Mount St. Helens: Climbing and Skiing an Active Volcano 

I've been binge re‐watching your videos lately, and I can't thank you guys enough. Your videos gave me so much motivation to get in better shape and start climbing, and just last week I finally summited Adams, and 2 weeks before that I summited Helens! You guys deserve so much more recognition than you get, the quality of your content is next level. Thank yall so much.

Epic. You guys need to be more famous. Love all of the videos

Keep this shit comin'. Such crispy and dynamite footy. Stellar work, gents!

I really don't know why you guys don't have more subscribers... Thank you for sharing!

I’m here from News AF and a lifelong PNW resident. I’ve seen more of my surrounding area on these videos than ever before in real life. Too much adventure and vascular strength for me but I really love the videos.

The mustache provides much needed traction if you face plant. In all seriousness, that was a great video. I hiked up on the 30th and it was moderately legit. I walked down, but I wish I'd had my skis. Weather was warm, no wind. Beautiful views.

The moment I clicked I was waiting for Danny's humor commenting on the eruption, and it did not disappoint lmao

Love all your videos, you guys have inspired my husband and me to start summit hikes. We did our first one Mt St Helens two weeks ago. Started at 0345 and reached the summit 0900. It was amazing. So many more to do. Love your videos. You all are awesome!!!

For me this is a particularly good episode. I had thought Mt St Helens was no longer accessible for non-scientists, but apparently that is no longer true. I remember when it erupted when I was a child. What an amazing thing to see, before, after, and now so many years later. Just amazing.

The quality is amazing!!!! Keep it up. You guys should have a million subs

Just watched a documentary about the mountain, so I had to follow it up with re-watching you guys skin up and ski down it.

The music included in your videos are so soothing I can watch your climbs and hikes all night :) it’s relaxing and inspiring. Thanks for all the work you put into this. Let alone LITERAL work out in the mountains lol stay healthy , safe, and happy guys!

I’ve been skiing for over 50 years and I love living vicariously through you guys. Man I wish I could still do that.

That looks like an awesome ski and view coming down! The wind and snow blast curling over the rim looked really cool! Thanks again Danny for always sharing. It was great to watch!

Another awesome video. Mountain weather is so crazy, but that just adds to the adventure aspect. Thanks for sharing your adventures . Me and my boys always look forward to seeing y'alls videos.

Wow, this channel is very high quality! Definitely will blow up.

Wow ski crampons, didn’t know they existed.. great videos. Thanks guys

As a Geologist and Ski Mountaineer, this ticks ALL the boxes for me!! 👍😄

Great video bro

When you get off the gondola at the top of Mammoth ((11,053) ft all by itself) you get wind that blows right through you. Once you past the lip, all is well. Thank you for these videos. I get tired from skiing. Can't imagine having to hike it all first.

We really get a sense of scale - thank you, Great photography and sense of being there.

7:20 Just awesome seeing the wind come over that lip. Beautiful drone footage and I'm glad you go to the trouble of photographing everything. The shooting and editing are a LOT of extra work, but it's worth it!

you always make it look sooooo easy.

Always love your videos! Always an epic adventure ⛰❄️

Great video guys, tough conditions to be filming... thanks for taking us along for the ride!

You guys are awesome!!!!

I'm so glad I found your channel. Excellent work!!

Great Video, love it!!!!

Amazing how awesome you are filming this! 👊⭐

Fantastic!

Those shots skiing through the spindrift like it's a tunnel - great shots 👌🏻 I've done that hike twice in the winter and it was super windy both times. Most people just turn around at the crater edge and consider it a summit versus facing that spindrift sandblast to the face! Love the vids guys - giving me inspiration for some different climbs.

RU-vid PLEASE GIVE US THE ABILITY TO LIKE A VIDEO MORE THAN ONCE.

Love these videos. That drone was holding steady in those winds. Impressed

You guys are tough! Amazing footage. Amazing athletes.

I love this drone footage, y'all got great weather.

