Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Sunday, Jun. 23, 2013

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

We camped at the trail head and got an early start. The weather was iffy with fog coming and going. The trail was dry, interesting, and easy to follow to the wormflows climbing route. By staying on the ridge we were able to avoid hitting snow until about 7000' on the way up. The summit ridge was a cold windy and awe inspiring place, with swirling clouds parting occasionally to give views into the steaming crater. We had a fun glissade down to about 5500'. Rain held off until we were back in the car. 12.5 miles, 6000', 9 hours.