Any recent Shasta info?

[JoeMack]

We're headed down for the weekend. Has anyone climbed/skied the Clear Creek route recently or the Hotlum-Wintun?

Thanks,

Joe

[jjd]

Northgate Trailhead: Open as of Sunday 5/9. This is the earliest opening on record, so you know what that means. Plan your trip now, before this route turns to water ice later this summer. The skiing has been pretty good from 10,000’ down to around 8000’ then it gets pretty patchy and soft. The first mile from the trailhead is patchy and the trail is hard to find. At the normal high camp there is NO running water and bring a shovel to dig a tent site in the snow. Glacier travel and route finding skills are recommended on routes accessible from this trailhead. Most of the crevasses and bergschrunds are covered and hard to see, and will become weak on warm days.

 

Clear Creek, and Brewer Creek Trailheads: The trailheads are currently closed due to snow on the roads. Access will be prolonged (add about 1.5 miles to your approach to Clear Creek and 5 miles for Brewer Creek). Please pick up pack-out bags, permits and passes at the Mt. Shasta (available 24/7) Ranger station.

 

http://www.shastaavalanche.org/reports.htm

 

Give the rangers a call, they're very good about providing route info over the phone. I took the photo below on Sunday on my way home from Castle Crags.