Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Thursday, Jun. 16, 2022

Sno-Park parking was snow free. Encountered patchy snow to pretty consistent snow in the upper reaches of the deep forested section within the ski trails. Once we broke out into open forest there was no more snow. The boot path was steep, but easy to follow up the ridge line, even in foggy conditions.

We put snowshoes on at about 6500’ and gave up on trying to continue to climb on rock. Rock ridge ran out at about 7k. The last 2 uphill pitches to the summit are very steep, take lots of breaks.

We hung out at the summit for over an hour, and were rewarded with a large break in the clouds to see spirit lake and the crater. Clouds continued to disperse on our descent, which we did by glissading to roughly 5000’.

Videos should be up on YouTube channel Coulee Outdoors within the week