No one's skiing up here at the lifts obviously, but if you get to 9000 or 10,000 feet there is still quite a bit of snow from 9000 to 10,000 feet on up to over 14,000 feet. So, it is relatively safe for mountain climbers right now because we are past avalanche season and because the snow hasn't melted off you aren't going to have most places rocks being knocked loose above you from wind or animals or climbers which can sweep down and hit you in the head and knock you unconscious or kill you most places. So, likely now might be a good and relatively safe time to climb Mt. Shasta as long as you chose carefully the time or day or night you were going over the snow so it would be crusty and cold enough to support your weight, your crampons and your ice axe and whatever pack you were carrying as you climbed up the snow to the top.
took this photo only about 10 minutes ago here on the 28th of May 2015.
So, as you can see if you take the Bunny Flat to Horse Camp Route the right time of day or night
you might be relatively safe climbing Mt. Shasta as long as you can handle the altitude and are practical and coordinated and healthy enough for this climb. The peak is well over 14,000 feet.
If you are wondering where the snow came from it was raining until a couple of days ago from almost constant thunderstorms with lightning for about a week here before I saw the higher temperatures (into the 70s and 80s here) and decided to come pick up my motorhome and hang out with friends in amazing mountain places in the springtime.
I just
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