Fairweather Posted December 2, 2002 Posted December 2, 2002 Climbed Monitor Ridge Route on Sat. Road open to Climbers Bivouac. Trail is snow free to big clearing at 4500 feet. Route above is about 50/50 snow but you can stay on snow almost all of the way to the summit if you chose to. (skiable from summit down to about 6000') Snow was firm on the way up, soft on the way down....it was just like the middle of freakin' June! Quote
Pencil_Pusher Posted December 6, 2002 Posted December 6, 2002 The two things I got out of St Helens were: 1. Free-heel skiing using x-country skis is alot harder than the telemark turns I see people doing with normal gear. Our brilliant plan was to ski down, I think we made it 150yards before we realized the futility of the idea. Sitting on the skis and crashing at warp speed was the way to go. 2. Ignorance is bliss when camping in an avalanche bowl. Dehydration (ran out of fuel the night before) and beer at the car work really well, especially when not driving. Quote
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