Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Friday, May. 4, 2018

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

Day hike with my 13 year old step son and a friend. Absolutely gorgeous day for a great hike!!! The first 2.5 miles were pretty easy and after that is when the real climbing begins. You get to the bottom of the first ridge around 3 miles, maybe a little after. After that is somewhat steep hiking. Recommend hiking poles and micro spikes or crampons. We crossed a little bit of a boulder ridge then continued upward. Give yourself little goals to achieve as you go up. We did quite a bit of just up to that flattened out section then a break. When we looked back it only took us 15 minutes or so to climb these tough ridges. As everyone says, slow and steady wins the race. We started around 630am on the trail and hit the summit at 130pm. The glissading was the best!!!! We got back to the lot around 5pm. Best birthday hike ever!!! We are making this a yearly tradition after our hike!!!