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Awesome, thanks for the reply! I guess we'll prepare for that eventuality!

All this info has been really helpful for me too! I'm from Vancouver Island and St Helens will be the first big mountain my girlfriend and I have ever done (before that just little stuff on the island). We were planning on going via the Climber's Bivouac route but right now it's closed down thanks to 7 ft of snow. Our climbing date is July 22nd and I was wondering if anyone might know if the snow would be gone by then? If not, is this "winter route" that I see people referring to different than the Climber's Bivouac route? Is it significantly harder? If anyone could answer any of the above questions it would be much appreciated!