What Does The Idiot Discover On California’s Snowless Mount Shasta?

Snow may be falling throughout much of the United States but California’s Mount Shasta isn’t having anything to do with it. Unseasonably warm autumn temperatures make a walk on the mountain in early November seem like an outing on a mild summer day.

Here’s how Mount Shasta looked before the inevitable first snowfall.

No matter how, or from where, you look at it there’s no new snow on Mount Shasta.

 

No matter how, or from where, you look at it there’s no new snow on Mount Shasta.

No matter how, or from where, you look at it there’s no new snow on Mount Shasta.

No matter how, or from where, you look at it there’s no new snow on Mount Shasta.

The Idiot explains to his hiking partner why there’s no new snow on Mount Shasta.
(Photo: Gary Solberg)

Gary Solberg, The Idiot’s hiking partner, explains why there’s no new snow on Mount Shasta.

Naturally there’s still a lot to see and do on, in and around Mount Shasta in such clement weather with excellent hiking conditions.

The Idiot got a sideways view of nearby Black Butte while climbing Mount Shasta.

The Idiot and hiking pal Gary Solberg enjoyed snacks in the sun during their day on Mount Shasta.

 

The Idiot visited the labyrinth at The Gateway Peace Garden in Mount Shasta.

The Idiot was tempted to swim in calm Lake Siskiyou near Mount Shasta.

The Idiot hiked on a path above the Sacramento River not far from river’s headwaters in Mount Shasta City Park.

The Idiot did not buy a season’s lift ticket for use at the Mount Shasta Ski Park.

 

Posted on by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, Style, Travel, USA, Weather

About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."

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