Avalanche

Mt. St. Helens

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Quick report

It was sunny and warm below 6,500 feet. Not any wet loose above 6,500 by 1pm. Precipitation started to roll in around 3:45pm once we were driving back. Above 6,500 feet the snow was nice, firm booting up and felt stable coming down. Great ski conditions. Noticed a couple inches of less firm/powdery/wind blown snow above 7,600 ft. Did not see any signs of a glide crack up the main worm flow trail. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t there, but no obvious one was seen. Only got photos of wet loose around 4,500.

Avalanche

Saw wet loose avalanches on southern and eastern aspects between 4,500-6,500 feet. Noticed a few on the way up, but noticed a lot more on the way down throughout the middle part of the day.