JoeMack Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Climb: St. Helens-Worm Flows Date of Climb: 4/3/2004 Trip Report: On the drive up, the gate to Climber's Bivouac was open, but the road had snow on it, so I car camped at Marble Mountain snow park- climbers side was fairly crowded while the sno-mo side was relatively empty. Left at 6:15am, temp was 40 degrees already. Skinned up from the lot to the Monitor station and booted up the rest of the way. The breeze kept things from getting too hot on the way up. Boot pack/stairway to heaven was in good shape. About half the climbers were skiers/boarders, other half were snowshoers. Saw two guys with sleds on their backs. Reached the summit at 11:45am. I hung around the rim for a bit to see the sledders ride them, but they wound up downclimbing with the sleds on their backs. The ski down was enjoyable even though the snow was heavy- the corn was overripe. Stayed pretty close to the climbers trail on the way down and was able to ski with only a little poling to within 30 steps of the car. Took an hour to ski down and was home in time to watch the Duke-UConn game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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