Erez Louidor Follow
Mt. Shasta, California
Sep 14, 2012
Mt. Shasta is a 4300m Volcano in northern California, that has some non-technical climbing routes.
This was one of the hardest hikes I've done. I drove 5.5 hours to get to the Clear Creek trail head near McCloud, and hiked up to Clear Creek springs (elevation gain of about 600m). I camped there, and started climbing the peak at 2:00AM as recommended to avoid the afternoon thunderstorms and typical clouds that cover the peak during the day. It was quite an experience, climbing beneath a sky full of stars, and seeing the sunrise. However, I couldn't enjoy this too much, as the climb proved to be extremely hard for me: I slept less than 3 hours before I started climbing and had some indigestion problems in the previous day. For these reasons, and perhaps also the altitude, I felt completely drained of energy as I started the climb at 2:00AM. The entire way up is on scree, which takes a lot of energy to climb as for every step you go up, the scree shifts and you go down a little. I was going in a very slow pace: counting between a 100 and 300 steps and then resting. It took me 9 hours to gain the 1700 meters of elevation for the summit. The view from the top is nice, but was a little hazy. It took me another 6.5 hours to go back down to the trailhead and my car.
If I were to do this again I'll:
1. Make sure I sleep at least 5 hours in the camp the night before.
2. Take the Avalanche-Gulch trail when there's snow on it. It's said to be easier to climb than scree. For this one needs to climb the mountain before July, when there's still snow.
3. Optionally, spend another night at the camp before going down to break the long hike.Reads:883 Comments:4 Likes:2 GPS
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