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Misty Sunrise From Echo Point
It may seem strange, but the lateness off the sunrise before the time change is frustrating to me. I would rather get up early, enjoy the sunrise and then come back home and get the day rolling....
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A Snowy Mountain Returns
A white mountain and golden aspens, hallmarks of a Mount Shasta autumn. This is a quick post, as I am leaving tomorrow for southern Utah but I have had these images in the que to document the changing...
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Thanksgiving Sunrise
There is much to be grateful for. Not the least of these is the beautiful world we have been given. The sunrise on the morning of Thanksgiving, 2023 was a beautiful one, driving home the blessing that...
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A Quick Trip To Paradise
Autumn glow along the Virgin River in Zion. A couple weeks ago I took my family on a quick trip to Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. It has been a few years since I’ve been to Utah and I couldn’t...
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Mount Shasta On The Solstice
The solstice’s morning light baths an icy Mount Shasta. Where did December go? I have had a bunch of pictures of the month stacked up, waiting to get some kind of post, but I have not had a lot of...
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Mount Shasta December
A glowing sunset highlights a lenticular-clad Mount Shasta. Holy Kinarsey, December slipped by quickly. I had a in mind 3-4 posts in the queue but never got any of them off the ground. Between...
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Mount Shasta 2023 – A Year In Images
The year of our Lord 2023 has come and gone. This trip around the sun was a good one at the foot of Mount Shasta. This year began with a long, long winter with deep snow but by summer we saw hurricane...
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New Year’s Day Lights
2024 started with clear sky and fresh snow. We have had several small weather systems swing through the area but the temperatures haven’t dropped enough to really deliver the snow like we want. It has...
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Mount Shasta In Detail
I did a really bad thing and bought a new telephoto lens for my camera. I have wanted to get one for a while and finally bit the bullet and did it. I have one that I carry around with my camera when...
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Storm Heralding Mount Shasta Lenticular
Photographing and writing about lenticular formations around Mount Shasta has always been one of my favorite things about this website. Lenticulars are grand formations and fleeting. They and majesty...
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Icy Heights And Chaotic Skies
We are in the midst of a series of small atmospheric rivers traveling through the Mount Shasta region. This is nothing like the torrents that swept through last year, but it has meant a steady dose of...
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Giant Avalanche On Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta laden with snow and the scars of a large avalanche visible. While the winter thus far has not produced a copious amount of snow at the lower elevations, there has been a substantial...
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A Presence On The Mountain
True to the pattern, life has been pretty busy lately, and as always, I am finding it hard to get a few moments scrapped together to write anything. Here and there I have been chipping away at some...
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A Video Rescued From Oblivion / A Trail Remembered
The large beaver pond at the start of the Lundy Canyon trail gives hints of grandeur to come. This is a bit of an off topic post for a site focused on the Mount Shasta area but I have hand long...
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Easter Alpenglow
A wing-like lenticular cloud clings to the summit of Mount Shasta. I’ve had this in my docket for a week and haven’t been able to just sit down and get it out. As the saying goes, better late than...
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May Snow on Mount Shasta (I Am Still Here)
I am not sure how things continue to go on like this but the last few months have been extraordinarily busy for my family and I. April came and went and I hardly even noticed its passing. I keep...
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Avalanche And Aurora
Alpenglow lights up Mount Shasta a few days after a massive avalanche. It’s been a busy time on and around Mount Shasta since the beginning of May. Not only did we get a good dose of late snow but...
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Bear Peak: An Overlooked Trinity Divide Peak
Snowy Bear Peak, overlooked and forgotten. Soaring 14,179 feet above sea level, Mount Shasta is one of the tallest peaks in California and the 2nd highest peak in the entire Cascade Range, which...
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A Superbloom Of Sorts At Truchas Ridge
Echo Point, blanketed in a riot of grass and flowers, yields a grand sunset view. North of Mount Shasta is a beautiful high desert region called the Shasta Valley. Depending on criteria for...
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A Video Rescued From Oblivion / A Trail Remembered
The large beaver pond at the start of the Lundy Canyon trail gives hints of grandeur to come. This is a bit of an off topic post for a site focused on the Mount Shasta area but I have hand long...
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