While it’s not the state’s tallest peak (at just over 14,000 feet), the sight of the mountain looming ahead, rising alone on the horizon, is intoxicating. Mount Shasta was a great fixation for ...

Mt. Shasta, standing at 14,179 feet, is California's 5th-highest peak, and the second highest in the Cascade Range. It's a paradise for hikers, climbers, and skiers all year round, as well as ...

Mountain climbers may consider Mount Shasta one of the easier Pacific Northwest mountains to ascend, but it’s no easy feat. On this week’s episode of Peak Northwest, our colleague Fedor ...

Mount Shasta, a towering volcanic peak in Northern California, is well known as a spiritual epicenter and is often referred to as the "root chakra of the world." Rising 14,162 feet, it stands as ...

Dozens of other climbers have perished on Mt. Shasta over the years, but Webster’s death shocked the climbing community and raised questions about the growing popularity of summiting this peak.

Many Japanese believe Shasta is the sister peak of Mount Fuji, their sacred mountain. Some of the spiritual guides advertised in local motels and businesses charge $350 to take you on a personal ...

From Mt. Shasta to Lassen Peak, snowfall this winter is way up over last year, and in some cases nearly triple 2022 levels. Snowfall measurements taken this month in southern Siskiyou County and ...

One Mount Shasta climber was killed Monday and others ... They were in Avalanche Gulch, a route from the Bunny Flat trailhead on the peak’s southwest side, when they fell 1,500 to 2,500 feet.

The last major eruption was Mount St. Helens in 1980. Mt. Shasta is the second most southern peak in the range and is considered dormant but not extinct. For a long time, 1786 was assumed to be ...