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First June Fades On Mount Shasta

No alpenglow but the late evening light makes Mount Shasta glow. The changes life has wrought has precluded me getting out as much as I used too. Still, when the opportunity presents itself, I will...

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The Golden Edge Of The Valley

Burned in 2021, the fringe of the Shasta Valley now pops with flowers. It’s been a lush spring in Mount Shasta. I documented the foxtail superbloom we had at Truchas Ridge in the Shasta Valley. The...

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Rocket’s Red Glare And Smoke In The Air

Smoke from the Shelly Fire adds color to an otherwise clear sky. This is getting to be a troubling theme. I start a post then life kicks it aside and it takes a long time to get back to it. In this...

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A July Surprise

A lenticular over Mount Shasta alight with alpenglow. Summer is typically the least active time of year when it comes to lenticular clouds over Mount Shasta. Often the sky is completely devoid of any...

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A Beautiful Start To August

Light, clouds and profuse wildflowers made July’s final sunset majestic. As is typical, the Old Ski Bowl finally opened up at the end of July. My family has always enjoyed heading up there with...

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Mount Shasta’s August Of Extremes

What a odd month August has been. It began beautifully, with explosive wildflowers at high elevations on Mount Shasta. Though the early part of the month was still afflicted with smoke, we continued to...

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Fire, Hanging In The Sky

August, a month of surprising and beautiful extremes on Mount Shasta, passed by and September arrived. School commenced and work continues. Yet, though there is some congruence to rhythms of human of...

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September’s Summer Snow

I have lived in Mount Shasta for quite a while now and, as this blog will testify, I have made it a practice to watch the patterns of weather over the courses of the seasons. One of things I have...

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An Augury Of Autumn

In my last post, I hoped that the snow that came in August and September augured favorably for a good winter. Now, having just passed the autumnal equinox and officially entered fall, another sign...

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What October Has Been Up To In Mount Shasta

It is hard to believe that we have charged this far into October already. The days are shorter but the light is so glorious now. It is no longer the harsh, high angle summer. Now things just seem to...

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Last Sunset From The Old Ski Bowl (And Some Bonus Sunrises)

I really should say likely the last sunset from the Old Ski Bowl, at least for me, at least for 2024. It is customary for the gates to the Old Ski Bowl at Bunny Flat to be closed on November 1st. If...

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Yosemite And Shasta After

It’s been a busy few weeks here in Mount Shasta. Autumn is at its beautiful peak and the end of the year events have already begun (we cut 155 Christmas trees last weekend!). The business has been...

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A Quality Autumn Lenticular

It has been a beautiful autumn with great weather and fall color. However, the one things lacking have been great lenticulars, the presence of which typically increases this time of year. This past...

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Mount Shasta Is A White Mountain Again

Amazingly, Mount Shasta has been receiving a fair amount of snow since August. However, between the heat of summer and the strong winds of autumn, not much snow has been able to accumulate on the...

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One Wild Storm

Powerful winds whip the clouds around the summit of Mount Shasta. Over the last week, the Pacific Northwest has seen some intense winter weather. What some reports considered the equivalent of a class...

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Imprint Of An Arid Land Pt. I

The Canadian River flows through eastern New Mexico’s Mills Canyon. I have wanted to write something along these lines for a long time now. I have always kept HikeMtShasta focused on the Mount Shasta...

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Howling At Echo Point (And The Last Sunrise Of 2024)

The second to last day of 2024 was a beautiful one. The sky was beautifully blue and layers of clouds created visual strata climbing up toward Mount Shasta’s summit. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to stop...

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Mount Shasta 2024 – A Year In Images

Alpenglow, summer snow and wildflowers blanket Mount Shasta. We have now completed the year of our Lord 2024’s orbit around the sun. It has been a very odd year here at the Hike Mt Shasta homestead....

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