Mount Shasta: Skiing Avalanche Gulch (June 99)
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View from Shasta City
Shasta from Bunny Flat
Horse Camp Cabin
Skiing Up to Avalanche Gulch
Camp at Helen Lake
Dawn in Upper Avalanche Gulch
Shasta Sunrise Shadow
Climbing Upper Casaval Ridge
Climbing a Red Banks Chimney
Above Red Banks
Thumb Rock and Lassen Peak
Looking Up Misery Hill
Shasta Summit Pinnacle
On Mount Shasta Summit
Alex on the West Summit
Shastina Crater View
Skiing the Summit Pinnacle
Skiing the Summit Pinnacle 2
Skiing Misery Hill
Self-Belay through Red Banks
Skiing through Red Banks
Safely below Red Banks
Skiing below Red Banks Cliffs
Skiing the Bowl Left of Heart
View Down to Lake Helen
Avalanche Gulch Farewell
Map of Shasta Ski Route
View of Shasta from the North
The snow conditions improved greatly just below the summit pinnacle, with firm but smooth snow providing a quick run. Here I'm skiing the lower portion of Misery Hill.
(Photo by Alex Cronin)
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