[TR] Mt St Helens - Worm Flow 4/6/2007

[RocNoggin]

Trip: Mt St Helens - Worm Flow

 

Date: 4/6/2007

 

Trip Report:

a very late start on a beautiful day

 

view of the new dome in the summit crater

 

new slabs in the crater

 

a very tempting line into the crater...illegal, but tempting...

 

the new Spirit Lake

 

Mt Adams...maybe tomorrow...

 

let the fun begin!

 

end of a great day on the mountain

 

Approach Notes:

Marble Mt sno-park, still had snow to the TH, skied all but the last 50m. same for skinning up.

[chesterboo]

Nice work RocNoggin. I was wondering how long it takes to get to the trailhead from I5 (or seattle) if you were coming from that way. I was there years ago to climbers bivuac but have not been to Marble Mt. sno-park. How did you go about getting permits. What was your start time and how long did trip take. Thanks for any info.

[RocNoggin]

I was coming from Olympia and it took me about 2 hrs, maybe 2 1/2 hrs. I live just south of Oly so from seattle it would be more like 3 1/2 or 4 hrs. I didnt go to the climbers bivy because the road was still gated about 4 miles from the bivy, the road at that point was snow free but since the bivy is at a higher elevation than the sno-park, and there was snow all the way down to the sno-park, I am sure there is still plenty of snow covering the road up from the gate. I forgot to fill my hydration pack before I got to the TH and couldnt find any running water so I did the climb with less than a liter of water, sucking a lot of snow on the way, so my time up was pretty slow, I think it took me about 5 hrs to summit. that was in pretty soft snow conditions too, leaving the TH at about 9:00 AM on at day that had record setting high temps. no permits, it was a Friday and I didnt expect to see many on the Mt so I poached.