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Late June early July this route looks awesome! Would love to try it someday!

another good time to summit st helens! lots of people up there but if the weather is good, get up there next year!

may want to start a bit earlier then 12 AM. if its a weekend, that shelter would be full or you would definitely hear people from your tent. if theres a lot of people that can be good and bad.

I've been up to 11,000 ft at the flats twice this year trying to summit but either bad weather or the route collapsed. I've done Helens and Adams. Plus I'm experienced with glacier travel. I'm interested Darren

Already know about that site

i know it is late but is there any beta from the emmons on the upper mtn? i know the interglacier is showing more ice and crevasses than last year

i wouldnt mind doing casaval ridge or avy gulch next spring. its hard finding a partner up in washington, or i may just decide to take a train down there, we'll see. just me that would be a lot of gear id have to bring.

okay next year everyone! i was not able to get down there, but in may or june for next year im available for mt. shasta, either avy gulch or casaval ridge. If anyone from Washington is going down there next year, hope you wouldnt mind if i could tag along. Thanks everyone!

Trip: Mt St Helens Trifecta!! - Monitor Ridge Route Date: 8/13/2013 Trip Report: Hey everyone! Got my dad out of the house for once;) First time being out since January. His first time up St. Helens, and he is the second one in his family to do it (not including me) This was the first time we had no snow in the trail since July of 2011. Of course we had small glaciers of both sides of us heading on up, but the monitor Ridge was snow free. Made it up in about 4 hours. A lot of boulder scrambling and pumice. Little wind but it was nice up there. We had our binoculars so we were looking up towards Rainier and you could see the sun reflecting off of the windows at camp muir. Crazy! You could not see people but you could see the line in the snow. Poor helpless souls;) not a lot of people up there on st helens summit. for my third time this year i like this one more. easier but more adventure hoping and climbing over the boulders! I've done Helens 3 times in the last 3 seasons. I need to go in the fall for 4 summits of Helens in the 4 seasons. bring lots of water/gatorade. 1 hiking pole worked well.....I think 2 would get in the way. Start early it was hot around 11am. We started around 5. Of course it is a permit mountain starting may 15th. Next February go to http://www.mshinstitute.org/ and get your permit. Me heading on up! Crater rim with Mt. adams in the background Looking into the crater, steam coming out as always Good old friend back on the summit in heart Dad and lad Gear Notes: 1 hiking pole, Gatorade, I climbed it in tennis shoes. I would not think you would need hiking boots for this. Approach Notes: Climbers bivouac @ 3800 ft

me and my team will be on the emmons route on the east side...who knows we may see each other on the summit!!

hey everyone after a non summit climb to Rainier i decided to tone it down a bit and keep on conditioning. Looking if anyone would like to try Mt. Adams. I drive but i do not have a car, i use my parents. im free till august 23rd. let me know if anyone is interested Thanks CC Darren

I would definitely recommend this trip for someone who wants a hard day push in the winter. Make sure you have good gear and weather is 100%. Don't want to be stuck on the mtn in a whiteout

Great job! Awesome pics! Makes me want to go do the adams glacier now!

What other mtns are you interested in climbing?

It's crazy how much snow melts. We both were on the winter route but in 11 days a lot of snow melted

Looks awesome man! Still would like to do the north ridge!

Nice picture! I'm thinking of doing adams glacier either this year in a couple weeks or next year.

Good stuff man! Have fun!

Yes! It was a shame tht you had to turn back on Curtis ridge. The trip report was awesome! You'll get that ridge someday! Both of your ptarmigan ridge reports were awesome! Makes me want to go and do those routes someday. Hard indeed but I wouldn't mind trying them out. Thanks again your reports are inspiring!

Have you been up there recently?

Hey CC! Me and my fellow climbers are going up to rainier to try for a summit attempt. It is our first time attempting the summit as independent climbers. We'll be camping up at ingraham flats Friday night. If anyone is planning on being there the same day, I wouldn't mind chatting it up with you and getting some mountain beta Cheers everyone! To the top we go!

Yes it's an osprey 70. It doesn't look like I can get rid of it. I can put other materials down there but the sleeping bag won't fit.

Hey CC! I have a -25 down sleeping bag from feathered friends. I'm trying to get it compressed so that it will fit in my sleeping bag compartment. I have a sea to summit large compression sack. I got it all the way down, all the sides pulled to the max but it is still fairly big enough that I cannot put it in the compartment. Any help with this situation would be nice. Do I need a different compression sack? I have a anther osprey 70 for a backpack. Thanks CC!

Hey CC! I have a -25 down sleeping bag from feathered friends. I'm trying to get it compressed so that it will fit in my sleeping bag compartment. I have a sea to summit large compression sack. I got it all the way down, all the sides pulled to the max but it is still fairly big enough that I cannot put it in the compartment. Any help with this situation would be nice. Do I need a different compression sack? I have a anther osprey 70 for a backpack. Thanks CC!