Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Saturday, Mar. 10, 2018

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

Decided to check out St. Helens on such a beautiful weekend before the permit system kicks in. Left the trailhead at 7:30 and got to the crater rim at 12 noon. It was a beautiful day the whole way up in but as soon as I got to the top some clouds started to roll in. Made for some interesting pictures in experiences. Probably better than no clouds. I didn't wander over to the true summit because I was by myself, it got rather cloudy(sporadic openings in the clouds), windy and I didn't really see anyone else heading over there while I was up there for an hour. Heading down was fun. Minimal glissading and by the time you got halfway down the snow was soft and everyone was post holeing. Glad I had my snowshoes. I was even post holeing in my snowshoes so I can't imagine what it would've been like without them. A little over two hours down. If I could do it over again I would've started a few hours earlier to catch a epic sunrise in for snow conditions especially on the way down. Kick ass time, kick ass views! Looking forward to the spring and summer.