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Plans For Hike Mt. Shasta Over The Summer (Changes Afoot?)
Summer is typically a time when my posts on Hike Mt Shasta tend to be at a low ebb. This is largely a result of my being away from my computer more. Nonetheless, I have tried to keep up the site and...
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Mount Eddy: Overshadowed, Underrated
Looming over the surrounding landscape and visible from many miles away, Mount Eddy is a massive peak that, under normal circumstances, would be a significant and singular landmark in its own right....
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First Trails For The New Book Completed!
The last few days have been spent with family down in Sonoma County. While down there, I was able to slip away and knock out the first three trails of my new book project, Hiking Northern California....
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Off Season Trails: Spring Hikes On The Upper McCloud River
Click here for the companion article on hikes along the Lower McCloud River. This link has a lengthier discussion of the entire McCloud River Trail with more links to detailed trail descriptions. As...
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Spring Snow And Water Level Updates
My two older kids run over the Wagon Creek Bridge at Lake Siskiyou. Up here in Mount Shasta, we have definitely seen a solid winter when it comes to precipitation. It was not an onerous amount of snow,...
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Second Round Of Trails For New Book Completed!
The view from the Panorama Vista at Andrew Molera State Park in Big Sur. Well, I am back after completing another collection of trails for the new guide book. Most of the trails I hiked this time were...
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Mount Shasta Area National Parks: National Parks Week
It just occured to me that we are coming to the end of National Parks Week, where the parks are open with no admission fee. I ought to have posted something earlier in the week, but that thought...
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Two Months Until The Old Ski Bowl Opens
Mount Shasta and Upper Panther Meadow. With the temperatures climbing to nearly summer-like temperatures, it is priming the anticipation for the trails opening up in the high country on and around...
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Exploring After The Rain
The rain may not be the most comfortable of conditions to hike in but it is not without its benefits. Trails are often lonely and the wildlife is emerging as the precipitation abates. The beauty of...
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Chipping Away At The New Book In May
My son and his cousin explore some giant redwoods. See the first two posts on the trails in my new book project here and here. With the high country in the Sierra Nevada, Cascades and Klamaths still...
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Vintage Color Photos Of Mount Shasta From 1907
I have been meaning to post this for the last couple of weeks but working on my book has kept from doing so. The SF Chronicle posted a collections of colorized photos taken to promote the Southern...
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Three Awesome Hikes For Memorial Weekend
Memorial Weekend is definitely one of the more popular weekends in the mountains around the U.S. and this is true in Mount Shasta. Many of the more popular trails get a lot busier as all the...
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Help Support Hike Mt Shasta…Buy The Book!
Whether up here in Mount Shasta or elsewhere in this great land, it is my desire that everyone is out having a great weekend. In the midst of all the remembrance (what the weekend is really for),...
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Trinity Divide Lakes Gallery
The Trinity Divide is the long band of mountains that line the valley west of Mount Shasta. Unlike the great volcano, which belongs to the volcanic Cascade Range, the Divide is the eastern fringe of...
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Three More Uncrowded Hikes For Memorial Weekend
It has been absolutely perfect so far this weekend up here in Mount Shasta. The weather has been warm but not hot and the skies have been clear. While there are a lot of people here for the weekend,...
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Three Spectacular Drive-To Sunset Vistas
One of the great things about Mount Shasta is its tremendous relief. It towers around 10,000 feet above the surrounding landscape, a single, prominent tower, alone in its lofty isolation. Not only is...
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Diving Deep Into The Sierra Nevada
Long Lake in the Lakes Basin Recreation Area. At the beginning of June, I left for a week of hiking in the Sierra for my new book. It was early enough that snow was still an issue at higher elevations...
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New Section of Lake Siskiyou Trail Open To Hikers
The Lake Siskiyou Trail, possibly the most popular trail in the Mount Shasta area, is already a great hiking resource. It boasts beautiful scenery, neat trail engineering, a gentle grade throughout...
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Lake Siskiyou Seasonal Bridge Installed
This post is a bit overdue, but I am only getting to it now because I have been gone so much over the last month working on my new book that I have a bit of a backlog of posts. The last time I posted...
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Book Update: A Cascade Collection
Lassen Peak is a dramatic highlight of the view above Boiling Springs Lake. Last week I was able to get away for a few days and knock out the majority of the trails I have left in the Cascades. I...
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