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16 years 6 months ago #187778 by crystal_mt_dreamin
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Guessing probably no, but just came across a permit for St. Helens on Tuesday. Is there enough (any?) snow up there to make it worth bringing a splitboard?

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16 years 6 months ago #187782 by telemack
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You could easily tell from the car @ the Climbers' Bivouac. I skied it exactly 4 weeks ago and we wore sneakers all the way to the rim-though one guy was able to follow snow more of the way using snow creepers. There was continuous snow for about 1500' skier's L of Monitor Ridge. I booted back up for another lap down the gullies skiers' R of the standard route and got about 2300', but had a vigorous traverse back E to the first snowfields right at treeline. That line would be discontinuous now, I'm guessing.
This is all old info., and I haven't seen any recent TRs. Try contacting GPNF, or other websites such as cascadeclimbers.com. !Buena Suerte!

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16 years 6 months ago #187783 by Charlie Hagedorn
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Might also look for photos/TRs over on nwhikers .

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16 years 6 months ago - 16 years 6 months ago #187785 by rootsman
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For what it's worth...

Got a good look at the South Side from Mt Mitchell on Monday, pretty dry up there. What little snow I saw was tucked deep into the Worm Flows and looked scarce and dirty. Never say never, but I don't know if it would be worth humping the extra weight at this point.

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16 years 6 months ago #187867 by crystal_mt_dreamin
Replied by crystal_mt_dreamin on topic Re: Snow on St. Helens?
Ended up not schlepping the gear, and it turned out to be a damn good decision! If you're looking for turns right now I'd suggest not going to St. Helens.

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