#Shasta-Trinity National Forest

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Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California

Day 2 backpacking South Fork was actually spent on Smoky Creek where the Bigfoot Trail climbs away from the river. I hiked up to the trailhead, getting in some views, before returning to the river.

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tangle blue lake (shasta-trinity national forest)

©cpeblow (2015)

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Mount Shasta, CA

Mount Shasta is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state. Mount Shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cubic miles (350 cubic kilometers), which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The mountain and surrounding area are part of the Shasta–Trinity National Forest.

The origin of the name "Shasta" is vague, either derived from a people of a name like it or otherwise garbled by early Westerners. Mount Shasta is connected to its satellite cone of Shastina, and together they dominate the landscape. Shasta rises abruptly to tower nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above its surroundings. On a clear winter day, the mountain can be seen from the floor of the Central Valley 140 miles (230 km) to the south. The mountain has attracted the attention of poets, authors, and presidents.

The mountain consists of four overlapping dormant volcanic cones that have built a complex shape, including the main summit and the prominent and visibly conical satellite cone of 12,330 ft (3,760 m) Shastina. If Shastina were a separate mountain, it would rank as the fourth-highest peak of the Cascade Range (after Mount Rainier, Rainier's Liberty Cap, and Mount Shasta itself).

Mount Shasta's surface is relatively free of deep glacial erosion except, paradoxically, for its south side where Sargents Ridge runs parallel to the U-shaped Avalanche Gulch. This is the largest glacial valley on the volcano, although it does not now have a glacier in it. There are seven named glaciers on Mount Shasta, with the four largest (Whitney, Bolam, Hotlum, and Wintun) radiating down from high on the main summit cone to below 10,000 ft (3,000 m) primarily on the north and east sides. The Whitney Glacier is the longest, and the Hotlum is the most voluminous glacier in the state of California. Three of the smaller named glaciers occupy cirques near and above 11,000 ft (3,400 m) on the south and southeast sides, including the Watkins, Konwakiton, and Mud Creek glaciers.

Source: Wikipedia

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High Adventure in Shasta–Trinity National Forest (Black & White) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around and exploring the Bunny Flat Trailhead in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The view is looking to the northeast with Mount Shasta providing that grandeur of a backdrop. Given what I felt was the more negative space of the blue skies, I chose to angle my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward and raise the image viewpoint, so that more foreground interest would fill the image. That would also make the mountain peak pop out more and give the image a sense of awe. I later did a conversion to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 7 where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.

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Mount Shasta from the Pacific Crest Trail. Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California, USA. [4782 x 2090] [OC]

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Shasta-Trinity National Forest [2023]

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Weather: Pacific Northwest

Report generated at 2024-12-15 04:00:08.909129-08:00 using satellite imagery and alert data provided by the National Weather Service.

Winter Weather Advisory

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Lower Slopes of the Eastern Washington Cascades Crest

Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon

Northwest Blue Mountains

South Washington Cascades

Upper Slopes of the Eastern Washington Cascades Crest

West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes

West Slopes South Central Cascades and Passes

Western Chelan County

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Cascades of Lane County

Cascades of Marion and Linn Counties

East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades

North Oregon Cascades

Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon

Northwest Blue Mountains

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South Central Oregon Cascades

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Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains

Blackfoot Mountains

Eastern Lemhi County

Northern Clearwater Mountains

Southern Clearwater Mountains

Upper Snake River Plain

Western Lemhi County

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Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County

Northern Trinity

Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County

South Central Siskiyou County

Southern Trinity

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East Bay Hills

Eastern Santa Clara Hills

Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park

North Bay Interior Mountains

North Bay Interior Valleys

Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest

Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio

Flood Warning

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Tehama

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California rural schools ask Congress for crucial funding

WASHINGTON —  Anmarie Swanstrom had driven four hours along twisting mountain roads, through the fire-scarred Shasta-Trinity National Forest, to Sacramento to catch a red-eye flight. Now, here she was — a school superintendent from impoverished Hayfork, Calif. — clutching a pair of black high heels, power-walking in bare feet across Capitol Hill. She had come to plead for money for the 340…

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Discovering Joy in Aragog’s Hollow

In 2012, Sierra ‘Monkey’ Burror and her mother, Heather (’Mama Bear’), thru-hiked the PCT.  When Sierra finished she was a mere 9 years old.  But here hiking exploits were not done.  This mother-daughter team hiked the Colorado trail in 2013 and completed the Continental Divide Trail during the following three summers. Sierra is now 17 and is finishing her senior year in high school. She will be attending Cornell University next year, where she will be running both cross country and track, and plans to study Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in Environmental Economics.  This is a short piece from their PCT thru-hike.

