Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Friday, Apr. 29, 2022

I've hiked Helens three times before and never needed snow shoes. This year I headed out with a friend on skis and we got a late start of 6 a.m. (compared to my usual start of 3:30 a.m.). The snow was very soft and while my friend was totally fine on skis, I was post holing all over. I of course left my snow shoes in the car, thinking the trail would firm up. We made it a little over 3.5 miles and then I threw in the towel and we turned around. Lesson learned! Bring snowshoes. Or learn to ski ;) Otherwise the road was fine, plenty of parking, and still snow on the trail the whole way.