5jun19
Yreka CA
Yreka it turns out means "Land of the White Mountain" in the native language (Why -ri -keh) more or less - which would be the snow covered peak of Mount Shasta
Wikimedia Commons Photo - (I have better photos but can't use them)
The mountain itself is about 40 miles south of Yreka near the actual town of Mount Shasta.
from:
https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/mount-shasta
Yreka CA
Yreka it turns out means "Land of the White Mountain" in the native language (Why -ri -keh) more or less - which would be the snow covered peak of Mount Shasta
Wikimedia Commons Photo - (I have better photos but can't use them)
The mountain itself is about 40 miles south of Yreka near the actual town of Mount Shasta.
from:
https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/mount-shasta
Soaring to 14,179 feet/4,322 meters high, this magnificent volcano scrapes the turquoise-blue sky, north of Redding, a totem from almost anywhere in the northern part of the state. And while some mountains climb gradually, this one rises from surrounding flatlands in such perfect, cone-shaped, snow-capped majesty that it seems almost unreal—the perfect projection of a child’s fantasy of what a mountain should be.
Yet this is no childish vision—it’s a very real, very big volcano (last erupted in 1786) that is on the bucket list of serious mountaineers. (Famed naturalist John Muir wrote that his “blood turned to wine” when he first caught sight of the Fuji-esque peak.) Summiting the mountain is for the hardiest of climbers;
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