Skied Mt. St Helen's this weekend! My first Cascade Volcano. It was totally amazing! Before 1980 when it blew it's top off, Helens was 9677ft. Now she's 8365ft. That's alot of mountain to be blown into bits!
We Slept in the parking lot on thursday night in the pouring rain, hoping for clear weather. As luck would have it, we woke up at 4am to crystal clear skies!! YAY!! So we packed our gear up and set off for the top, a 5500ft , 12 mile climb up the Worm Flows.
Well, our first Volcano was a success! It took about six hours to summit and ski back down. How awesome to have such good luck with the weather and the snow!
I found these before and after photos:
I found these before and after photos: