View of Mt Shasta from a distance
On my first day I climbed to Hellen Lake (about 10,000 ft). I camped here overnight, then left at 3:50 AM for my climb to the summit. My tent is the blue one (a one-person tent).
Watching the morning shadow of the mountain as I climb. I have already been climbing for a while, so I'm pretty high up. Someone set up a yellow tent near the bottom of the avalanche.
A view of the summit from the summit plateau. I'm almost
there.
A view from the summit. Other climbers are visible in the
snow.
Still on the summit. Looking down at the hot springs
where John Muir spent the night in a snowstorm. The hot
springs are in the gray area just left of the center of
the image.
Another view of Sastina, with the top of the Whitney
Glacier below it.
A view of Shastina (a smaller volcanic peak along the side of Mt Shasta).
On the summit (over 14,000 ft).
Another view from the summit.
A closer view of some of the bubbling puddles and
fumeroles.
This is where I started my glissade. 2,000 vertical feet
of fun. Wow! What a ride! Going down sure is a lot easier.
It gets pretty steep once you get through the opening in
the rocks. An ice axe is a must.
One final view of the summit as I approach the parking area.