Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

Spent three days on Mt. St. Helens this weekend. We set up camp around timberline. We found a very well built igloo next to our camp on Friday night. We were thinking about sleeping in it on Saturday night after we got back from the summit but there was a group of 5 people in it. Turned out they were the ones that built it last weekend. They were happy to see it still standing. They called for sunny weather but we didn't see much of the sun. It was very windy,cold,snowy, and white out conditions untill we got to the 7000' mark. Then it cleared up for a little while. there was quite a few people climbing witch made it easy since there was a nice path to the top. I have never been up to the top in the winter. It was awsome. I've been up there 3 times in the summer. Any time is great but I think it was actually easier with snow. I'm sure some of you will disagree with that, but there is alot less scrambling this time of year. Everything is coverd with snow so it is basicly a long stroll to the top. give it a try as long as you have the proper gear.