 Mt Shasta from freeway 5 |
 Mt Shasta from Mt Shasta town |
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| Mt Shasta from freeway 5 |
Mt Shasta from Mt Shasta town |
 Mt Shasta from town |
 Mt Shasta from town |
 A view of the mountain: Helen Lake, the Heart, Red Banks, Thumb Rock |
 Trailhead |
 The trail initially goes up against these rocks |
 and moves towards the gulch |
 Horse Camp |
 Shasta butterfly (they were ubiquitous, even at high altitude where there is only snow) |
 Oberman Causeway |
 Oberman Causeway |
 Oberman Causeway |
 The trail down Helen Lake |
 Looking back towards Horse Camp |
 The trail to Helen Lake |
 The view from just below Lake Helen |
 Avalanche Gulch |
 50/50 Flat |
 Lake Helen |
 View from Lake Helen |
 Avalanche Gulch |
 (with the tracks of a big avalanche clearly visible) |
 Leaving Lake Helen behind |
 View of the avalanche |
 Scrambling up the avalanche |
 Red Banks (you turn right at the first strip of rocks) |
 The avalanche from above |
 Turning right towards Thumb Rock |
 View left of Helen Lake |
 Red Banks to the left, Thumb Rock to the right (you can't see the chimneys yet) |
 The left section of Red Banks (not where you hike) |
 Up the steepest part of the gulch |
 Glissader passing by |
 Finally the chimneys emerge |
 Finally the chimneys emerge |
 The "view" below |
 The chimneys |
 Thumb Rock (the gravel is where you walk around Red Banks) |
 View from the top of one of the chimneys |
Continues here |
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