Backcountry Ski/Snowboard - Mount St. Helens/Worm Flows

Required skills/experience (please ensure that these are represented on your Mountaineers profile or in your request for Leader Permission):

1. You should have completed either the  snow portion of the Basic Alpine curriculum or the Scramble curriculum.  We won't be on any meaningfully glaciated terrain, but safe snow travel skills and the ability to avoid and (worst case) arrest a fall are required.
2. You should have a reasonably recent AIARE L1 (and ideally companion rescue) or better, as we'll be in avalanche terrain.
3. Ideally this is not your first ski tour over 4000' of gain or in alpine terrain or on your current gear.  The altitude isn't as much of a challenge as with a trip to Camp Muir, but there will be rocky spots, icy kick turns, and other typical shenanigans.  ("Tools not jewels" applies.)
4. Depending on the descent path, the terrain on Mt St Helens is hard blue square/easy black diamond, but "easy black diamond" shouldn't be the high end of your terrain tolerance.  The usual scenario is icy at the top and mashed potatoes at the bottom, so expect things to be a little more challenging than the slope angle would suggest.
5. You should have experience traveling with ski crampons and/or boot crampons on your ski boots, as conditions and personal preferences may dictate their use.  You should have a pack that can carry your skis.

Marble Mountain SnoPark, ready to skin at 4:45AM.