The Washington Transportation Department is reopening the Spirit Lake Highway to the ... visitors to Mount St. Helens. Highway 504, which runs from Castle Rock, has been closed since December ...

Here are other spots on the north side of Mount St. Helens along Spirit Lake Highway (state Highway 504), east of Interstate 5 at Castle Rock, where you can still explore. The Mount St. Helens ...

Spirit Lake ... of Castle Rock. It is named for David Johnston, the young government geologist who died there monitoring the eruption. WSDOT expects a heavy increase in traffic on the highway ...

Jun. 16—A large debris flow on Sunday, May 14, at state Route 504 covered the highway at milepost 49 with rock, mud, ice and water. The slide caused significant damage to the Spirit Lake Outlet ...