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    • Spirit Lake Viewpoint and Trailhead

    View a valley reshaped by a giant wave created by the landslide. Hike the only trail to Spirit Lake.

    View a valley reshaped by a giant wave created by the landslide. Hike the only trail to Spirit Lake.

     

     

    Learn more about the 1980 Eruption and how life has returned to the blast zone over the last 30 years.

    HARMONY TRAIL PAMPHLET

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    WEB VIDEOS on the 1980 ERUPTION and RETURN OF LIFE

     

    View photos of three decades of landscape change in the blast zone and the amazing impact of the eruption and return of life to Spirit Lake.

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