Trip
Alpine Scramble - Mount St. Helens/Monitor Ridge
First fee and quota free weekend. CANCELLED due to quota date and permit fee extension to November 30th.
Contacts
- Sun, Nov 6, 2022
- Olympia Alpine Scrambling Committee
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Very Strenuous, Technical 2
- Challenging
- Mileage: 9.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,700 ft
- High Point Elevation: 8,328 ft
- Pace: Varies depending on conditions
- 4 (4 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
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Car camping the night before is strongly recommended, as well as ski goggles or other eye protection from blowing ash. Trip will be cancelled the day before if the forecast is not favorable.
You must have completed at least 2 scrambles and/or strenuous hikes both with over 3,500' gain this summer - no exceptions. This is a difficult and tedious trip that includes roughly 2,500' gain on loose volcanic boulders. Read my trip report with photos from 2019: https://www.mountaineers.org/activities/trip-reports/alpine-scramble-mount-st-helens-monitor-ridge
Mount St. Helens/Monitor Ridge
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USGS Mt St Helens
Green Trails Mount St Helens NVM No. 332S - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- Ice Axe
- Micro-spikes or crampons
- Goggles