Fig. 1The open crater of Mount St. Helens
Landform
A collapsed stratovolcano and a blast zone still growing back. Crater, lava dome, and a gray valley of snags.
Field note
May 18, 1980, opened the north face. Spirit Lake filled with timber. Johnston Ridge looks into the wound. The mountain is lower than it was. The forest is a child. Rainier watches from the north.
