41 degrees in Mt. Shasta at 9:30 am Pacific Time and 31 tonight: "Brrrr!"

 I'm from the California Coast so we usually never see freezing except for maybe one day at most a year with most days even in winter get to 55 to 65 degrees and somewhere around 40 to 45 at night. So, these colder temperatures take some getting used to because I'm older now and not in my 20s or 30s anymore now I'm 77.

It's been mostly beautiful up here but I notice that it's sometimes harder to keep our hotel rooms warm in the mornings. But, as long as the sun is out this isn't a problem. I think it's because we are on the top floor and those rooms can get colder easier even though we have a great view of the Mountain any time we want to out our sliding glass door to the veranda. 

So, far I have been up to Bunny Flat which is at 6900 feet. However, the snow is just mostly dusting Mt. Shasta and friends who live here have noted how dry it is so far this year even though they likely have had some rain the snow hasn't gathered that much on Mt. Shasta yet even though it is white from a dusting of snow. I noticed that both sides of the road had some snow still likely from the snow plows down below lower Sand Flat Road even though you could walk across Bunny Flat above the road without stepping in snow up the trail a ways. I would say most snow is likely above Horse Camp so people likely can climb the mountain quite easily as long as they are careful of the night time temperatures and early morning temperatures. The dusting of snow likely is glueing the rocks more together above 10,000 feet and Lake Helen so I'm thinking rock fall likely is less of a problem than it normally is in August for example. So, no matter how many climbers are climbing the mountain likely you are going to be relatively more safe from rock falls at 60 miles and hour when climbers above you dislodge pebbles to boulders by accident with their feet climbing above you.

Anyway, the air is clear and beautiful and crisp like on a mountain winter's day and it's a pleasure to be here as long as you can stay warm enough whatever you are doing here in Mt. Shasta.