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A Quick Look At Mount Shasta’s Northern River Conditions
Mount Shasta, before the storm. As noted in the image above, the storm was heralded by some near-lenticular clouds. These clouds frequently indicate the coming of a storm. The subsequent weather...
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Waves And Wind On A March Mount Shasta Morning
Thin, swift-moving waves indicate changing weather systems. My two most favorite sounds are running water over rocks (preferably slabs of granite) and the lonely wind early in the morning high in the...
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It’s A Good Time To Check Out Hedge Creek Falls
With all the precipitation we have been getting (and will continue to get for the foreseeable future) it is a good time to check out the lower elevation waterfalls in the Mount Shasta area. The...
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Shasta High Desert Gallery
When most people think about Mount Shasta, the usual image that comes to mind is the towering, ice clad mountain rising high above vast conifer forests. This certainly is the classic perspective on...
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Shadow And Alpenglow
Late afternoon light on Mount Shasta. The skies have been cloudy lately and we still have up to 10 inches of snow due to fall tomorrow and tomorrow night (color me skeptical). It rained hard last...
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Winter’s Last Stand
Fresh snow blows off of Mount Shasta during a winter sunrise. I am probably tempting fate here, but I think that, with last night’s snow, we are seeing the winter of 2017-2018’s final stand here in...
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Spectacular Mount Shasta Morning Ushers In Spring Weather
A fiery lenticular cloud floats above Mount Shasta. This week is kicking off in fine form. With the forecast giving us sunny days and temps in the mid-60’s, it looks to be a beautiful beginning to...
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The Sacramento River Causes Little Change At Lake Siskiyou
Snowy Mount Eddy is visible beyond the Sacramento at the inlet to Lake Siskiyou. The last several years have not been kind ones to the section of the Lake Siskiyou Trail that crosses over the...
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Winter Reappears (And An Update)
A lenticular-like cloud swirls around Mt. Shasta and lots of fresh snow. Well, I have to confess this was a bit of a surprise. With the temperatures warming, we ended up getting doused with a few...
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2018 Spring Hiking Round Up
A spectacular spring sunrise on Mount Shasta. After the long winter, spring is finally upon us. Warmer weather is taking hold, the snow is melting, trees are coming back to life and flowers are...
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A Morning And Evening Around Mount Shasta
A variety of cloud formations cluster around Mount Shasta sunset. I got up much later than I normally do Thursday morning, only to find that there was a fine set of lenticular clouds in the sky on...
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Mount Shasta Landmark Locator Compilation
A classic west-side view of Mount Shasta from Lake Siskiyou. With its immense size and great height, Mount Shasta is almost a mountain range unto itself. Consequently, it has a mountain range worth of...
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Avalanches In Avalanche Gulch
Bunny Flat view of Avalanche Gulch and the numerous avalanches along Casval Ridge. Today I took my kids up to Bunny Flat on Mount Shasta to do some erosion investigations for school. Most of our...
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Wild Clouds And…Wildfire On Black Butte?
Storm clouds break up over Mount Shasta as the sun sets. It certainly was an interesting weather day here in Mount Shasta. It began as a beautiful sunny morning but by mid-morning the sky was filled...
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Lake Siskiyou Inlet Update
The Sacramento River flows into a very full Lake Siskiyou. As we progress into May, the temperatures and the rate of the thaw have both increased. The swiftly melting snow at the higher elevations of...
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The Dogwoods Of Black Butte
This image of Mount Shasta has little to do with dogwoods or Black Butte but I captured it as I was about to head home from documenting the flowering trees. I can’t imagine that they have not been...
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Stormy Valley Sunrise
A Shasta Valley sunrise view of storm clouds around Mount Shasta. As usual, I was up early this morning and, seeing the clouds about, decided to head out and see what the sunrise offered. Yesterday...
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A Mount Shasta Reader
Spring flowers highlight a fantastic view of Mount Shasta. The Mount Shasta area is vast and varied. It is a delight to all those who love the natural world and yearn to enjoy it. However, exploring...
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Three Hikes For A Fantastic Memorial Day Sunset
This is the last day of a gorgeous Memorial Day Weekend. In the midst of reflecting on what the day commemorates, getting outside appreciating the beauty of the land that we have been blessed with is...
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Memorable Cloud Theatrics Over Mount Shasta
Wild clouds form over Mount Shasta. I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. Here in Mount Shasta, the weather was good so for my family it was a weekend of gardening, playing outside and...
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