Woolly Wanderings: Mount Shasta, California

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Woolly Wanderings Mount Shasta, California
Have you ever wanted to get the full Northern
California camping and hiking experience? Then we
would highly recommend heading to Mt. Shasta.
This outdoor mecca has camping options to suit
any need without the crowds that you will
typically find in other national parks like
Yosemite.
Mt. Shasta has incredible backcountry trails and
camping sites if you want to rough it, or for a
more relaxing stay, there are plenty of developed
campgrounds with RV hookups and bathroom
facilities. Per visitmtshasta.com. "Mt. Shasta is
a dormant volcano rising 14,179 feet high and is
the dominant geographic feature of Northern
California and Southern Oregon Cascade Range.
Water from five glaciers provides moisture for
wildflowers, great pine, and red fir forests
before finally flowing down the Sacramento Valley
to San Francisco Bay. To the west, rises Mt. Eddy
(9000 feet) with many alpine lakes and tumbling
streams to explore. Castle Crags State Park to
the southwest provides a complete system of
maintained trails plus challenging cliff climbing
too. The trails in the Shasta Trinity Forest near
McCloud off Highway 89 features dramatic
waterfalls, clear mountain rivers, and
streams". Our favorite summertime stay in Mt.
Shasta was very simple and consisted of camping
hammocks, a few Rugged Gray wool blankets, and a
Rugged Hunter Green wool blanket from our
Explorer Collection. We pulled up to McBride
Springs and had the campground to ourselves. We
found an excellent campsite and strung our
hammocks between the nearest trees. After reading
about many beautiful hikes, we decided to try out
the Old Ski Bowl hike which would provide us with
fantastic views of Mt. Shasta's summit. We were
not disappointed as we hiked through the volcanic
rock gulch between Green Butte and Sargents
Ridge. Old Ski Bowl is the location of a former
ski park that existed until 1978 when an
avalanche destroyed the ski lift towers. You'll
frolic through hidden valleys as you hike above
the tree line you'll see some excellent views of
the Castle Crags area, McCloud, and Sacramento
River Canyon. We highly recommend checking out
this hike! For more information click here.
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