aukushner Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 depending on the weather - hoping to get up later this week. Any info on the conditions? skiing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donniedarko Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Did you end up going? if so how was the skiing? I'm planning to be there next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aukushner Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 haven't gone yet -- thinking about saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Poulton Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 It's good....as of Thursday morning you can skin 90% of the Worm Flow approach. However, I only had 3hrs to kill that morning so I only got to tree line and returned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aukushner Posted April 25, 2010 Author Share Posted April 25, 2010 We tried today -- the forecast was for snow, but was 'supposed' to end around 11. We headed out of the parking lot a bit past 10 in a rain/snow mix. As we got to tree line we were teased with some sun and blue sky breaks - but they quickly went away and instead the visibility decreased with snow, fog and clouds. Â Not sure how far we went before we decided to turn around. We ran into some other folks who made it up further than us and said the visibility just got worse. Â On a brighter note - the skiing was really fun and you can make it almost back to your car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhawk Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Skied it on Sunday, along with everyone else and their mother. We left a little too early (7am), so skinning was difficult due to iciness and mostly booted up. Skiing was nice up high with good corn, okay in the middle with sticky variable, and pretty mushy down low. We were able to ski to within about 200 ft of the parking lot, but that is melting out fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktschmid Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 i might head up helens for the first time sunday, has anyone been up recently and could recommend crampons, snowshoes or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitchaserCJB Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) To give a vague answer more rooted in past than present experience (I.E.- I haven't been up there recently), I'd say slow shoes are more useful this time of year than crampons. hopefully that is helpful. Not say that you won't possibly use crampons and not use snow shoes. Â Edited May 7, 2010 by summitchaserCJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketch Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 For this sunday just follow the bootpack. Mothers day ski festivities are in the schedule but who knows how many in the conga line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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