St. Helens Conditions

[Wopper]

Don't let your dog off leash near the cornice.

[b-rock]

This weekend, wet.

[sterlingclimber]

No dogs, just raingear.

[Son_of_Caveman]

Wet, wet weekend a-comin'. Best hustle on down to the track and do some indoor cart racing. It's a gas on an otherwise shitty day.

[sterlingclimber]

Any information on current conditions at St. Helens? Planning on climbing this weekend.

 

Thanks

[AllenN]

Went up with my wife Karen and friend Carla, hoping that the weatherman would get the forecast wrong. He didn't. Saturday was decent but awoke Sunday morning to snow, wind, and poor visibility. Not bad for Carla's first snow camping trip! Probably 4 or 5 inches of new wet snow. Bagged the trip, shoed out to rain at the snow park, ate a late breakfast at Brock's Oak Tree in Woodland (mmmmm, cheese blintzes on the buffet), and drove home. Oh well, next time.

 

I didn't dig a pit or anything, but it seemed to me that the avy danger is on the high side with the accumulation of wet snow on top of the consolidated corn snow layer. The new snow slid easily under my snowshoes on the way out. I noticed tonight that the NWAC issued a special report due to the weather as well.

 

Be safe!

 

-Allen

[sterlingclimber]

We changed our plans on Saturday to take advantage of the weather and made a day trip out of it. The conditions where great on Saturday. Snow was hard and compact. We thought Sunday might be a bit nasty.

[AJ]

Sunday was nasty. Got to withing 500' of the rim but turned around when we ran out of wands. Visibility was <50', sustained winds over 35 MPH w/ much higher gusts, a little below freezing, some deposits of new snow almost 3' deep. Most of the snow up high was well bonded to the fairly soft crust below. Only saw a couple folks trying as we were coming down. None of them were carrying wands and I kind of wonder if they really were taking compass bearings. It was raining in the parking lot when we got back to the car.