled "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!", the fateful morning of May 18, 1980.
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Mount St. Helens Visitor Center
The visitor center with the most detailed history and geology of Mt. St. Helens.
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Lava Canyon
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.
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Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center
The 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.
