Mount St. Helens - Monitor Ridge — Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025

Started at 6 am in rain, turned to snow before leaving the trees. Started the boulder field, but turned back after about a 1/4 of mile. Snowing and blowing. Probably could have kept going for a bit but we were worried about coming down. And just going down the little bit we did was not fun. Slippery and hard to place our feet safely. Met a volunteer on way back and he said these are not good conditions, so we were glad we turned back. We will try again if weather permits. I have done this climb in June/July/August. Was hoping for a beautiful fall day, but Mother Nature had a different idea! We saw only 3 other groups attempt it Sunday - hope they made it out safely! And yes, the road is still a bumpy ride!