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PDeXplore OP t1_istyyrf wrote

Just mind blowing the impact that this eruption had, some 30+ years later. Seeing pictures of how this used to be a fairly lush forest, but as it sits today most of the St Helens area is basically a desert. There are quite a few spots that still have a graveyard of dead trees remaining from the original forest, and surprisingly basically none have grown back.

Would be interesting if anyone here was alive to visit the area before the eruptions in the 80s that can comment further.

Fyi shot on Sony A7C, Tamron 17-28mm, f/9. Instagram for more PNW landscape stuff

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FrillySteel t1_isurw0s wrote

And most local scientists will tell you that the area rebounded a great deal faster than they anticipated. They were expecting it to be entirely lifeless for at least several decades, but some floura and fauna returned just a few short years after the eruption.

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TwoUglyFeet t1_isvw5qe wrote

Whereabouts was this? I climbed Mt Clearwater before and that doesn't look like the direction I take to go over there.

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PDeXplore OP t1_iswa6ux wrote

This is just one of the trails from the observatory, I think it was about 8 miles round trip?

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TwoUglyFeet t1_iswaf1p wrote

Was there an antenna there, or some such looking equipment there on a concrete pad?

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PDeXplore OP t1_iswapge wrote

Yep, that's the spot!

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TwoUglyFeet t1_iswcs67 wrote

Harry's Ridge. The inner dome of the mountain points almost exactly straight in that direction.

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