Mount Shasta

Our route from Lassen Volcanic National Park to Klamath Falls, Oregon, took us around three sides of Mount Shasta.  At 14,162 feet, Mount Shasta is the second highest peak in the Cascade Range.  Mount Shasta dominates the northern California skyline as the volcano is approximately 10,000 feet higher than the surrounding terrain and is not connected to any other mountains.

Mount Shasta from California 89 east of McCloud

Mount Shasta from McCloud

Sunset at Mount Shasta

The peak to the left of Mount Shasta is Mount Shastina.  If it were a separate peak, Mount Shastina would be considered the fourth tallest in the Cascade Range behind Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier's Liberty Cap and Mount Shasta.  As part of the volcanic complex known as Mount Shasta, it is part of the largest stratovolcano in the Cascades by volume.  Mount Shasta is in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest administered by the US Department of Agriculture.

The forest website is http://www.fs.usda.gov/stnf.