July 5, 2024: From tree line near 8,000 feet, looking up at the Clear Creek route on a guided climb of Mt Shasta. The route follows the snowfield directly in the center of the photo. Above the snowfield, there are several options to follow well-developed trails through the scree. However, we climbed on the thin […]
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June 29, 2024: First views of the Hotlum Bolam Ridge from near 8,000 feet on the Northgate trail on a guided climb of Mt Shasta. The trail is a shaded hike through old growth stands of Shasta Red Fir, a conifer species that’s endemic to the northern California area. As you near tree line, you’ll
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May 15, 2024: First light at sunrise on our approach towards Hidden Valley and the summit of Shastina. On May 15 2024, my guest Wes and I set out to climb and ski Shastina in a single day from Bunny Flat. We left the Bunny Flat trailhead at 4:15am and we were standing on the
Conditions Report: May 15 2024: Skiing Shastina, Mt Shasta’s satellite cone. Read More »
April 21, 2024: Looking up Avalanche Gulch towards the Left of Heart variation and the Red Banks. April 21, 2024: Looking down the Left of Heart variation into Avalanche Gulch proper. The Red Banks and the standard climbing route can be seen to the left. With all the warm and sunny weather in northern California
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April 10, 2024: Looking up the Avalanche Gulch route near Lake Helen at 10,500 feet on Mt Shasta. April 10, 2024: Looking up towards the Heart and the Red Banks on the Avalanche Gulch route. It’s mid April and on Mt Shasta it’s definitely starting to feel like spring has sprung here in northern California.
As originally published in the American Avalanche Association’s quarterly publication The Avalanche Review, Volume 37.4 in April 2019. Successive eruptions of hot ash and magma have created layer upon layer of lava-carved plains below the massive stratovolcano that is Mount Shasta. Shasta is perched 200 miles north of the Tahoe Basin and approximately 60 miles south
