Avalanche

Mt. St. Helens

Kaegan Faltys-BurrWest Slopes South
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Quick report

7500 to the summit was a mix of hard pack, smooth, easily-edgeabke ice, and a few sastrigui patches. Below 7500 was mostly glorious corn. On the descent, I was able to keep my board on till 3200. On the climb, I never put on my skins. Shoes/booted the whole way. Definitely saw evidence of wet slides from days before, but nothing from today. Near the false Summit, there was a glide crack about 50-100 feet back from the top of the cornice.

Avalanche

Evidence of a day-old or older +/- D2 wet slide in swift creek drainage around 4200 feet. Wide spread glide cracks at various elevations but no glide avalanches noted.