Some might describe Mount Shasta as a beginners’ mountain, however we would say that Mount Shasta is rather a beginners’ big mountain, and is a great training ground for other big mountaineering objectives of the world, like Mount Rainier, Denali, high peaks in Mexico or South America, the Alps, the Himalayas, and beyond.Īlthough mountaineering experience is very helpful before attempting Shasta, it is not required. Thousands of climbers attempt the summit each year, and without a guide approximately only a third of these attempts are successful. All routes involve over 7,000 vertical feet of climbing, and almost always require ice axe and crampons to safely climb sections of snow and ice. Mount Shasta is a great challenge – there is no “easy” way to the top, and all routes are very physically challenging. All of this is complimented by splendid meadows of wildflowers, groves of Shasta Red Fir, and numerous mystical legends (you may meet a Yeti or even a Lemurian on your trip to the summit). Thus, it’s visible from hundreds of miles away, and lies at the center of many stories, legends and myth.
Mount Shasta is all the more stunning because it erupts from ground it’s not one of several peaks, it is the peak. With a volume of over 90 cubic miles, Mount Shasta is the largest mountain in the lower 48 USA. Eight superb glaciers, California’s largest, adorn its flanks. This magnificent mountain rises to 14,179 feet, and its base is more than 17 miles in diameter.
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