Rapport rapide

St. Helens, Worm Flows

Jacob WardWest Slopes South
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Quick report

Continuous snow starts about 1 mile along the trail. It did freeze overnight relatively solid all the way to the lowest elevation. Sky was mostly clear before sunrise, and the sun was slightly blocked by a very thin high cloud most of the morning. Light breeze kept things cold and mostly frozen to the summit at 10am. There was some breakable crust in the last 1k feet or so. Most folks booted up the first pitch, skinning was very difficult even with pons. Beyond that, skinning was possible until the very top. It was windy and cold up top. Started down at 11:20 to some pleasant skiing windboard, followed by pseudo corn, for a couple thousand feet, followed by a VERY hot sun and slushy but fun skiing snow. Didn't notice any stability issues until the bottom of the alpine where I saw a chunk of cornice break off.