Great videos. Grandfatherly advice I know you'll always be careful and hope you have lots of life insurance. Also, have you guys heard of he Ptarmigan Traverse in the north Cascades south of Cascade Pass in Washington? About thirty miles, more or less, if you don't try for any summits in the summer you could probably make it a long day in the summer. Fastest known time I've seen is about 14 hours. If you look up videos of it, it is an awesomely gorgeous area, don't know why it didn't get included totally in the national park.

This mountain taunts me from my in-laws house in Vancouver, WA. This one is on my bucket list, because active volcano. We were actually living up there while it was last erupting. Was kind of cool seeing the plumes of ash over the mountain. I can't believe the winds up that ridge.

I just discovered your climbing vids. sooooo envious of you and your partner. I got started 15 years ago in Colorado while visiting a bud who taught courses with OutWard Bound.Was Majorly Hooked.My ultimate goal was to climb Kilimanjaro after reading Michael Chrichtons Book called Travels..I summited Kili Sept 11,2005. One year to the day later I summited My St Helens.Spectaculary beautiful day Sunny blue skies,warm temps, just a tiny amount of glaciers remained.Started @ 6:30 AM to the craters edge @Noon,An hour for rest and food and back at the parking lot @ 7PM.Took maybe 2 days for my legs to recover. You and your partner have fantastic legs.A year later I went back to the PAC NW to do more climbing.Rainer was our goal.The first attempt in July we got an hour out of Camp Muir, and the guide had us build an ice and snow wall to protect the small group from the wind which was blowing 80+.The guide ultimately convinced us to retreat downward, smart decision.Groups after ours said the weather down was rain, ice, sleet, blinding snow very high winds

Best channel there is! Keep it up!

Great videos guys, keep it up!

I don’t care how y’all did it, that drone footage is TREMENDOUS

Music is really on point! Really got a great brand going!

Superb effort and courageous skiing in that gale! Would be a great tele ski in nicer conditions! Take Care. Steve, Moraga, CA

The oatmeal was the gnarliest part

this channel is for sure going to blow up

A whole day of hiking for 5 min of skiing :-) peace be the journey!

Nice job guys :)

Impresionantes imágenes, y gran actividad.En una ventisca así es muy complicado una ascensión con esquís sin quitarse las focas y calzando crampones .Os merecéis más suscriptores 👍🏻

You are they Best of they best

When one run is more than enough 😂 truly an epic run

Ha I just booked my room at the fir lodge a couple hrs ago. I recognize the walls from their website. Stoked to give Helen’s a go. Gonna watch the vid

Literally getting barrelled in a snow wave at that top. What a sick shot and situation.

Wowie the footage from 3:00+ is insane

You are a boss. Eatting that oatmeal:-p

You guys are my perpetual inspiration. Keep it up! I am curious about a ski pack video what volume, contents and why?

Most of the mountains in the cascade range are active volcanoes like Rainier, Shasta, St Helen’s, The Cascade Arc includes nearly 20 major volcanoes, among a total of over 4,000 separate volcanic vents including numerous stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, lava domes, and cinder cones. The present day Cascadia volcanoes are young in geological terms, with most of the present-day Cascade less than 2,000,000 years old, and the highest peaks less than 100,000 years old. Twelve volcanoes in the arc are over 10,000 feet (3,000 m) in elevation, and the two highest, Mount Rainier and Mount Shasta, exceed 14,000 feet (4,300 m).

holy smokes the shot at 5:35 is unreal....like something out of a science fiction movie or some old, balls out expedition/first ascent still from the 1800's

woohoo!

I'm inspired to go on an adventure each and every time I watch one of your videos! How did you guys get the smooth drone video with such high winds? Each time I break out my drone in high winds, the resulting video is a mess... Please keep putting up rad content! Easily one of my favorite channels on RU-vid!

How is it possible to fly the drone in so much wind? I'm asking for a friend…

Looks like a sufferfest with that wind! We were on Hood last week with 40 MPH winds up top. Miserable but fun.

7:20 what a shot

Great to see my state! Great videos. What cameras/drone do you use?

