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Solstice Sunrise Lenticular
Mount Shasta broods beneath glowing lenticulars during the winter solstice sunrise. December 2021 has already had a good dose of snow but another, prolonged storm is moving in. This one is forecasted...
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A White Christmas In Mount Shasta
The storm breaks and reveals Mt. Shasta at sunset. The second round of the big December storm arrived a couple days before Christmas. After the first round passed through a dumped a fair amount of...
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Final Sunrise And Sunset (And A Surprise Rainbow) Of 2021
As 2021 runs down to the last few moments, I am looking back and thinking about the year that has gone by. It has been a bittersweet year, filled with fun, fires and lots of challenges. Despite the...
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Mount Shasta: 24 Hours In 2022
Afternoon light on a snowy Mount Shasta. The first 24 hour of sunlight in anno Domini 2022 were gorgeous. A colorful sunrise was followed by a day of bright sunshine. The ensuing sunset was beautiful,...
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Mount Shasta 2021 – A Year In Images
What a wild year 2021 was. It was a season of fun, fires, family and all else that lies in between. In summary, it was a year of change for both the physical and human geography. It started off with...
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Mount Shasta Over The Last Few Days (Snowpack Report)
A beautiful morning view from Mount Shasta, looking south towards the Castle Crags. Amazingly, we are now halfway through January, 2022. The time has flown for me, as my workload has never been fuller...
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Mount Shasta: 2 Moonrises, 3 Sunrises (And Some Other Stuff)
The last few days have been pretty ones here in Mount Shasta. Not only has the weather been gorgeous but the moon was full. This presented the opportunity to try to capture a shot of Mount Shasta along...
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Mount Shasta: Dawn Of The South
I’ll keep this one short, as I have much to do right now, but I did want to post this sunrise before things moved on much further. Saturday morning had a grand performance in the sky over Mount...
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January 2022 Was A Spectacular Month In Mount Shasta
January 2022 turned out to be a very beautiful month here in Mount Shasta. Admittedly, there was not nearly as much precipitation as we hoped for but, despite the frustratingly dry conditions this...
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There’s Been Something Going On Above Mount Shasta Over The Last Few Days
The last few days have witnessed some interesting and beautiful atmospheric conditions over Mount Shasta. I have been swamped getting work done for the new business my wife and I are starting up but...
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A Dramatic Mount Shasta Contrast
Snow blowing off of Mount Shasta catches the light of the rising sun. Well, it has been a disappointingly dry February so far. I had expected January to be warm and dry but was hopeful that...
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A Blustery Morning At Truchas Ridge
Life has been hectic the last few weeks, as we have been getting our new animal hospital, Ponderosa Veterinary Clinic, off the ground. While it is great to be nearly overwhelmed with new clients, we...
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Kids Don’t Appreciate Awesome Sunsets! (Plus Some Neat Things In The Sky)
A sleek lenticular hovers to the southwest of Mount Shasta. With slightly warmer temperatures and a nice lenticular developing near Mount Shasta, my wife and I decided to haul the brood out to Truchas...
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Tracking Last Week’s Lenticular Over Mount Shasta
A pair of awesome lenticular formations grace mighty Mount Shasta. Early this past week there were a series of connected lenticular formations on and around Mount Shasta. It began Monday afternoon,...
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Regarding Mount Shasta’s Weather This April
Fresh, late April snow blankets Mount Shasta. It goes without saying that this winter was a disappointment in terms of precipitation. The fall was excellent, with good rains in October and ample snow...
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Two Sunsets At Truchas Ridge
A lenticular cloud hovers next to the cloud-capped summit of Mount Shasta. Last week I was finally able to get out to Truchas Ridge and work on some trail construction. We want to keep it as natural...
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Another Spring Afternoon At Survey Creek
Here in Mount Shasta, my family tends to have a stratified hiking program. In the winter, we hike at the lowest elevations, mostly in the Shasta Valley, along the Sacramento River and around town at...
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A Memorial Day Post
Early morning on Mount Shasta, Memorial Day 2022. Today is Memorial Day and I wanted to post something in recognition of the day. I will be frank and say that there is a lot going on in our country...
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Mount Shasta’s Three Rains Of June
Fresh June snow covers Mount Shasta as the mountain reflects in a late spring pool. Holy kinarsy, where did the month go? This has been an exceedingly busy June, with a whole host of activities...
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Independence Day Snow On Mount Shasta
*This post is a couple weeks overdue. I took my boy scout troop to summer camp and that really set things back. As late as this post is, I think it is still worth documenting these events. Here in...
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