Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route — Saturday, May. 9, 2015

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

This was my husbands and my first climb on Mt St Helens. We were super excited! We had trained the week before by hiking to camp Muir, which ended up being excellent training for this hike. The snow started at about 6500ft at which time we put our microspikes on. It was very steep at times but I don't feel the route was dangerous because if you fall and slide there aren't any dangerous run outs. It was a great thrill getting to the top and seeing the crater. I believe it took us 4hrs to get to the top. I always recommend bringing super delicious food to eat at the top as a reward for all the hard work! (giant cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting) I was nervous about glissading with an ice ax because I had never done it before. It was actually pretty easy, fun and a little scary too! we descended as fast as we could and jogged the last section when we got to the woods. Our total trip took 6hrs 40min. It was a wonderful experience!