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| bmwboarder7 | Windy summit  Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010 | |
| Hiked 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. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2010 3:35 pm | ||
| Holk | Rather Eventful Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010 | |
| Isaac 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. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2010 2:42 am | ||
| scottmitch | tough day Date Climbed: Jun 20, 1995 | |
| funny 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 | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2010 2:58 pm | ||
| Bombchaser | Swift Glacier Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2010 | |
| Very mild day and hard ice and snow all the way to the top. | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2010 11:37 pm | ||
| YEM | Worm Flows Date Climbed: Feb 21, 2010 | |
| Tali, 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 | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2010 10:19 pm | ||
| jonesa37 | 1st mountain | |
| First mountain ever climbed. It was with the scouts and my pops on a two day push | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2010 2:16 am | ||
| Karl Helser | Swift Creek / Worm Flows Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2009 | |
| Decent 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. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2009 11:42 am | ||
| Snowslogger | Gotta love the close ones Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1988 | |
| First of several (about 4 now). Kind of ashy in the fall, much nicer in the winter when snow covered. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2009 11:50 pm | ||
| SKI | Triple Crown Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2009 | |
| Part 1 of a three volcano solo ascent. Awesome day, wish to hell I had brought skis | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2009 12:35 pm | ||
| jyojt | solo Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2004 | |
| long day hike from CB, then went and did the loowit in 2 days | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2009 1:18 am | ||
| alpinedon | Solo Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2003 | |
| Climbed this solo, had a bear outside my tent late at night, had a long, but fun day, met some nice folks on the summit. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2009 10:09 pm | ||
| project360 | What was it like in 1980? Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2001 | |
| Love hanging the feet off the edge... | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2009 12:02 am | ||
| haytraci | Amazing Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003 | |
| Took 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. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2009 11:06 pm | ||
| RSBARNES | Worm Flows Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2009 | |
| Skinned up on my split board. Great weather, Awesome turns all the way to the parking lot. What a day. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2009 1:37 am | ||
| ericwillhite | Come one and all | |
| First time as a boy scout, many winter climbs years later. Map of summer and winter route on my website at http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_climbing/mount_st_helens/climb_015.htm | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:46 am | ||
| nickkarl | Wind and Rain Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009 | |
| Got 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. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2009 7:44 pm | ||
| Malibu | First ever Cascade climb Date Climbed: Apr 18, 1998 | |
| Did 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. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 11:52 am | ||
| bruceg | Two times Date Climbed: Jul 24, 1990 | |
| The first time the mountain was fogged in. Came back 2 days later to great views into the crater and the nearby volcanoes. Great to see Mt. Rainier after just climbing it. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 8:09 pm | ||
| chilkoot | Holy smoke Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009 | |
| What a cool hike. The view into the crater is astounding. Lots of steam and constand rockfall into the crater. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 7:11 pm | ||
| damgaard | Worm flows Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2009 | |
| Winter route from the Sno Park. Awesome weather, except the two hours spent on top looking into the crater. Still an amazing view. 3,5 hours up, 2 down. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2009 12:32 pm | ||
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