St. Helens beta request

[Steepdeepnlong]

Anyone have info, or suggestions of where to obtain info on the snow conditions on St. Helens? Looking to do a climb n' ski around mid-May.
PMs o.k. Thanks.

[MassLiberal]

As an east coaster, the idea of skiing an active volcano with a growing bulge near its peak, seems totally ridiculous. Post a TR if you do this.

[enlosandes]

The route we skied was called Monitor ridge I think? Fairly low angle, we skinned to the top. I remember it being around 4,000' vert and very cool to look into the hissing crater. Enjoy.

[PNWbrit]

cascade climbers (http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm)

turns all year (http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php)

FS Climbing report (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/current-conditions/msh-climbing-report.shtml)

[Steepdeepnlong]

Thanks for that cascade climbers link. Most helpful. TR will follow if we pull this off.

[Summit]

looking forward to the tr!`

[shmerham]

As an east coaster, the idea of skiing an active volcano with a growing bulge near its peak, seems totally ridiculous. Post a TR if you do this.

As a west coaster, the idea of skiing Mt St Helens gives me a growing bulge.

[bio-smear]

I'm hoping to do it sometime in May... another friend is organizing the trip. I need to check with him to see what the permit status is.

[shmerham]

I'm hoping to do it sometime in May... another friend is organizing the trip. I need to check with him to see what the permit status is.

I think through May (although the cutoff may be sometime in may) you don't need a reserved permit, it's open, you just need to get one the night before

[highflyingpilot]

http://www.nwac.us/mtnweather.htm

not much but you can see some St Helens info...

[Steepdeepnlong]

As an east coaster, the idea of skiing an active volcano with a growing bulge near its peak, seems totally ridiculous. Post a TR if you do this.

Actually, the fact that it is an active volcano with a growing bulge near its peak is the reason why we want to ski it. Not really any more ridiculous than working 9-5 in a friggin cubicle.

[cdlv]

this is also in the plans for may, just waiting to solidify the dates

[PNWbrit]

Escaping the freezer smokin' Mount St. Helens 1/28/2007 - Squirrel99 (http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75255&highlight=helens)

[DrFlask]

I think through May (although the cutoff may be sometime in may) you don't need a reserved permit, it's open, you just need to get one the night before

Quota season begins May 15 -- before that you'll still need to do the online permit process a couple days before you head down there and pick them up on your way. After that there is a limit of 100? climbers a day so you may be more limited in your choices...