Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Sunday, Jun. 26, 2022

Absolute blue bird day yesterday for summiting. Still only the winter route open, they estimated in the next week or two opening the summer route. First two miles is a nice, easy hike through the woods to Chocolate Falls. Then the real work begins, climbing the boulder field. Very dry and crumbly, lots of scree, slow and steady was the way. Past the seismic antenna, a little more time on the rocks, then the last 2000' ft or so of elevation was in snow. It got softer as the day was going on, so sometimes two steps forward one small slide back. Would definitely recommend and ice axe for that portion and traction devices of some sort. Big cornice at the top, stay back from the edge, vies of Adams, Hood, the valley below are all gorgeous. We were able to still glissade safely down about 3000' which was a huge help!