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Lenticular Season Is Coming!
A September lenticular cloud marks the coming of the lenticular season on Mount Shasta. As summer ends, we can look forward to the gorgeous fall hiking season here in Mount Shasta. While the we may...
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A Soccer Sunset
Fall sunset on Mount Shasta. Fall is here. I know this because the calender says so, from the weather, and by the fact that my son is in the throes of soccer. Autumn has officially begun and the...
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An Interesting Mount Shasta Snow Pack Comparison
Early fall snow pack on Mount Shasta. When I posted my little collection of images taken my son’s soccer practice, I was reminded of an image of Mount Shasta I took way back in the early days of...
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Range Of Light: Autumn Leaves And Sunsets In The Eastern Sierra
Fall color dramatically highlights a creek’s descent from the mountains near Mammoth Lakes. Last week I took my family for an annual fall getaway to Mammoth Lakes, in the Eastern Sierra. It is not my...
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A Lament For Sonoma And A Beautiful Sunset
“I firmly believe, from what I have seen, that this is the chosen spot of all this earth as far as nature is concerned.” ― Luther Burbank So said America’s preeminent horticulturist of Sonoma County....
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A Yosemite Birthday (Cake)!
So with all the fires and destruction still on going in the Wine Country, I wanted to turn my attention to something more positive. The ruination is still smoldering but life goes on and it is the...
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White Mountain Once Again!
Fresh snow blankets Mount Shasta. Just a quick note to point out that last night’s rain left the mountain with a nice, fresh layer of snow. The high peaks of the Trinity Divide are also laden with...
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Autumn In Mount Shasta (Aspens!)
Brilliant fall color contrasts against the snowy heights of Mount Shasta. The weather here in Mount Shasta has been utterly perfect. All the elements of the ideal autumn conditions have been in place:...
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5 Years Of Hike Mt Shasta
Mount Shasta on New Years Eve 2012. One month later, the first image posted on HikeMtShasta. Today marks five-year anniversary of the founding of Hike Mt Shasta. It is hard to believe that this...
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Mount Shasta Lenticulars Do Not Fail To Impress
A spectacular Mount Shasta sunrise. It doesn’t get much better than this! Once again, Mount Shasta has graced us with an astounding, magnificent lenticular spectacle. Beauty like that which was on...
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Some (Not Very Good) Images From The Eclipse
The last 6 months have seen some remarkable celestial activity. First we had the awesome solar eclipse back in August of 2017. Then, earlier this week, we had a fascinating lunar eclipse. What made...
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Clearing The Mount Shasta Spindle
Not a great lenticular, but a nice morning nonetheless. I have just a few quick things I want to note that don’t necessarily fit into a full post. First, as always, I like to point out lenticulars...
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So This Happened In Mount Shasta
Incredible lenticular stacks form near Mount Shasta. Once again, Mount Shasta was up to its tricks, disrupting changing weather systems and causing massive lenticular displays to form overhead. As the...
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An Unusual Mount Shasta Sunrise, With Shadows And Clouds
Dawn’s light illuminates the fringes of a Mount Shasta lenticular. I was up early prepping some material for a class I am teaching at church, as well as putting the finishing touches on my Gateway...
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Gateway Trail Phase II Proposal Review
A very approximate rendering of the area covered by the proposed expansion of the Gateway Trail. On Monday, January 29th, the US Forest Service hosted an informational meeting at the Mount Shasta City...
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The Castle Creek Watershed: A Premier Outdoor Destination (Or At Least It...
A seldom seen vista of Mount Shasta, the Castle Creek drainage and the Castle Crags. I started this post off this morning with the intention of highlighting the three Seldom Seen articles I have...
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Catching Up In Mount Shasta
An interesting clouds flirts with becoming a lenticular. So, after a brief absence, I am back. For the last week, I have been down in Sonoma County tying up a number of loose ends. The reason for the...
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Mount Shasta Through 10 Remarkable Weeks
Awesome lenticulars form above Mount Shasta in December2017. When I gave my presentations down in Sonoma, I included a lengthy Power Point with tons of pictures of the trails in the Wine Country and...
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The Psychological Value Of The Trinity Alps’ Presence
Looking down on Emerald and Sapphire Lakes and the craggy heart of the Trinity Alps. One of the things I appreciate about living in Mount Shasta is the great and diverse expanses of mountains that...
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Finally! Some Real Snow In Mount Shasta
Evening sunlight illuminates Mount Shasta after a winter storm. After a remarkably dry winter, a real snow storm finally rolled through the Mount Shasta area. Up until now, we have gotten a little...
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