More regarding Climbing MT. SHASTA FROM BUNNY FLATS TO horse Camp lodge on up

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Mt. Shasta from the Bunny Flats, up the Horse Camp up the Avalanche Gulch route to Red Banks and up that way.

The wood lattice in the picture is to try to make the snow stay behind the lattice when it falls so you still have access to the front door without digging down from the roof with a snow shovel to gain access especially in early to late spring when the snow level some years might be as high as the roof or higher from snow buildup from December on.

If you are going to be climbing in snow often you want to start climbing when it is dark so the ice and snow is more firm. However, when it gets really steep like 36degrees or more. The route I took up over the cornice to the left of Red  Banks is 41 degrees you are going to need both and ice axe and crampons on your boots to make this safely and know how to use both. If you leave Horse Camp at 2 or 3 in the morning so you don't sink too deep in soft snow and wear yourself out. However, you want some softness to make it a little safer at 10,000 to 12,000 feet until you are past Red Banks so often you are doing this between 8 am and Noon sometime.

IF you can sleep okay at 10,000 feet some people leave their sleeping bags and tents inside Snow caves they did there and just take a day pack, crampons and and Ice axe and really good mountaineering sunglasses (to keep from going snow blind) while climbing in snow on a sunny day.

So, be aware of all major changes to the environment because your life often depends upon these changes.

So, watch out for "Whiteouts" which might be the deadliest next to avalanches and rockfalls.

Watch out for climbers above you accidentally starting avalanches or rock falls (depending on the time of year you are climbing. Rockfalls are more common in August to October but can happen whenever there isn't snow covering the rocks above about 9000 to 10,000 feet usually.

Good Luck!