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Pacific Northwest's Top 25

Mt St Helens

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25 Having recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its 1980 eruption, Mt

St Helens (8366ft; Click here ) still occasionally billows out plumes of
smoke. But this recent activity is nothing like the catastrophic event that killed 57
people, flattened 230 sq miles of forest and blew nearly 1300ft off its top. Today,
you can hike to the edge and peer down into the mile-wide caldera, but if you're
against strenuous exercise (and believe us, it's not easy) then just drop by one of
the visitor centers for some history, and a faraway look at this amazing volcano.