Avalanche

Mount Saint Helens — Worm Flows

Jordan RogersWest Slopes South
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Quick report

Generally stable snow conditions with Light winds above 6000’ keeping the worst of the warming at bay through the morning. By noon at elevations <6000’ on the descent, the snow surface was softening enough for small wet loose slides on slopes over 35°. At the true summit there was a cornice crack developing very far back from the edge (see photo). We observed debris from a fairly large cornice fall into the Worm Flows gully that may have broken yesterday.

Avalanche

Recent cornice fall into the main Worm Flows gully and numerous <D1 wet loose slides on steeper features