Road leading up to Mount Saint Helens finally open again

The Spirit Lake Memorial Highway is now open for the season after being shut down since last November.

WASHINGTON, USA — A sure sign winter weather is behind us, the highway to the Johnston Ridge Observatory near Mount Saint Helens is now open, the highway re-opened on Wednesday afternoon. The road you take to get up there, the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway closes in the winter since road conditions are too dangerous for transportation crews to clear.

It’s been shut down for nearly six months, but over the last couple of weeks, crews with the Washington Department of Transportation have been busy clearing snow, downed trees and removing debris

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