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has anyone been up on st helens recently? or planning on going up this week? we are planning on heading up next monday, looking for some first hand accounts of conditions on the mountain. road was closed for awhile, just opened back up. thanks dave

ive used the 8 without much problem

Im wanting to take the kids and wife sledding tomorow (1-1-08) and was wondering if anyone knew of any sledding hills near battle ground. by near, i mean closer than mt hood, or oldman pass area. are there any near mt st helens? without climbing onto the mountain itself? kids range from 8-13, so looking for something easy to get to, but exciting for the older one (and me of course!) thanks. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! dave

dont stub your toe, or you'll be all over the news

went up to try st helens early monday (didnt even make it to the snow park, too much snow, and not plowed yet to marble mountain at 4am) and jacks was in a pile, and still smoldering. awful sight! waiting to hear the report on what happened. gonna miss the place.

welcome to washington! hope you enjoy!

cool, 30!

i talked to my buddies. were going to head to the mm snow park 330am monday, hike up the worm flows and take a look. if its to bad, we'll go hike into the ape caves. any one else wanna come? s2d, let me know how it looks, and how far you made it. good luck

looks like this weekend is going to be interesting up on st helens. we were planning on going up about 1am saturday, but after seeing this we made need to change dates. the storm hits sunday. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?minlon=-125&maxlon=-120.8&minlat=43.39&maxlat=46.91&mapwidth=354&site=pqr&map.x=264&map.y=69

climbers register is at the cougar store now. im definately going to miss jacks. it was a must stop. we've been in there a few times when the restaraunt was already closed, but they cooked us up some grub anyway. you dont see that very much anymore!

cant believe jacks burned down! crazy. our prayers go out for the owners. looks like the avy danger is going to go up this weekend. may be just sticking to the ridge, and have to abandon the summit. any one know of any routes that get close to the top without crossing any snow fields? probably not eh. i know the worm flows has a large one at the top, but if i remember correctly, until about 6800ft, you can stay on the ridge, and should be out of harms way, no? i dont want to abandon the trip altogether, but then again, i would also like to be able to come back and see my wife and kids again!!!!!

figured it was. any idea what the conditions on the mountain are? did you go up to the marble mountain snow park and head up at all? thats where we are heading, then up the worm flows.

http://portlandhikers.com/ has a lot of stuff in the southwest washington area if your interested in this part of the state.

hey, anyone been up to st helens lately? im guessing the road to the bivi is closed. any idea of conditions on the mountain? heading up next weekend.

what route are you doing?

thats usually the way it is eh? bummer!

until today there was some snow at the 6000 ft level but not much. the conditions for this weekend are going to be miserable. high winds, very low temps (teens) and tons of snow. here is the forcast for the next few days for about the 9000ft level of adams. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=PDT&llon=-121.708747&rlon=-119.856247&tlat=47.027084&blat=45.174584&smap=1&mp=0&map.x=28&map.y=114

got this in an email from a friend win the area. its from the local paper. Sunday morning, 55-year-old Jim Anglin of White Salmon, Wash. and two friends went on a climbing trip to the southeast end of Smith Rock State Park. The three were descending into the gorge along a steep climbers trail when Anglin lost his footing and fell 100 feet to his death. Search and Rescue teams from the Deschutes County Sheriff's office responded and recovered Anglin's body from the bottom of the gorge. Paramedics from the Redmond Fire Department confirmed that he had died from the fall. Anglin and his climbing partners had been heading down into the gorge to climb routes in that area of the park. Anglin, an experienced rock climber, and his partners were outfitted with all of the appropriate climbing gear. However, he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the fall

aarrrgggghhhh matey! that be the mother of all pirate boats!

14.6 lbs well that explains alot! gotta give up soda, and get out more often!

my one vice is pepsi. it wouldnt be so bad if i only had it now and then, but i drink it ALL the time! i need to quit, but it is hard to do. id probably lose a lot of weight, and climb without getting tired so quick. good luck on quitting sugar! i hope it works out for you.

sweet! sounds like a lot of fun. did you get any pics?

has anybody else been up on adams lately? either the mazama glacier, or the southtrail?

i lost a pair of snow shoes (little bear brand, in orange and black, size 35 if im remembering correctly) on mt st helens in may. i posted soon after, but am trying again as winter is here and i cannot afford a new pair! so if you found them, please be kind and let me know! Thank you dave

Wow! Lovin' the forcast! Hopefully the snow sticks around for a couple more weeks! Great pics Chris. Did you do the south route the whole way, or did you go up the mazama to the lunch counter?