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Quick Book Update: Yosemite And The Marble Mountains
The high walls of Lundy Canyon reflect in a beaver pond. A week ago I got back from a quick trip to Yosemite with my wife and kids. This was the annual trip I take where I meet up with my family in...
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Book Update: Sierra Nevada Sublime
The outlet of Upper Twin Lake in the Desolation Wilderness. Over the last week and a half I was on the road, completing 12 more hikes for my new book. It was a long, hard but great 10 days. In some...
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Three Trails On Mount Shasta’s East Side
Mount Shasta rises majestically above the Brewer Creek Trail. Most hikers on Mount Shasta visit the mountain via one of the trails the begin on Everitt Memorial Highway. The paved road, beginning...
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Book Update: Sierra Nevada Spectacular (Almost Done!)
Bear Creek Spire and Mount Dade are a majestic backdrop in Long Lake in the Little Lakes Valley. I got home from another stint down in the Sierra Nevada a few days ago. Like previous trips, this one...
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Book Update: The High Sierra (Final Progress Post!)
13,494 foot Mount Thompson makes dramatic backdrop above Blue Lake. I got home a few days ago from my final trip down to the Sierra Nevada. I have now completed every trail in that range for the book...
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5 Trails To Peaks Around Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta is an awesome sight from Mount Eddy. Driving into Mount Shasta City, there is a sign stating that the community is “more than a peak experience”. This is certainly true, but, to transfer...
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Book Update: Manuscript Submitted and Some Fall Color
Fall color at the west end of Lundy Canyon reflects in a massive beaver pond. OK, this is the final, final book update until we get close to the book’s release date. I doubt there will be many calls...
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Mount Shasta Reflection Gallery
Mount Shasta is an undeniably magnificent mountain that demands attention whenever it is in view. For something as large and overshadowing as Mount Shasta is, it is surprising how challenging it can...
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A Sign Of The Wild
Entry into the John Muir Wilderness at the mouth of Convict Canyon. Although my new book is a guidebook, I did dwell on a few themes in an attempt to elevate it simply beyond a point by point hiking...
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Mount Shasta Winter Hiking Round Up
Mount Shasta reflects in the waters of Trout Lake. The winter thus far at the end of 2016 has been good. There has been a good amount of precipitation, both as rain and as snow. While we are still...
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Storm Swollen Sacramento
The North Fork joins a raging Sacramento River. The storms passing through the Mount Shasta area have dropped a substantial amount of precipitation. I am not sure exactly how many inches have fallen...
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Mount Shasta Landmark Locater: West Side
When passing through the Mount Shasta area, it is nearly impossible to forget the mountain’s dominating presence. Whether just glancing up toward its icy crags while driving about or pausing at a great...
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Snow! (Merry Christmas from HikeMtShasta)
It is snowing like gangbusters outside right now so I guess we will be having a white Christmas here in Mount Shasta! Here are some shots from the storm as it is going on: I particularly love...
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Mount Shasta 2016: A Year In Images
A large lenticular cloud forms over Mount Shasta, October 2016. Well, 2016 is just about over. It has certainly been a pivotal year in many respects. Without going into politics or anything of that...
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2017 Begins With A Bang: Big Storm Hits Mount Shasta
A fresh layer of snow blows off of Mount Shasta. As predicted, a large storm moved through the Mount Shasta area over the last few days. I am not sure of the precise amount of snow that fell but it...
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Mount Shasta Storm Follow-Up
Mount Shasta reigns in icy solitude (11Jan2017). California has seen a massive series of storms come rolling through over the past 10 days or so. Much of the northern part of the state has been...
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Big Storm Dumps Several Feet Of Snow In Mount Shasta
Sun shines on Mount Shasta after a major storm system moved through the area. 23Jan2017 Well, that was fun. When I last posted on the conditions here in Mount Shasta, I speculated that the storm...
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Bluebird Day In Mount Shasta
Fresh snow blankets Mount Shasta and the surrounding land. 24Jan2017 After posting on the amount of snow that fell here in Mount Shasta, I can’t resist putting up some images of what the mountains...
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Mount Shasta Landmark Locator: North Side
As you driving south on Interstate 5 from Oregon, you are greeted with a magnificent spectacle as the freeway descends into the Shasta Valley. Mount Shasta, towering 11,500 feet over the level valley...
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Turbulent Towers Above Mount Shasta
Tumultuous lenticular clouds form above a cloud-shrouded Mount Shasta. The first few days of February have proven to be stormy around Mount Shasta. Fortunately, the stormy canopy above the southern...
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