August 22, 2025 1:00pm
Into the Crater Hike August 22-24 2025 WAITLIST ONLY
WHEN: August 22, 2025 1:00pm
WHERE: Meeting location is at Cascade Peaks Interpretive Center
DURATION: Three days, two nights; one hiking day of approximately 8 hours
DISTANCE: Approximately 8 miles round trip
COST: $899, includes professional geologists, mountain guides, camp chef and volunteers.
PERMITS: MSHI provides special use permit
MAXIMUM GROUP SIZE: 12
MINIMUM AGE: 10. For younger hikers, contact us to discuss.
Join us for a unique and profound adventure into the crater of an active volcano! This is a true North American bucket-list experience. Our expert teams of geologists, professional mountain guides and certified volunteer mountain stewards will lead you past hummocks and cinder cones, canyons, pumice fields and lava beds, waterfalls and wildflowers, to the edge of the youngest and fastest-growing glacier in the world. Under the curious gaze of mountain goats you will move carefully through a landscape that has been exposed for only 45 years.
This multi-day adventure begins Friday afternoon and concludes Sunday morning with a day hike on Saturday. We welcome you to our remote Mount St. Helens Field Camp where our Guide Staff and Camp Host will assist you with setting up your campsite, vehicle spot or choosing a cot in our large wall tents. The Host will prepare a delicious dinner catered to your dietary needs and you will be treated to a fireside chat by the geologist. Saturday, you'll rise early and after a hot breakfast, you'll caravan to the trailhead and commence an amazing day of immersive education and exploration of the landscape. Following Saturday’s hike, you're welcomed to stay at camp for dinner and socializing before departing Sunday morning after a full night's rest.
THIS DATE SOLD OUT FOR 2025; join our waitlist!
For detailed information, visit our Into the Crater program description.