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  Backcountry

 Mount Shasta has been claimed by Couloir Magazine as the quintessential Ski Mountaineering peak in the lower 48. Shasta Base Camp concurs, after all you can drive 15 minutes year round to the base of a fourteener, climb up Avalanche Gulch and It doesn't matter if your up for 500' or 10,000' of vertical skiing there is a backcountry route for everyone! All levels of skiers and snowboarders. Our daily detailed avalanche forcast from the Forest Service, and friends at the Avalanche Center keeps the local backcountry enthusiasts inspired.
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 Mount Shasta, 14,162ft and access year round makes for great backcountry adventure from December to July and sometimes year round!

Current Conditions

4-24-08 Trinity Chutes Great! get it before it's gone! Good skiing on south and southwest aspects
Avalanche Gulch conditions going fast, seems more like June 24th.
backcountry Skiing Come by the Base Camp for any information concerning the terrain or where to go. You can take a 'Peak' at some of the latest ski-mountaineering equipment and talk shop with our staff. backcountry skiing


For more detailed information
shastaavalanche.org



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    photos by: Chris Carr