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The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland
The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland

The Mt St Helens Adventure Tour from Portland

By Terran Travels
4 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is S$427 per adult
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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 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 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. 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

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
  • Activity duration is 12 hours12h12h
  • English

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 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. 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

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00
Price details
S$426.73 x 1 AdultS$426.73
Total
Price is S$426.73

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedIf weather does not allow mountain visibility, a modified itinerary will take you to bonus stops.
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedSnacks
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup/drop-off in Portland area
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedHeadlamps
  • What's includedWhat's includedService charge
  • What's includedWhat's includedPA system to hear guide while driving
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional naturalist guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup/drop-off in Seattle area

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.

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

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESApe Cave Lava Tubes
    • Cougar, WA, United States
    • Longview, Washington, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE523 NE 19th Ave
    • 523 Northeast 19th Avenue
    • 97232, Portland, Oregon, United States

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