Snowboarder Killed on Mount St. Helens, WA, After Cornice Fall Triggered Avalanche A backcountry snowboarder was killed by an avalanche due to a cornice fall on Mount St. Helens, Washington, reports the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC). On Friday, March 29, 2024, the snowboarder summited the peak. While standing near the top, he triggered a cornice and fell into the crater, triggering a large slab avalanche on the slope below. NWAC is working […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 1, 2024 0 Comments
VIDEO: 40-Years of Watching Mount St. Helens, WA [arve url="https://youtu.be/gE7jjxXk5g8"] SnowBrains | July 9, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Miracle of Climber Who Fell Hundreds of Feet Off Mount St. Helens and Survived Brittany Fintel was making a push for the summit of 8,663-foot Mount St. Helens, WA on Saturday morning when she lost her footing on snow and ice and fell hundreds of feet. She slid down more than 300-feet of snow, tumbling over and over, knocking into boulders until she came to a sudden stop. Related: VIDEO: Mount St. Helens, WA Dome […] Climbing CragBrains | October 9, 2019 0 Comments
Mount St. Helens Experienced 40 Earthquakes in 3 Days Forty earthquakes occurred around Mount St. Helens in the first three days of the year, with the most powerful a magnitude 3.9 that occurred about 5 miles from Mount St. Helens and 23 miles from the town of Morton. The 3.9 magnitude earthquake was felt in Portland and Seattle but there were no reported injuries or damage. Since then there […] Steven Agar | January 8, 2018 0 Comments