Today is the kick off festival for the Pacific Crest Trail Association’s Trail Town program and it is taking place here in Mount Shasta. We are fortunate to have been the very first community along the PCT to be selected for recognition as a Trail Town. There will be an event downtown today with lots of displays and exhibits. Even better, there will be lots of people getting together over their love for the PCT and hiking in general. It should be a great event!
I will be there too with a booth. I will be selling copies of my books, PCT shirts and also putting on a knot tying exhibit.
I hope everyone has enjoyed the PCT Spotlight I developed over the course of the last week. Each Spotlight focused on a different section of the PCT near Mount Shasta that featured gorgeous scenery and spectacular destinations. We really are fortunate that this most spectacular trail in the world passes by Mount Shasta and our local mountains enhance the trail’s beauty.
The five trails I focused on are:
The McCloud River from Ash Camp to Ah-Di-Na
The Cement Bluff and Bluff Lake
A Pacific Crest Trail Gallery
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- The McCloud River from the PCT crossing.
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- Large cataract on the McCloud River
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- Squaw Valley Creek
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- PCT bridge over Squaw Valley Creek
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- Castle Crags from the PCT.
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- Castle Crags from the PCT.
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- Cliffs of the Crags
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- The Grey Rocks rise above Castle Creek Valley.
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- One of the smaller waterfalls on Burstarse Creek.
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- Lower Burstarse Falls
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- Burstarse Falls
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- Castle Crags from the PCT, near the Soapstone Trail
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- Mount Shasta from the PCT, near the Soapstone Trail
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- Mount Shasta and Mount Eddy from the PCT above Seven Lakes Basin.
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- PCT view of Seven Lakes Basin.
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- Upper Seven Lake
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- Picayune Lake
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- Fawn Creek Canyon from the PCT.
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- Porcupine Peak and Mount Eddy.
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- Meadow along the PCT.
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- The Castle Crags Wilderness from the PCT
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- Porcupine Lake
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- Toad Lake from the PCT junction.
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- “Foxtail Basin” beneath Mount Eddy.
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- The Scott Mountains from the PCT.
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- A gorgeous spring alongside the PCT.
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- Looking down on Deadfall Meadow.
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- Deadfall Basin along the PCT.
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- Mount Eddy and Upper Deadfall Lake
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- China Mountain above High Camp Basin
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- High Camp Basin below the PCT.
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- Mount Shasta seen from the ridge above the PCT.
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- High Camp Basin below the PCT.
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- Natural graffiti along the trail.
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- China Mountain and High Camp Basin.
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- Bluff Lake
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- Bluff Lake and High Camp Basin
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- Mount Eddy from the Cement Bluff.
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- The Cement Bluff above Bluff Lake.
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- View east from summit of Cory Peak
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- Bull Lake along the PCT.
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