 The left turn off Highway 89 into Pilgrim Rd |
 Pilgrim Rd |
 Pilgrim Rd |
 Pilgrim Rd |
(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi)
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Notes of this trip
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| The left turn off Highway 89 into Pilgrim Rd |
Pilgrim Rd |
Pilgrim Rd |
Pilgrim Rd |
 The turn into the dirt road |
 The dirt road |
 The dirt road |
 Frequent signs |
 The major junction (go straight) |
 The last turn (left) |
 Impassable sand |
 Nearby area to park |
 The trailhead |
 The trailhead |
 The trailhead |
 The trailhead |
 The beginning of the trail |
 The Clearcreek trail |
 The Clearcreek trail |
 Coasting the Mudcreek Canyon |
 First views of Mt Shasta (the summit block is very visible in the back) |
 Mt Shasta above the Mudcreek Canyon |
 Mt Shasta above the Mudcreek Canyon |
 Mudcreek Canyon |
 Mt Shasta |
 The trail through the forest |
 The trail through the forest |
 Mt Shasta |
 Mt Shasta through the forest |
 Mudcreek Canyon |
 Mudcreek Canyon |
 The beginning of Mudcreek Canyon |
 The beginning of Mudcreek Canyon |
 The trail |
 Mudcreek Canyon |
 Emerging from the forest |
 Mt Shasta |
 Mt Shasta |
 Mt Shasta |
 The route |
 The trail |
 Mt Shasta above Clearcreek Meadow |
 Mt Shasta above Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 At Clearcreek Meadow |
 The Fort and the Summit block |
 Beginning the sandy ascent |
 Beginning the sandy ascent |
 Beginning the sandy ascent |
 Mudcreek Canyon (the left ridge is where the trail was in the forest) |
 This is the place where the trail emerged from the forest and entered the meadow |
 Up the sandy trail |
 Up the sandy trail |
 The place we came from |
 Up the sandy trail |
 And finally the view of the Fort above |
 Towards the Fort |
 The meadow below |
 Towards the Fort |
 The sandy trail towards the Fort and the Striped Rock to the left |
 The Fort |
 The sandy trail towards the Fort |
 Towards the Fort |
 Mudcreek Canyon |
 Towards the Fort |
 Towards the Fort |
 Towards the Fort |
 The right wall of Mudcreek Canyon |
 The right wall of Mudcreek Canyon |
 The right wall of Mudcreek Canyon |
 The Fort (and Red Banks in the distance on the right) |
 Towards the Fort |
 Mudcreek Canyon |
 Towards the Fort |
 Red Banks and Thumb Rock |
 The Striped Rock |
 The Fort |
 The trail |
 The trail |
 The trail |
 The Striped Rock |
 The Fort and the Milestone Rock to its right |
 The Milestone Rock |
 Looking down |
The sandy trail |
Towards the Milestone Rock |
Milestone Rock |
Climbing the Fort |
Climbing the Fort |
Climbing the Fort |
Looking down |
Climbing the Fort |
Climbing the Fort |
Climbing the Fort |
Misery Hill |
The summit block |
Misery Hill |
Misery Hill |
Misery Hill |
Looking down |
Summit block |
Summit block |
Summit block |
View northeast |
Towards the summit block |
Towards the summit block |
Towards the summit block |
The glacier above Red Banks |
The summit block |
Coasting that glacier |
Coasting that glacier |
At the bottom of the summit block |
At the bottom of the summit block |
At the bottom of the summit block |
At the bottom of the summit block |
Remnant of the Shasta monument |
Remnant of the Shasta monument |
 Not much of a glacier in september |
 Geyser |
 Geyser |
The summit |
Glaciers to the south and west |
Scrambling to the top |
Scrambling to the top |
Dog at the top |
Dog at the top |
The north glacier (and the route we came from) |
Hiker signing the register |
Not much of a view |
Not much of a view |
Not much of a view |
 The other end of the summit |
(Copyright © 2007 Piero
Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me