Trail of Two Forests

Useful Information

Location:	Gifford Pinchot National Forest, south of Mount St. Helens. I-5 exit 21 (Woodland Exit), WA-503 East, then FR-90, through Cougar. Turn left (north) onto FR-83 for 3.5 km, turn left (west) onto FR-8303, 200 m to the Trail of Two Forests parking area.
Open:	No restrictions. [2020]
Fee:	Day pass USD 5. [2020]
Classification:	lava mold lava tube
Light:	bring torch
Dimension:
Guided tours:	n/a
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	yes, raised wooden trail
Bibliography:
Address:	Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Forest Headquarters, 10600 N.E. 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682, Tel: +1-360-891-5000, Fax: +1-360-891-5003.
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History

Description

The Trail of Two Forests is a parking lot with explanatory plates and a trail with a wooden boardwalk. The trail leads to a small lava tube and numerous tree molds. At least two of the tree molds are big enough to crawl through. One is called The Log Crawl.

The lava tubes and the tree molds were formed by a lava flow from Mt. St. Helens 1,900 years ago.