Mount St. Helens - Monitor Ridge, Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Friday, Dec. 27, 2024

IMPORTANT ALERT!

The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) has made the avalanche risk on Mount St. Helens RED for Friday 12/27 and Saturday 12/28 due to an incoming snowstorm and lots of new snow accumulation. Please exercise caution around all areas with a slope over 35 degrees as you could trigger a large enough avalanche to be fatal. Please check the NWAC Avalanche forecast for more information.

Avalanche Forecast - Northwest Avalanche Center

Marble: The road and parking should be fine.  Mostly rain all week.  There may be 1-4 inches of snow accumulating Thursday night, then it is back to rain. Nightime temps above freezing.  June lake picked up 8 inches on 12/25 but 4 of that has already melted. 

Ski:  Lots of bare patches in the woods.  Dangerous weather above the tree line.

Climb:  There is a big storm through the weekend.   The weather is too severe to even contemplate travel above the tree line. No visibility.  Avi risk.

Thursday 12/26 - Monday 12/30:  Rain low, heavy snow high.   Summit temps of around 15 F with winds of 30-50 MPH (wind chills well below 0F). White out conditions.  No markers or footprints to follow.  Deep new snow and big drifts. Lots of ice in places. Avi Red with warnings on 12/26.  Likely to stay at least orange through 12/30.  The weather is too stormy to even contemplate travel above the tree line.

Tuesday 12/31 onward: There may be a brief break in 12/31, but forecasts have another storm moving in by New Year's Day.