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Mount Shasta Area Spring Hiking Round Up
Morning reflection of Mount Shasta from the Lake Siskiyou Trail. With the skies clearing and warm weather in the forecast, this is the perfect time to get out and enjoy the great lower-elevation trails...
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A Journey Unheralded: The Shasta River
Mount Shasta towers majestically over the Shasta River. Northern California is known for, among other things, its plethora of wild rivers. Flowing freely through deep river canyons and racing through...
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Mount Shasta Area Waterfalls: Giants of the Trinity Alps
Grizzly Falls: alpine perfection. The Mount Shasta area has some of the finest waterfalls in California. From the untamed plunges high on the flanks of Mount Shasta itself to spring-fed wonders like...
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Wild Water: The 5 Best Hikes On Rivers And Creeks
Looking down on the McCloud River from the precipice of Middle McCloud Falls. Running water seems to have a magical allure for people. It is not uncommon for many people’s favorite hikes to follow...
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Neglected Headwaters: Two Lesser Lake Basins On The South Fork
Gumboot Lake The South Fork of the Sacramento River is the largest of the three headwater canyons of the Sacramento River. It is longer and broader than the Middle and North Forks. Notably, it also has...
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Mount Shasta Area’s Seldom Seen Round Up
Upper section of Mud Creek Canyon on Mount Shasta. One of the great draws the mountains have on me is the constant opportunity to discover spectacular new places and amazing new sights. Obviously it...
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Trinity Alps Trails In The Carter Meadow Area
Long Gulch Lake in the Trinity Alps. The northeast corner of the Trinity Alps is often overlooked when it comes to hikes in the Mount Shasta area. With trailheads just a little over an hour from Mount...
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Seldom Seen: Lower Mud Creek Canyon
Mount Shasta gazes down into lower Mud Creek Canyon. Mount Shasta is a mighty mountain with formidable geography. Its towering, icy heights soar far above everything else in its presence and much of...
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The Perfect Weedkend: Three Days In Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta presides over the view from the summit of Mount Eddy. By any standard, Mount Shasta is a great destination for hiking trails. Whether hiking the timberline trails on the mountain itself,...
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Seldom Seen: Fawn Creek Canyon
Fawn Creek Canyon from the canyon headwall. One of the many interesting geographic features of the Mount Shasta area is the headwaters of the Sacramento River. The largest and longest river in...
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2015 Winter Hiking Round Up
After a very dry 2014, the month of December gave us some much needed precipitation. While it was mostly rain in the low areas around Mount Shasta, the snows have finally descended on the high...
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Mount Shasta 2014: A Year In Images
Mount Shasta in January 2014. The year of our Lord 2014 was an exciting year for Hike Mt Shasta. Most of the year was spent working on a pair of books that are set to be published in a couple of months...
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A 19th Century Engraving Of An Epic Mount Shasta Vista
I am a big fan of 19th century and early 20th century artistic depictions of the American West. This naturally spills over to a particular fascination with works that portray Mount Shasta. My interest...
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Mount Shasta Sunrise Gallery
The glow of morning on Mount Shasta is an incredible sight. The colors cast by the rising sun drench the mountain in pinks, reds, oranges and, ultimately, white. The sunrise is fleeting but for a...
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Short Walk At Sunset
Mount Shasta viewed from Sisson Meadow The community of Mount Shasta is blessed with incredible views of its namesake mountain from nearly every part of town. It is commonplace to see people stopped...
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Year Two Of Hike Mt Shasta
Today marks the second anniversary of the launch of Hike Mt Shasta. It has been a fantastic year for this endeavor. Traffic was high and steady as more folks found their way here to get beta on...
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Coming Soon: Hike Mt Shasta, The Book (and a bonus book too!)
For a little while now I have been hinting at some books I have had in the works. I have not given too many specifics on what they entail, mostly because I am not the type of person who likes to count...
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Mount Shasta Sunset Gallery
“I consider the evening twilight on Mt. Shasta one of the grandest sights I have ever witnessed.” -Theodore Roosevelt It is unkind to overuse a single quote but in this case it is utterly...
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The McCloud River Trail
The McCloud River is one of the premier attractions in the Mount Shasta area. The river is famous with anglers, waterfall aficionados and those who generally love beautiful mountain rivers. The vast...
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Hoodoos On Mount Shasta: Mysterious and Magnificent
Nowhere in the world are their more or finer hoodoos than Bryce Canyon in Utah. Bizarrely twisted and thrusting prominently upward, hoodoos are among the most fascinating features found in the western...
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