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 night was crisp and cold, with temps below freezing as we departed for the summit at 4:30 am on Sunday morning. We put our skis on our packs and climbed on foot with crampons up the firm, steepening snow of the upper Avalanche Gulch. Headlamps were barely needed, since the dawn was soon greeting us.