The Lahar Viewpoint offers views of the south side of the volcano and a valley scoured and filled by lahars. In spring, the valley is carpeted with penstemon, lupine and other wildflowers.
View returning forest and meadow vegetation in a valley scoured by 1980 lahars.
Learn more about the 1980 Eruption and how life has returned to the blast zone over the last 30 years.
Watch a videos of a scientist describing destruction caused by lahars and how they have influenced forests around the volcano.
View amazing pictures of the lahars (volcanic mudflows), and amazing time-lapse photos of 30-years of landscape change from the Lahar Viewpoint and other vantage points around the volcano.
WEB VIDEOS on the 1980 ERUPTION and RETURN OF LIFE
