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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.
It is a 720-acre (2.9 km 2) enclave within the Mount Shasta Wilderness of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California, United States. It is located at approximately 7,950 feet (2,420 m) elevation at the lower end of Avalanche Gulch, the most popular climbing route on the mountain. Shasta Alpine Lodge at Horse Camp on Mount Shasta.
Highest point; Elevation: 12,335 ft (3,760 m) NAVD 88 [1] Prominence: 450 ft (140 m) [1] Coordinates: 2]: Geography; Location: Siskiyou County, California, U.S.: Parent range: Cascade Range: Topo map: USGS Mount Shasta: Geology; Mountain type(s): Stratovolcano, satellite cone: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc: Last eruption: 7420 BCE ± 300 years [3]: Climbing; Easiest route: Rock and ice ...
Black Butte (formerly Wintoon Butte, Cone Mountain, Sugar Loaf and Muir's Peak [5]) is a cluster of overlapping dacite lava domes in a butte, [2] a satellite cone of Mount Shasta. [6] It is located directly adjacent to the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 at milepost 742 between the cities of Mount Shasta and Weed, California. The I-5 freeway ...
A 49-year-old man from Santa Clara County collapsed and died May 17 while hiking Mount Shasta, authorities said. ... summiting Mt. Whitney via treacherous route. ... How a day of climbing on Mt ...
Jun. 7—The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office again coordinated rescue efforts for an injured climber Tuesday afternoon in the area of Avalanche Gulch on Mount Shasta. The latest accident ...
Situated along an ancient trade and travel route known as the Siskiyou Trail, Castle Crags has witnessed dramatic events.Strained relationships between 1850s California Gold Rush miners and the local native Indian populations resulted in the 1855 Battle of Castle Crags, in which the poet Joaquin Miller was wounded, and which he later described in an essay of the same name.
Of the most isolated major summits of California, Mount Whitney exceeds 2000 kilometers (1243 miles) of topographic isolation, Mount Shasta exceeds 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), four peaks exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), and nine peaks exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation.