The crevasses in the glaciers of Mount Shasta are the Venus flytraps of mountaineering. Once you go in, getting out can be problematic. At 13,000 feet on the north side of Shasta, two climbers, Ann ...

kbeato@hooked.net A: For your first time in crampons, you’re best off attempting 14,162-foot Mount Shasta in July and August, when much of the snow below 11,000 feet has melted. Still, because of the ...

"Mount Shasta , situated near the northern extremity of the Sierra Nevada, rises in solitary grandeur from a lightly sculptured lava plain, and maintains a far more impressive and commanding ...

Glaciers are not known as fast-moving objects. Yet on Saturday, things started happening very quickly at a glacier high on the slopes of Mount Shasta. At about 3 p.m. Saturday, wilderness rangers ...

The state of California is home to so many iconic places that it's hard to keep track of them all. Visitors can enjoy a myriad of fun outdoor activities at Yosemite National Park, one of the most ...

For most of us Bay Area denizens, getting our winter sports freak on means heading east to Dodge Ridge, Pinecrest or Bear Valley, or over the pass to the Lake Tahoe wonderlands. But what if I told you ...

Mount Shasta was the fourth mountain more than 14,000 feet tall that the Los Angeles twins have summited in the last year. A pair of Los Angeles twins have set a record for being the youngest children ...