First Sun Breaks on McLoughlin Mount Shasta through the Pines McLoughlin Northeast Bowl Alex on a Snow Bridge NE Bowl and Pelican Butte Climbing the East Ridge McLoughlin Summit Ridge McLoughlin Summit Photo McLoughlin Lookout Ruins View of Mount Thielsen McLoughlin Summit Ski Dropping into the North Bowl Skiing the Upper North Bowl Skiing the Northeast Ridge Skiing Below the Clouds Steep Drop into NE Bowl Skiing the Northeast Bowl Stunted Tree in NE Bowl Figure-8 Ski Tracks in NE Bowl Looking Back at NE Bowl Skiing out of the NE Bowl Map of McLoughlin Ski Route Alex Skiing Up a Tree View of McLoughlin and Lake

A couple hundred feet down the North Face, we traversed right (east) above a large rock outcropping to access the Northeast Bowl. The sharp outcroppings below me are all exposed remnants of the lava conduits deep within the original cone of McLoughlin.
(Photo by Alex Cronin)