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climbnshoot - May 11, 2010 12:08 am Date Climbed: May 8, 2010
Mothers' Day MadnessStarted at 6:30am for a pleasant climb in the blue sky. Many people were in dresses... we learnt this is a tradition for mother's day. Snow became slushy after 2pm. Surprisingly there were still people on their way up at 3:30. Worm flows is the only approach right now... climbers' bivouac had a closed gate as of Saturday. The worm flows route tacks on another 1000 ft vertical which goes by quickly.
Tom Waggoner - May 10, 2010 11:14 am Date Climbed: May 2, 2010
White OutWe raced to beat the weather to the summit with no views of the crater. I never would have believed you could ski all the way to the summit if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. We climbed back down in a white out. It was a nice conciliatory reward after having to retreat off Rainier.
seth@LOKI - Apr 25, 2010 3:06 pm
eerie visit.spartan place
Vasler - Mar 28, 2010 11:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2006
Climb up, roll downThere are few things as exciting as hiking up a volcano that has recently blown, respectively. Great hike up and amazing to be on the rim. You can see smoke and the light of sky through the snow you stand on. Going down, my friend and I started to cautiously glissade but then realized you could take monster steps and really throw yourself down the snow slope.
bmwboarder7 - Mar 21, 2010 3:35 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
Windy summitHiked up from the Marble Mountain sno park. It was a nice day and all the snow was firm, so we didn't use either snowshoes or crampons because there was fairly firm footings. Didn't make it to the true summit, but did make it to the crater rim, which counts enough for me for the winter. Quite windy on the rim, but otherwise it a was a very beautiful day, and enjoyable hike. We did use our snowshoes on the way down, once things were a little more slushy. Also saw the search and rescue heading up the trail too.
Holk - Mar 21, 2010 2:42 am Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
Rather EventfulIsaac and I headed out extremely late today for the Worm Flows route. On our way up we encountered a good friend of the climber who died a few weeks ago, in fact he witnessed him break off the cornice, and was climbing this day in honor of that incident. We also witnessed someone lose their ski into a treacherous gully and a couple heading down one of whom had likely fractured their fibula. Anyway, due to our tardiness we encountered some nasty looking weather while nearing the summit and decided to bail. The weather turned out to be not so bad, which kills cause we were only a few hundred feet away, but we were safe, had a good time and didn't loose or break (or worse) anything. We'll be back up soon.
scottmitch - Feb 28, 2010 2:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 1995
tough dayfunny day - one of my first climbs ever, couple friends and i went up somewhere not on trail, very sketchy, not enough water, dusk till dawn deal
Bombchaser - Feb 22, 2010 11:37 pm Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2010
Swift GlacierVery mild day and hard ice and snow all the way to the top.
YEM - Feb 22, 2010 10:19 pm Date Climbed: Feb 21, 2010
Worm FlowsTali, Taylor, Cammie and I climbed through the night and hit the summit a little after sunrise. The temperatures were in the single digits and the wind was near constant at 30 mph. We were all sketched out by the cornices after the recent death, so no lava dome pictures were taken:( After having the summit to ourselves for an hour, we saw nearly 100 people on the way down. Priceless
jonesa37 - Jan 20, 2010 2:16 am
1st mountainFirst mountain ever climbed. It was with the scouts and my pops on a two day push
Karl Helser - Dec 31, 2009 11:42 am Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2009
Swift Creek / Worm FlowsDecent day to climb. Clear morning, but raced the fog to the top. Unfortunately the fog hit the rim the same time we did so there wasn't much of a view. It was cold and windy at the rim....surprise, surprise. I belive we were the only ones that summited that day. We passed several groups on the way up, and on the way down, that bailed because of the fog at the top. Lots of thick ice on the ridge crests, so it's best to stay on the side of the ridge on the wind deposited snow. We brought snowshoes, but ditched them near Chocolate Falls. We didn't need them at all. Crampons were a must, as well as an ice axe up on the steep slopes.
Snowslogger - Dec 27, 2009 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1988
Gotta love the close onesFirst of several (about 4 now). Kind of ashy in the fall, much nicer in the winter when snow covered.
SKI - Dec 26, 2009 12:35 pm Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2009
Triple CrownPart 1 of a three volcano solo ascent. Awesome day, wish to hell I had brought skis
jyojt - Dec 8, 2009 1:18 am Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2004
sololong day hike from CB, then went and did the loowit in 2 days
alpinedon - Nov 22, 2009 10:09 pm Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2003
SoloClimbed this solo, had a bear outside my tent late at night, had a long, but fun day, met some nice folks on the summit.
project360 - Oct 15, 2009 12:02 am Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2001
What was it like in 1980?Love hanging the feet off the edge...
haytraci - Sep 20, 2009 11:06 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003
AmazingTook a friend visiting from England up St. Helens via Monitor Ridge. Was a beautiful bluebird day and a fantastic climb. A few days later, we went to see the IMAX film depicting the actual eruption...it was amazing to say the least; especially since I actually remember when it happened and how it impacted the Pacific Northwest.
RSBARNES - Sep 9, 2009 1:37 am Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2009
Worm FlowsSkinned up on my split board. Great weather, Awesome turns all the way to the parking lot. What a day.
nickkarl - Aug 17, 2009 7:44 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009
Wind and RainGot winds upwards of 40mph filled with rain. It was fun even though we couldn't see much. My gear was worth every penny today! Will have to come back on a clear day.
Malibu - Aug 10, 2009 11:52 am Date Climbed: Apr 18, 1998
First ever Cascade climbDid this with many of the same group I would climb Hood with a year later. My first Cascade Peak climb and experience of seeing the world from a birds-eye point of view at almost 9000 ft while still standing on the ground. Truly special. Going to climb this again in Spring 2010.