Amazing guys! Hey what cover/skin do you use on and around your lens to keep it in a working temperature?

I need this soundtrack please for my stair climbing sessions. Link to purchase? Absolutely amazing video as always gents.

Skied Ruapehu volcano on the North Island New Zealand in July 2005 hiked the last 2,200 feet from the top of lift, few years later ash eruption, and pretty large lahar happened, that volcano has pretty accurate timing last two times 10-15 years apart...

Epic! You guys hit that last week? In Seattle it hit 75 degrees which was the hottest day in winter ever for the area

he’s getting to his wrestling weight. no way this guy wrestled as well that would make him the athlete of the century oh my god

Amazing! Thx to your video, I just added skiing on an active volcano to my bucket list! What drone did you use?

Awesome video! I'm very impressed with how good the drone footage at the top is, considering those winds. Ever consider going to Goat Rocks Wilderness? If you're up in Washington again its definitely worth a visit, just a stunning place. The main ridge line there is about 8 miles as the crow flies, could make for a good traverse.

Awesome video. How did you guys gain the stamina to do these climbs? Was it gradually bigger and bigger climbs? Or did you start off by doing some kind of training?

Great footage! BTW Mount Jefferson and Mount Adams are considered active as well, so I guess you have skied a few active volcanoes! Nice work, Mount Baker or Rainier next?

Been binging all your adventures lately. Excellent shots! How are you getting the permission to fly your drone?

Wow, so windy. When I summitted in early March, it was windy like this, but the windy just stopped at around 7000 ft, and the top was perfectly calm.

I hiked up that baby and had the same experience you both had, except no skis.

Hey I just did Saint Helens on March! What day were you up there? I was on the 21st. Great video! Love the drone shots flying over the rim.

What cameras and hardware did you use for this video?

Hey thanks for leaving the microwave clean

Nice work Guys really .I wont to ask you how can you make thiw awesome shots with drone with so much winds?

Whatever happened to the Shasta video? That was the first video of yours I watched and I was instantly hooked on your channel, and also I live near Shasta, I would love to see that vid again. Almost feel like I just hallucinated the vid then suddenly your channel was showing up in my feed lmao

I'm curious about how you guys record from so many different angles? Who us operating the drone?

Great vid. Cool yall got a drone permit for this o film those shots. How yall swing that?

looks like decent corn heading down after dust on crust...

I’m curious: for a shot like at 5’22’’, how do you record and synchronize the sound? Do you carry a separate microphone?

Sweet dudes. I'm climbing at the end of April and am stoked. Do I need ski crampons to do this hike? What about the avalanche pack? Necessary for the hike?

So rad! Will you be releasing a Hood video too?

Great minds think alike, I was gonna suggest you do Hood. I climbed it and had a lot of fun, but really wish I had skis for the way back down. Especially because once you get out of the crater the skiing would be nice and easy. Is there an advantage to sticking with ski crampons rather than just taking off the skis and using regular crampons? Seems like that would be easier when it gets steep. Although with the wind maybe having your skis up in the air wouldn't be so good.

you may be an amateur, but that 'stache is fekin professional!

Dang guys. Mustaches are spreading! Danny gonna show up in the next video with one too?

imagine accidentally slipping on the icy snow close to the peak and start to slide all the way to the bottom

mt st helens,mt rainier,mt hood,mt jeferson,mt shasta,mt baker,denali,mt adams,mt fairweather,mt drum,mt sanford, mt jarvis,peters dome

I climbed it on memorial day of this year and the weather fucking SUCKED. As a matter of fact, its sucked ass every time I go hiking or climbing this summer. I'm so jealous of these guys

I couldn't read all the comments but how did you manage to launch the drone in those conditions?

parents use to take me to spirit lake every summer. I would hike up to th top of St Helen's everytime we went. Way before 1980.

Are there any videos where they show/discuss their mountaineering gear?

Nice video. Do you recommend the Fischer AT set up?

How high of winds does that drone work in? That's nuts

what kinda drone you using tho?

You guys end up doing Hood as well?

What water bottle holder are you using