Climbed the Worm Flows route on 5/2. Beautiful day with clear skies and little to no winds. Started at 3:15AM and summited at 7:45AM. Temps 35F-55F with warm winds coming from the top of the mountain. Icy in the morning, crampons and ice axe strongly recommended. Could only glissade post-10AM once the snow became slushy but had a blast with it coming down. No avalanche signs except some small, old snowboarder/skiier triggered ones but the cornice on the summit is still there and dangerous.
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Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Sunday, May. 2, 2021
South Cascades > Mount St. Helens
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Leesha King on Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route
Awesome photos and report! Did you need snowshoes at all?
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Leesha King on May 04, 2021 03:10 PM
ckifer on Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route
Hi Leesha, I didn't need snowshoes no. As it gets into the warmer months and the later in the day you trek up the more likely you are to need them though. Someone I met up there said two weeks ago (after a few hot days) it was slush on the way up in the AM just got worse postholing through the day. I'd check the weather leading up to a trip and the weather that day and make a decision to bring them or not. Was surprisingly icy for me in the early AM and sturdy enough to walk on late AM after glissading most of the way down.
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ckifer on May 04, 2021 03:17 PM
Leesha King on Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route
Thanks so much for the reply. We’re headed up tomorrow morning and had some conflicting info. This is super helpful. Thanks again!
Posted by:
Leesha King on May 04, 2021 03:43 PM
ckifer on Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route
Best of luck, hope you have an awesome climb!
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ckifer on May 04, 2021 03:44 PM