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Mount Shasta's west face as seen from Hidden Valley high on the mountain. The west face gulley is an alternate climbing route to the summit. Mount Shasta can release volcanic ash, pyroclastic flows or dacite and andesite lava. Its deposits can be detected under nearby small towns. Mount Shasta has an explosive, eruptive history.
The two other volcanoes in California with that classification are Mt. Shasta in Siskiyou County and the Lassen Volcanic Center, which includes Lassen Peak in Shasta County.
As the second-tallest volcano in Northern California, trailing only Mount Shasta, [10] Lassen Peak is frequently visited by climbers and hikers from around the world. [95] The summit opens for use most years near the end of June, remaining in use until heavy snow falls in October or November. [96]
It is also the southernmost non-extinct volcano of the Cascade Range (specifically, the Shasta Cascade part of the range). The 10,457 ft (3,187 m) tall volcano sits on the north-east flank of the remains of Mount Tehama, a stratovolcano that was a thousand feet (305 m) higher than Lassen and 11 to 15 mi (18 to 24 km) wide at its base. [8]
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office described a dangerous rescue operation they conducted on Saturday to help two mountaineers stranded on Mount Shasta after an avalanche gushed through the region.
A 49-year-old man from Santa Clara County collapsed and died May 17 while hiking Mount Shasta, ... of summiting Mt. Shasta, a snow-capped volcano that rises ... California for news, features and ...
The volcanoes with historical eruptions include: Mount Rainier, Glacier Peak, Mount Baker, Mount Hood, Lassen Peak, and Mount Shasta. Renewed volcanic activity in the Cascade Arc, such as the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, has offered a great deal of evidence about the structure of the Cascade Arc. One effect of the 1980 eruption was a ...
Goosenest is a shield volcano topped by a pyroclastic cone at its summit located in the Cascades of northern California. [1] The area is near Mount Shasta, and represents one of the region's short-lived shield volcanoes, although Goosenest is a larger and longer-lived example.