By Sierra Burror

Even with my eyes squeezed shut tight, I could still sense the 472 spider legs as they slowly advanced up my purple nylon sleeping bag toward my head. After an exhausting, 20-mile day, the postage-stamp-sized patch of bare ground we now called home had seemed like a palace. Too small for a tent, we simply tossed our sleeping bags down on a crinkly Tyvek tarp to “cowgirl” camp for the night. But then we started noticing thin black shadows scuttling across our tarp. Spiders. Lots of spiders. Hundreds of spiders, and now a small army steadily marched toward us. Our “palace” was actually a spider hollow. After months on the trail, I had definitely learned to find joy in the most challenging circumstances, but now I simply wanted to hike on. “Mom? I think we need to keep hiking.”

At the age of six, I had a dream: to through-hike the 2,665-mile Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexico Border to Manning Park in British Columbia, Canada. Now, two years later I was living that dream, each day filled with new adventures and breathtaking scenery. I witnessed the brilliant colors of a desert sunset and slid down snowy passes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I strolled through fields of wildflowers and sheltered under towering pines. I discovered a Blue Jay nest tucked into the crook of a Joshua Tree and scooped aquatic invertebrates out of an alpine pond.

However, the trail also naturally brought its share of challenges: the intense desert heat, the freezing rain, hail, and sleet of mountain thunderstorms, and long days of hiking. Now it brought a new challenge. Spiders. Reluctantly I packed up my backpack, loathe to leave camp after such a tiring day, but eager to escape our newly-discovered Aragog’s hollow in the dense Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

We hiked into the night, but somehow the lateness of the hour didn’t bother me. Moonlight glistened on the nearby creek and bright pinpricks of starlight pierced the darkness of the sky. The cool night air washed over our skin and we settled into a familiar rhythm, just one foot in front of the other on the dusty, brown trail. Our flashlights beamed off the trees and ground, bouncing with each stride, trees, ground, trees, ground, and then, a spider-web!  Spanning at least four feet, the reflective gossamer strands stretched tree to tree, across the trail. Perched on the center of the web was a massive creature with dull silver, tinsel-like hair and eight green eyes. Despite my earlier fear, now that I no longer had spiders crawling on me, I found myself fascinated by her. Who was this creature? How did she accomplish this engineering feat, constructing a web all the way across the trail, almost perfectly level? A miracle.

Carefully sidestepping the web, we continued down the trail. The Pacific Crest Trail at night was very different than it appeared during the day, and I developed a new appreciation for the other mysterious nocturnal creatures who made the trail their home. Bats swooped in and out of the trees, scooping up insects. A mountain scorpion skittered across the trail, alerted by our footfalls. A coyote yipped in the distance. The magic of each new discovery lightened my sluggish steps, easing the pain of my first 28-mile day until we eventually found a new spider-free camp.  

Many people scoff at the idea of hiking at night, wondering incredulously why you would want to hustle through such beautiful terrain in the dark. But what we learned that night is that the night has a special beauty of her own. And the next time we found ourselves hiking into the night on our way to Canada, we greeted the night as an old friend.

Note: For those of you who missed the Harry Potter series, Aragog was a rare giant spider.

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Six Rivers National Forest, California

Visiting the 4th, highest, and only still active fire lookout on South Fork Mountain. That makes all of them!

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Shasta-Trinity National Forest Service Closures in Northern California

Shasta-Trinity NF Recreation Facility Closures

REDDING, Calif. — Developed campgrounds, cabin rentals and picnic areas on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are closed until April 30, 2020. A full list of current closures can be found below. 

  Notifications to those who reserved sites through recreation.gov will be made as soon as possible and refunds will be processed. While designated…

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Trinity Wash by balance_now

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In the Realm of Wonders by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: In the Realm of Wonders We live in quite the palace on this world So many amazing wonders A countryside of trees and forests Majestic mountains and wide open valleys Vast oceans and arid deserts An expansive meadows stretch, adorned with an abundance of grass and animals of all sizes A tapestry of diverse landscapes that seemingly never end I've only stepped my toe out in exploration But oh, I get to live in heaven on this earthly paradise Each breath is so precious and cherished And every sight is only amazing Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon hiking along the Heart Lake Trail From Castle Lake in Shasta–Trinity National Forest. The setting is looking to the northeast with Castle Lake below me and Mount Shasta off in the distance. What I had wanted to capture while composing this image was to take advantage of the overlook and high ground I was located and capture a sweeping view looking down the valley and then over to Mount Shasta. In angling my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward, I knew that I would bring the horizon higher into the image. I felt that would help bring out more of a sense of grandeur with this national forest and northern California setting. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 8 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image. The story behind this image is that I’d come across this location and hike while planning the trip I took to Lassen Volcanic National Park and the Mount Shasta area (trailheadtraveler.com/shasta-trinity-national-forest/). This overlook was a set of images that I also came across on Flickr (search under Castle Lake and Mt. Shasta). The view is amazing, to say the least!

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