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Considering doing the chute on Monday the 27th. Anyone been up there have any snow conditions report? How far up the road can one drive? Thanks!

Rock on! We have 7 permits to climb on July 26th! If you are climbing it before then...please put up a report...We would love to hear current info. As crazy as it is - I hope we get a 3.6 quake when were up ther so we can have a rock slide show like there was yesterday at 10AM. Check out the pix: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/MSH04/framework.html

The St Helens web site says that the FS road #830 to the climbers bivuac is closed. Is there still snow on it? Any idea when it will be open? If you have a permit to climb on the 21st, where are you going to have to start from? Also....I went through the reservation process today all the way up to the point that they want your credit card info and commit to buy....is it after you commit that they are going to tell you wether or not there are permits available for the date chosen??? It would be nice if you could check dates and availability so that you could see how fast they are filling up and wait as long as possible for a good weather forecast before you commit.

Thanks Rich. Hurricne Ridge sounds like our best shot. We'll just wait for adequate snow.

Yep...will wait for snow. All this rain isn't helping any! White water rafting anyone?

Thanks for the information! I'll report back what we end up doing.

We are wanting to get an experience digging, and spending a night in a snow cave. Does anyone have any advice for a good location where you don't have to hike too far from the car - yet far enough to "get away" and find deep enough snow. The way I understad it - you can't park at Hurricane Ridge overnight? We're located in Bremerton and were hoping to do this in the Olympics...but Cascade Ideas would be ok too. Thanks! Steve