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    Mount Shasta: A Guide to Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring California's Premier Mountain
    Mount Shasta: A Guide to Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring California's Premier Mountain
    Mount Shasta: A Guide to Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring California's Premier Mountain
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    Mount Shasta: A Guide to Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring California's Premier Mountain

    By Andy Selters and Michael Zanger

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  • The most comprehensive guidebook to California’s premier stand-alone 14,000-foot mountain
  • Contains a wealth of climbing routes for beginners to experts
  • Contains some of the acknowledged best backcountry skiing and snowboarding descents
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilderness Press
    Release dateJun 19, 2017
    ISBN9780899978673
    Mount Shasta: A Guide to Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring California's Premier Mountain

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      Mount Shasta - Andy Selters

      Mount Shasta

      1st EDITION 1989

      2nd EDITION 2001

      3rd EDITION 2006

      4th EDITION 2017

      Copyright © 1989, 2001, 2006, 2017 by Andy Selters and Michael Zanger

      Front cover photos copyright © 2017 by Andy Selters and Michael Zanger; back cover photo copyright © 2017 Chris Carr/Shasta Mountain Guides

      All interior photographs by the authors, except where otherwise credited

      Cover and book design: Lora Westberg

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Selters, Andrew, author. | Zanger, Michael, 1941- author.

      Title: Mount Shasta : a guide to climbing, skiing, and exploring California’s premier mountain / Andy Selters, Michael Zanger.

      Other titles: Mount Shasta book

      Description: Fourth Edition. | Birmingham, Alabama : Wilderness Press, [2017] | Distributed by Publishers Group West—T.p. verso. | 3rd EDITION 2006—T.p. verso. | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017023346 | ISBN 9780899978666 (paperback) | ISBN 9780899978673 (ebook)

      Subjects: LCSH: Hiking—California—Shasta, Mount (Mountain)—Guidebooks. | Mountaineering—California—Shasta, Mount (Mountain)—Guidebooks. | Skis and skiing—California—Shasta, Mount (Mountain)—Guidebooks. | Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)—Guidebooks.

      Classification: LCC GV199.42.C22 S487 2017 | DDC 796.5109794/21—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017023346

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Published by: Wilderness Press

      An imprint of AdventureKEEN

      2204 First Ave. S, Ste. 102

      Birmingham, AL 35233

      800-443-7227; FAX 205-326-1012

      Visit wildernesspress.com for a complete listing of our books and for ordering information. Contact us at our website, at facebook.com/wildernesspress1967, or at twitter.com/wilderness1967 with questions or comments. To find out more about who we are and what we’re doing, visit blog.wildernesspress.com.

      Distributed by Publishers Group West

      Frontispiece: Heart Lake

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher, except for brief quotations used in reviews.

      SAFETY NOTICE: Though Wilderness Press and the authors have made every attempt to ensure that the information in this book is accurate at press time, they are not responsible for any loss, damage, injury, or inconvenience that may occur to anyone while using this book. You are responsible for your own safety and health while in the wilderness. The fact that a route is described in this book does not mean that it will be safe for you. Be aware that trail conditions can change from day to day. Always check local conditions and know your own limitations.

      Mount Shasta reflected in Heart Lake

      Olberman’s Causeway

      A golden-mantled squirrel

      Crevasse rescue practice on Route 11: Hotlum Glacier

      A climber stepping across a crevasse on Bolam Glacier

      Climbing a serac on Variation 11c: Hotlum Icefalls

      Climbers on the north side of Mount Shasta

      Skiing near Castle Lake

      Climbing Variation 1b: Red Banks Chimneys

      Sunrise on Mount Shasta

      South Gate Meadows

      Mount Shasta (left) and Shastina (right) from the north

      Shasta’s south side

      Ash Creek Falls

      A Shasta red fir forest near North Gate

      Descending Route 1: John Muir (Avalanche Gulch)

      Climbing Route 5: Casaval Ridge

      A Shasta lily

      Lenticular clouds above Mount Shasta

      Skiing down Route 10: Hotlum–Bolam Ridge

      Climbing Route 11: Hotlum Glacier

      Sunset at the Bolam Glacier camping area

      Casaval Ridge

      Clark’s nutcracker

      Approaching the summit of Mount Shasta circa 1985

      Mount Shasta from the south, with Sargents Ridge (right) and Green Butte Ridge, Avalanche Gulch, Casaval Ridge, and Shastina (left)

