I made a trip to Mt. St. Helens in July 2001. Here is a collection of the pictures that I took on that trip. I lucked out and had great weather for the trip. Each of the pictures when clicked will open in a larger image in a new window.

This picture shows the channels in the dirt in ash that the mudslide took when the mountain erupted.
Here is another picture that shows the channels even better
This is a good picture of the crater.
Here is another picture of the crater.
Here is another one of the crater.
Here is the mountain from a distance. We were on our way up the road to get closer to the mountain.
Here is another one from further away.
This is the North Fork of the Toutle River. The eruption sent lots of mud and ash down this river during the eruption.
There was a herd of elk standing in the river. They didn't show up in my picture however.
In this picture you can see that the river made its own way on the other side of some land during the mudslides.
This is another picture that was supposed to show the elk feeding. Unfortunately my camera isn't good enough for them to show up.
This is just a view of the river as it comes down from the mountain.
Here is a picture of the side of the river. See how deep the mudslides were from the side of the river.
This is another look at the depth of the mudslide.
This is a picture at the Sediment Dam. You can see how the water made its own way.
This is another picture at the dam.
Here is a look at the sediment dam.
Another look at the depth of the mudslide from a distance.

See how the mudslide made its way down in two different forks of the river.
Here is the stone walls created by the mudslides from a distance.

This picture shows how the trees were just laid over by the force and heat of the eruption.

Here is another look at all the dead trees still laying on the hill sides among the fresh growth.