Mt. Sherman

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/13/2025, By: Jay521
Info: From Iowa Gulch - Several snow fields to cross but otherwise good conditions. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 6/8/2025, By: Ssgustafson
Info: Beautiful morning on Mt Sherman today! The route is mostly dry and the patchy snow that remains can easily be crossed without traction. Made a side trip to White Ridge that was also mostly free of snow. The ridge over to Sheridan looked similarly dry. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 5/31/2025, By: SpirlOutwrd
Info: The road was clear all the way to the gate at 4-mile Creek Trailhead. Ground is clear of snow for much of the ascent. Where snow did persist, there was some minor post holing in the AM, but only for short distances. The final quarter mile is still covered with snow, and I found microspikes, while not a strict necessity, to be a helpful reassurance, especially on the descent. Very windy and cold at the summit, but all in all a pretty straightforward, accessible jaunt. NOTE: Average clearance vehicles can likely make it most of the way with careful driving, but I'd encourage average/ lower profile vehicles to park at the final lot and avoid the final .1 mile stretch to the actual gate which has some pretty gnarly spots. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 5/29/2025, By: andibertolina
Info: The west gully has plenty of snow until the ridge when walking is easier than skinning. I skied down the W face and, although a little rocky for the top 100' or so, was able to ski continuous snow to the TH. It is also possible to drive to the end of the road now 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 5/17/2025, By: colingoodman
Info: Nothing changed from the last conditions update. Plenty of snow, traction is a good idea. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 5/13/2025, By: bschiff
Info: Trail was in pretty solid shape. About 1/3 of it is snow, with everything above the saddle needing crampons. Would also recommend snow shoes for some of the deeper snow. 

Route: Via Pennsylvania Mountain
Posted On: 5/3/2025, By: kilimannejaro
Info: Picture taken from the summit of Pennsylvania Mountain nearby. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 4/23/2025, By: Typaul21
Info: started late around 11ish the road wasnt to postoholey giveh how warm it was didn't use snow shoes all day as a previous report mentions there is a cornice in places along the saddle went up and down a section that did not have it summited at 1:45 ran back to the car with spikes the snow was still quite firm back to the car at 3:30 

Route: South Slope
Posted On: 4/12/2025, By: coopergould
Info: Fun morning on Sherman - South Slopes still skiing pretty well despite recent rapid melting. On the approach, there is a bare ~30ft section of road with no bypass just before the Horseshoe junction. I also booted ~200vf near the choke around 13,500ft due to lots of exposed rock. Dropped around 11:30a, probably 30min late for optimal conditions but had a blast on the descent and road exit still skied pretty fast as well. Felt like late May out there today! 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 3/30/2025, By: butlerer
Info: Beautiful day without the forecasted wind. Took a deviation from the standard route to avoid walking near a dicey looking cornice, and paid for it in 900' over 0.7 miles. Tried to show the deviation we took going up (red lines) and down (green). The 900' of gain is from where the blue line splits off from the fork up to where it gained the ridge. -80 minutes from the Winter TH to the gate--DON'T be as asshole and try to drive past the winter parking signs. We saw two guys this weekend and last weekend who thought they were heroes and got stuck 20-50' past the Subarus parked at the Winter TH in several feet of snow. You won't be different. -4 hours car to summit. -7 hours, 20 minutes back to car. 

Route: South Slope
Posted On: 3/29/2025, By: sriddell
Info: Skinned from car up most of the route this AM but had to get very creative on parts of the road to keep the skis on. Some sections of road are almost entirely dirt with only a thin strip to skin on. Lower elevation snow wasn't full re-frozen from the recent warm cycle, but everything from the point you depart the road on was fully frozen. Was almost - but not quite - able to piece together a full descent without removing my skis. The main south slope has a few lines that look like they go but dead end in rocky areas. A short walk (10m) over to the next patch of snow connected me to a line that went all the way down. Skied rest of the way down to car but again, with some creativity. Stayed skiers left of the road until the mine, if I recall, and then popped over into the other drainage briefly before reconnecting with the road. All in all, fun day in a beautiful environment! 

Route: South Slope
Posted On: 3/15/2025, By: Ryyyyyaaaaan
Info: Was able to drive to normal winter trailhead. There was sufficient coverage to skin up almost the entire route. We boot packed a very short section, but you might not have to. We just did it to avoid skinning up what would have been a difficult section. We were easily able to ski the entire way back to our car. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 2/28/2025, By: zackj99
Info: Used snowshoes on the road and up to about 12k. From there took a gully up and boots were fine. Descended to the east ridge and avoided avalanche prone slopes. Dropped a silver ice axe if anyone picked it up or does this weekend I would be very appreciative! 

Route: South Slope
Posted On: 2/21/2025, By: algryno
Info: Able to drive to the winter TH (lower junction of Leavick Rd and Four Mile Creek Rd). Modest blast through a few snowdrifts in AWD. A few cars were at the TH. I donned snowshoes at about the 4 Mile Creek TH and kept them on to the summit and down to the car. Could've not used them the entire time, but no area was dry enough to warrant the time involved with transitions. 

Route: South Slope
Posted On: 2/17/2025, By: jace_reber
Info: Ski coverage mostly good all the way up and down. Crampons/microspikes very necessary. We also had 80-100 mph winds near the peak and it was extremely wind blown. Snow was very hard at the time of climbing and the road in was very doable in a small front wheel drive car.