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USDA Forest Service
Mt. Shasta Avalanche Center and Wilderness Dept.
(MSAC)

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Mt. Shasta Ranger Station | Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California | USDA Forest Service
Welcome to the Mt. Shasta Avalanche Center! This web page provides climbers, skiers, snowboarders and other visitors with instant access to avalanche and climbing route advisories, plus online weather data and links for the Mt. Shasta area and beyond.
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SUMMIT PASS: 3-day summit passes are $20 and available self issue at open trailheads and the Mt. Shasta Ranger Station. They are also available during business hours at the McCloud Ranger Station and at some retail stores in northernCalifornia.
The price for a Mt. Shasta Annual Summit Pass is $30 and is good from January 1 to December 31.
Annual Passes are currently only available at the Mt. Shasta and McCloud Ranger Stations from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Mon-Sat, and
at The Fifth Season during business hours.

The Hotlum-Bolam ridge route on Mt. Shasta 6/29/08.

Hard ice around the western bergschrund and "the Ramp" at 12,000 ft. on the Hotlum-Bolam ridge route has added more risk to the climb.

The upper eastern portion of the Whitney glacier
showing heavy rock fall. 6/23/08

PRODUCTS

Avalanche Advisory

Climbing Route Advisory

Avalanche and Climbing Education

Accidents on Mt. Shasta

GIS Images of Potential Avalanche Starting Zones

Mt. Shasta

Castle Lake Area

Mt. Eddy Area

GIS Images of Mt. Shasta's routes!

Southwest Side

North Side

East Side

Helicopter lands near the summit of Mt. Shasta during a search for missing climbers 6/23/08.

Helicopter lands near the summit during a search for missing climbers.
6/21-24/08

Avalanche and Climbing Advisory
(530) 926-9613

Ranger on the Hotlum glacier, Mt. Shasta, June, 2008.

Climbing Ranger Forrest Coots, dodging rock fall on
the upper Hotlum glacier. June, 2008.

Ranger on the Bolam glacier, Mt. Shasta, June 2008.

Climbing Ranger Nick Meyers "Klaus" on the Bolam glacier,
between ice sections. June, 2008.

Links	Links
Friends of the Mt. Shasta Avalanche Center	National Weather Service Mt. Shasta Recreational Forecast
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Homepage	Mt. Shasta Weather Data
"So You Want To Climb Mt. Shasta!" Access to the Mt. Shasta Wilderness	Weather Maps and Satellite Images National Avalanche Center
Sierra Club Foundation Horse Camp Homepage	American Alpine Club American Avalanche Association
Permitted Guide Services Shasta Mountain Guides Sierra Wilderness Seminars Alpine Skills International Shasta Vortex Adventures	Link to All of the Avalanche Centers in North America

Ranger on the Konwakiton glacier, Mt. Shasta, June 2008

Climbing Ranger Jonathan Dove returning from the ice fall
on the Konwakiton glacier. June, 2008.

More links: USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory
MOUNT SHASTA page Mt. Shasta Snow Camera

For more information call (530) 926-451l,
Summer Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Saturday.

Avalanche Specialists: Eric White & ?
Climbing Rangers: Eric White, Nick "Klaus" Meyers, Jon Dove & Forrest Coots
Mt. Shasta Avalanche Center and Wilderness Dept.
Mt. Shasta Ranger Station
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
204 West Alma Street
Mount Shasta, CA 96067 Accessibility | Disclaimer | Privacy Statement

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photos by: Eric White, Nick Meyers, Forrest Coots.
updating of web page done by: Eric White.
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