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Strong Flow On Whitney Creek – A Good Time To Hike Whitney Falls
Morning on Whitney Creek. The easiest of Mount Shasta’s four high waterfalls to reach is Whitney Falls. It is the only one of the four that has a dedicated trail to a vista overlooking the falling...
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Mount Shasta Telephoto Gallery
A small lenticular cloud highlights a spectacular morning on Mount Shasta. It can, at times, be hard to appreciate some of the nuance and smaller details of Mount Shasta’s terrain. When gazing up at...
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Sunset And Sunrise On Awesome Old Ski Bowl Crags
The Lone Ranger at the Old Ski Bowl. Last night my wife and I took our kids up to the Old Ski Bowl for a picnic dinner and to watch the sunset. As always, our kids had a magnificent time playing on...
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2nd Edition Book Update And An Unusual Geologic Connection To The Shasta Area
Craggy cliffs plunge into the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Head. Tomales Point is visible in the distance. Last weekend I went down to Sonoma County to finish hiking the trails for the 2nd edition of my...
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5 Excellent Mount Shasta Area Meadows
South Gate Meadows on Mount Shasta. When thinking of the Mount Shasta area, we often focus on some of the more obvious features like mountains and rivers and lakes. This is natural, given the...
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Revisiting Mount Shasta’s Hoodoos: A Spectacular, Dynamic Landscape
A spectacular view into the upper section of Mud Creek Canyon. A few years ago I posted an article on the hoodoos hidden away in Mount Shasta’s Mud Creek Canyon. The canyon is the largest on Mount...
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An Examination Of Trinity Alps Peaks From The Old Ski Bowl
The Old Ski Bowl is one of the best drive-to vistas around. Not only does it have a great perspective on Mount Shasta and many of its landmarks but the view of the surrounding North State are...
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Lenticular Fizzle
The remnants of a brief but awesome lenticular. The last 48 hours have seen some awesome but frustrating lenticular activity. Wednesday afternoon a great series of clouds formed over Mount Shasta....
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Mount Shasta’s Three Waterfalls On Mud Creek
Waterfalls are among natures most beautiful spectacles. Grace and power of water plunging and cascading over rugged terrain has always captured human imagination. It often seems that for a scene to be...
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A Rainbow Against The Black
A dramatic rainbow glitters in front of Black Butte. Though this morning started off clear, it quickly grew overcast. The pall hung heavy over the Mount Shasta area for most of the day, with little...
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Northern California Review: Central Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada is one of the most acclaimed mountain ranges in the world and the preeminent range of California. It is the longest single range in the coterminous 48 states and a land of iconic...
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Lenticular Season Is Here
A spectacular lenticular above Mount Shasta on a cold winter morning. With summer at an end, we can look forward to the gorgeous fall hiking season here in Mount Shasta. While the we may lament the...
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A Week Of Autumn Around Mount Shasta
I love fall. If there was more water in the creeks and rivers, it would be my undisputed favorite season. The crisp air, the colored trees, the lower angle of the sun and the sense of having finished...
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Another Spectacular Week Of Autumn Around Mount Shasta
A spectacular autumn view of Mount Shasta. This was taken at a super secret spot! The past week was an almost indescribably beautiful week in Mount Shasta. The weather has been beautiful and the fall...
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Mount Shasta Sunday Spectacular
The true potential of lenticular season was finally realized Sunday night as Mount Shasta put on an epic cloud display. It was easily the best incident since last February. I was fortunate to be able...
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A Last Beautiful Week Of Autumn In Mount Shasta
It has been a fantastic fall season here in Mount Shasta. The color has been vivid, the weather near perfect and there has been some excellent cloud displays over Mount Shasta. It has been a great way...
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Mount Shasta Area Fall Color Gallery
A lenticular cloud hovers above Mount Shasta while fall color lines its base. Fall may be my favorite season of the year. The shorter days, the cooler, crisp air, the lower angle of the light all add...
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Three Spectacular Perspectives On Mount Shasta (And Some Other Pictures Too)
A spectacular fall view of Mount Shasta. The last two days I have made the time to head up to three elevated vistas of Mount Shasta at sunset, sunrise and then the following sunset. It has been a...
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Some Nice Lenticulars Today
I got up early this morning and headed out to see if the rising sun might illuminate the clouds. The sky was too overcast and no color ever showed up and I headed home empty handed. The cloudy sky...
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Winter’s Sudden Arrival In Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, white once again after a major winter storm. In my opinion, this has been the perfect fall season. The days have been warm and the nights cold, meaning there are crisp mornings and...
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