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Mount Shasta Geography Articles
The staggering maw of Mount Shasta’s Mud Creek Canyon. It is hard for me to believe that I have been writing on Hike Mt Shasta for slightly over 10 years now. I started the site as a repository for...
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Off Trail On Azalea Creek
Azalea Creek cascades into the South Fork of the Sacramento River. There are a lot of creeks in the Mount Shasta area that suffer the indignity of being nameless. This is particularly true in the...
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Solstice Sunset
Wednesday was the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the first day of summer. It is a little ironic that the day that inaugurates the summer season is also a day that is so bittersweet....
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A Strange And Beautiful June
Thunderstorms and rainbows highlight a Mount Shasta sunset. June is over and Independence Day is nigh. The weather in June was…unexpected. In truth, it seemed like a month in the Rockies. Clear...
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Independence Day
I love Independence Day. Obviously it is a day to reflect on our country’s history, the practical collision of Christian theology and Enlightenment principles and how that is relevant in our lives...
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Thunder In The Valley
While the temperatures have climbed since June ended, it seems we have not left the thunderstorms that dominated that month behind. The day after Independence Day started off hot and clear but the...
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Sunset Dissipation
An expansive thunderhead builds over Mount Shasta. The day after Independence Day the Mount Shasta area experienced another round of spectacular thunderstorms. These were particularly intense in the...
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Warm Summer Sunsets
As we near the end of July, we are moving into the heart of summer. It feels a long way away from the Long Winter but the impact of that epic season is still with us. Mount Shasta still has a...
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Shasta Valley Lightning Storm
A small streak of lightning flashes over Mount Shasta. It has been about a month since the last big thunderstorm broke loose over the Shasta Valley. Friday night saw another one pass spectacularly...
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Beauty…At A Price
Another gorgeous thunderstorm sailed through the Mount Shasta area on Monday night. With the system brewing up what looked like another spectacular sunset, I headed back out into the Shasta Valley once...
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Hurricane’s Edge
Fresh August snow lingers at Mount Shasta’s higher elevation. This past week California experienced some unusual weather conditions. As most likely know, Hurricane Hilary slammed ashore in southern...
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Of Mudflows And Summer Snows
Arabians graze beneath snow-capped Mount Shasta. This post is a few weeks overdue. With the start of school and a few other things going on, it has been on my list of things to get done but never high...
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The Rise And Fall Of Mud Creek Pt. I
Mount Shasta looms beyond an eastern branch of Mud Creek. Mud Creek is the largest creek to spring from Mount Shasta. It begins at the Konwakiton Glacier and flows into the gaping maw of massive Mud...
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Autumn Is Upon Us
The summer has passed and autumn is now upon us. This is not just a fact of the calendar but a fact that can be felt in the air and seen in the light. Summer slipped away so gently that it is easy to...
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Autumn Is Upon Us: Addendum
Though Mount Shasta was lost in the clouds, the view from Sisson Meadow was sublime. I posted the other day that the autumn season had arrived. As I wrote another system of rain was arriving. I don’t...
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An Odd Autumn Snow On Mount Shasta
During the last round of weather, Mount Shasta was lost in the clouds. Both sides of the mountain were equally blanketed by the storm. Nothing seemed off when, in the morning, I headed up towards...
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High Country Testimony
Fall color catches the eye while the sun rises beyond Mount Shasta. This post has been in the queue for a week, but I have been busy with one thing or another and not been able to get it posted until...
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A View To An Eclipse
The midpoint of October 2023 was witness to a solar eclipse, the first one to occur near Mount Shasta in 6 years. Just like the 2017 event, Mount Shasta was about 10% outside the maximum occlusion...
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Autumn Splendor
This is why I love autumn. The leaves, the air, the light, the clouds, the mountain. It is pure magic. The other day the mountain seemed to glow even though there was almost no snow. The dark rock...
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Last Sunset From The Old Ski Bowl
It is hard to believe that October is hurtling towards its conclusion. With just a couple of days left to the month, the window to visit the Old Ski Bowl via Everitt Memorial Highway is coming to an...
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