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      Elk Viewing - at Mount St. Helens
      
      ELK VIEWING at Mt. St. Helens
      
      
      Elk - Mt. St. Helens
This photo was taken on Jan 2, 2006 
Shot was taken by with a digital 
camera by Jamie Westervelt through 
one of the Center's Mount St. Helens 
view telescope's.  
The magnificent Elk are seen 
throughout the Mount St. Helens 
monument and a hundred or more 
can usually be seen on the Mt. St. 
Helens Helicopter Tours.
The BEST VIEWING AREA is from the 
Mount St. Helens Forest Learning 
Center at milepost 33.  In the spring 
up to 500 elk can be seen grazing on 
the mudflow below the center.  The 
Center is a partnership between 
Weyerhaeuser, Washington 
Department of Transportation, and 
the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
For great droptine deer photos see 
www.DropTine.com
See Mount Rainier Wildlife Videos
       
            Digital camera photo of elk seen at the Forest Learning Center