North America / California Cascades
Mount Shasta
United States · 4,322 m
Photo credits and licence
Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · North face of Mount Shasta at sunset-2175. Preview cropped from the top.© Frank Schulenburg
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Source-linked route information · coverage incomplete
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About Mount Shasta
Shasta's Avalanche Gulch is a steep snow-climbing route; Clear Creek combines a hiking approach with scrambling and mountaineering higher up. Neither description confirms current conditions.
Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Avalanche Gulch · Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Clear Creek
Geographic source notes
Wikidata description: stratovolcano in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Imported context (CC0); retrieved 2026-10-05, not independently reviewed.
This overview is assembled from the geographic records cited below; it has not been independently field-verified.
Mountain facts
- Elevation
- 4322 metres above sea level
- Country / territory
- United States
- Mountain range
- California Cascades
- Range assignment
- Source-linked Wikidata statement · 2026-10-05
- Summit coordinates
- 41.409197222, -122.194888888 · View summit on OpenStreetMap
Routes and variants
2 source-linked entries · research checked 2026-10-06. The inventory remains incomplete.
Documented information and open research
Starting point: 2 of 2 · Difficulty with grading system: 0 of 2 · Elevation gain: 1 of 2 · Duration: 0 of 2 · Season: 0 of 2
0 historical entries. These counts describe published entries, not all possible routes. Current access is not established.
See route research coverage and priorities →Compare 2 routes
Grades retain their published rating system; different systems and historical grades are not equivalent. Elevation gain means climbing metres, not summit altitude. Missing figures are not estimated.
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| Route | Activity / direction | Difficulty / system | Starting point | Elevation gain | Duration | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche Gulch / John Muir route | AlpinismAscent | Not documented | Bunny Flat trailhead | 7,000 ftPublished route ascent; not summit altitude. | Not documented | Source 1 ↗ |
| Clear Creek | ScramblingAscent | Not documented | Clear Creek trailhead | Not documented | Not documented | Source 1 ↗ |
Choose an activity to see its entries. Ascent, descent, approaches and historical climbing lines are labelled separately.
Alpinism (1)
Avalanche Gulch / John Muir routeAlpinism · Ascent
Helen Lake bivouac is described for a two-day climb; no fixed duration asserted.
- Activity
- Alpinism
- Direction / role
- Ascent
- Starting point
- Bunny Flat trailhead
- Difficulty
- Not established from the checked source
- Elevation gain
- 7,000 ft · Published route ascent; not summit altitude.
- Duration
- Not established from the checked source
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Avalanche Gulch · source checked 2026-10-06
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Scrambling (1)
Clear CreekScrambling · Ascent
Hiking approach becomes scrambling and mountaineering. Snow and ice may change the required technique; duration and standardized grade remain open.
- Activity
- Scrambling
- Direction / role
- Ascent
- Starting point
- Clear Creek trailhead
- Difficulty
- Not established from the checked source
- Elevation gain
- Not established from the checked source
- Duration
- Not established from the checked source
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Clear Creek · source checked 2026-10-06
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Route questions, answered
Specific planning questions, with the scope of each source kept visible.
Is Clear Creek an easy hiking trail all the way?
No. The centre describes its upper section as scrambling and mountaineering, with route-finding and possible snow or ice.
What does the two-day Avalanche Gulch plan refer to?
The centre describes Helen Lake as a typical bivouac site for a two-day climb. It does not publish a standalone summit-hour estimate in that description.
Does this page show live climbing conditions?
No. The linked advisory displayed a 3 October 2026 update at the source check. Read its latest date and route coverage before use.
Climbing Chronicle Redaktion · Sources checked · Source research; current route conditions are not confirmed.
Planning at a glance
Access and starting point
Avalanche Gulch starts at Bunny Flat; Clear Creek starts at its own trailhead. Check the avalanche centre's dated advisory for access updates.
Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Avalanche Gulch · Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Clear Creek · Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · climbing advisory
Difficulty and required experience
Avalanche Gulch requires snow-travel and self-arrest skills. Clear Creek's upper section is not a continuous hiking trail; neither entry has a standardized grade here.
Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Avalanche Gulch · Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · Clear Creek
Season and restrictions
The Avalanche Gulch description generally favours April–June, sometimes July, and warns of increased late-season rockfall. This is seasonal guidance, not a current clearance.
Sources for current information
- Mount Shasta Avalanche Center · climbing advisory
Changing advisory; page displayed 3 October 2026 at this check; not a live feed here.
This page stores reference sources, not live conditions. Check the provider’s publication date and route coverage before use.
Research still needed
For Mount Shasta, this atlas does not yet document first-ascent history. Missing first-ascent evidence does not mean a mountain is unclimbed.
Use the linked sources as starting points; summit coordinates do not describe a climbing route or public access.
Sources and coverage
Imported geographic data from Wikidata (CC0); not independently field-verified. Data snapshot: 30 September 2026. Elevations and boundaries can differ between sources. Mountain-range membership follows explicit Wikidata relationships or a coordinate match against published GMBA v2 standard polygons. GMBA: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (2021), CC BY 4.0; methodology: Snethlage et al. (2022). Missing evidence remains open.
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Editorial responsibility
Responsible publisher and editorial author: Climbing Chronicle Redaktion. AI-assisted source research; no on-site inspection or professional route approval is claimed.
- Route listing source check
- 2026-10-06 · partial inventory; current access remains open
- Planning source check
- 2026-10-06 · only the individually cited planning additions
- Earlier profile review
- Open · no complete editorial review recorded
- Imported context retrieved
- 2026-10-05 · automated retrieval, not an editorial review
How sources, authorship and review dates work
Further reading about Mount Shasta
Links discovered through the Wikidata record. These articles have not been checked as evidence for route, difficulty or access claims.
Mountains nearby
Recorded mountains, ordered by straight-line distance. This does not describe a route or accessible connection.
No other recorded mountains within 25 km