Mt Shasta Early April'ish

[EnFuego]

I'm planning on doing Mt Shasta in early April. Does anybody have any recent conditions? And does anybody know of any discussion forums for the Shasta area? And last thing, does anybody have any contacts in the Mt Shasta area that I can use fo rlast minute weather, road info and maybe some beta?

Any and all info is greatly appreciated.

[kevin trieu]

Post on the California Forum on Summitpost.org

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewfo ... 8a607b4493

The Fifth Season is probably the most reliable at giving weather, road conditions.

http://www.thefifthseason.com/

What kind of beta are you looking for? I've done Shasta via three different routes so I might be able to help.

[Cy Kaicener]

The website below has information about conditions, weather and contact info
http://www.climbingmtshasta.org/guide-services.htm
Mt Shasta Ranger 530 926 4511

[KathyW]

yes, summitpost's california forum

and you might try the california section of

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm

[EnFuego]

Wow. Thanks Kathy, thanks Cy. Now I just need to find a partner or two.

[NormaR]

this forum doesn't appear to be as active as San J, but it's one more forum to try:

http://www.shastaavalanche.org/

[Kevin]

this forum doesn't appear to be as active as San J, but it's one more forum to try:

http://www.shastaavalanche.org/

Norma - that site appears to be down. I've been checking it for the past few days and nada. Too bad if that's the case, as it's where the USFS climbing rangers post their daily Climbing Advisory report.

[NormaR]

that site appears to be down. .

is that Kevin R? if so, Hi there! funny you mention that. i sent an email to the webmaster and he responded that the board has been up and down lately. it was up when i posted this reply, but it must have once again gone down.

maybe it responds to the stock market?...

[Kevin]

that site appears to be down. .

is that Kevin R?

Yes, one and the same. I just checked that site, and it's back up, thank goodness. They've given it a face lift recently as well. I relied on their Climbing Advisory page for years. Reading conditions posted by the USFS snow rangers themselves provides consistency as well as accuracy.