      Mount Shasta from the south-southwest, looking at Avalanche Gulch

      Whitney Glacier

      Whitney Glacier (right), the Whitney–Bolam Ridge, and the West Bolam Glacier (left)

      Mount Shasta from the north-northwest, with the Whitney–Bolam Ridge (right), the Bolam Glacier, and the Hotlum–Bolam Ridge (left)

      Mount Shasta from the north, with the Hotlum Glacier (center), the Hotlum–Wintun Ridge, and Wintun Glacier (left) xiv

      Mount Shasta from the east, with the Hotlum–Wintun Ridge (right) and Wintun Glacier (center)

      Mount Shasta from the southeast, with the Wintun Glacier (right), the Clear Creek Route (center), and the Konwakiton Glacier (left)

      Contents

      Trips by Type & Area

      List of Aerial Photos

      Mt. Shasta Locator Map

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      A Primer to Climbing Mount Shasta

      Weather

      Climbing Routes

      Area: Southwest Side of Mount Shasta from Sargents Ridge to Cascade Gulch

      Area: Shastina to the Hotlum–Bolam Ridge

      Area: North and Northeast Sides: Hotlum and Wintun Glaciers

      Area: East and Southeast Sides: Clear Creek, Mud Creek Canyon, and Konwakiton Glacier

      Skiing, Snowboarding, and Ski Touring

      Hiking and Climber Access

      Shasta’s Geology

      Shasta’s Flora and Fauna

      Amenities, Contacts, and Other Information

      Afterword

      About the Authors

      Re Creation Map Mt. Shasta Wilderness

      Mount Shasta Wilderness

      Trips by Type & Area

      Climbing Routes

      Area: Southwest Side of Mount Shasta from Sargents Ridge to Cascade Gulch

      Route 1: John Muir (Avalanche Gulch)

      Route 2: Old Ski Bowl

      Route 3: Sargents Ridge

      Route 4: Green Butte Ridge

      Route 5: Casaval Ridge

      Route 6: Cascade Gulch

      Area: Shastina to the Hotlum–Bolam Ridge

      Route 7: Whitney Glacier

      Route 8: West Bolam Glacier

      Route 9: East Bolam Glacier

      Route 10: Hotlum–Bolam Ridge

      Area: North and Northeast Sides: Hotlum and Wintun Glaciers

      Route 11: Hotlum Glacier

      Route 12: Hotlum–Wintun Ridge

      Route 13: Wintun Glacier

      Route 14: Wintun Ridge

      Area: East and Southeast Sides: Clear Creek, Mud Creek Canyon, and Konwakiton Glacier

      Route 15: Clear Creek

      Route 16: Konwakiton Glacier from the East

      Route 17: Konwakiton Glacier from the South

      Skiing, Snowboarding, and Ski Touring

      Route 1: John Muir (Avalanche Gulch)

      Route 2: Old Ski Bowl

      Route 4: Green Butte Ridge

      Route 6: Cascade Gulch

      Route 7: Whitney Glacier

      Route 8: Bolam Glacier from the Northwest

      Route 9: Bolam Glacier from the Northeast

      Route 10: Hotlum–Bolam Ridge

      Route 11: Hotlum Glacier

      Route 12: Hotlum–Wintun Ridge

      Route 13: Wintun Glacier

      Route 14: Wintun Ridge

      Route 15: Clear Creek

      Unplowed Everitt Highway, Bunny Flat to Old Ski Bowl

      Old Ski Bowl

      Tour to South Gate Meadows

      Panther Meadow

      Wagon Camp

      Gray Butte Northwest Face

      Powder Bowl and Sun Bowl

      Broadway

      Bunny Flat Area

      Horse Camp Area and Beyond

      Horse Camp to McBride Springs

      Sand Flat Area

      Red Fir Flat

      Ski-In Base Camps: Wilderness Skiing

      Lift-Serviced and Commercial Ski Areas

      The Eddys, Castle Lake, and Beyond

      Mount Shasta Ski Circumnavigation

      Hikes on Shasta

      Trip 1: Horse Camp Trail

      Trip 2: South Gate Meadows Trail

      Trip 3: Clear Creek Trail

      Trip 4: Brewer Creek Trail

      Trip 5: Ash Creek Falls Cross-Country Hike

      Trip 6: North Gate

      Trip 7: Whitney Falls

      Trip 8: Circum-Shasta Backpack

      List of Aerial Photos

      Shasta South

      Avalanche Gulch

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