Castle Crags and Waterfalls of Northern California

Spent the past couple days enjoying all the beauty the Mt. Shasta area has to offer.

These are the Castle Crags located 15 miles south of Mt. Shasta. Castle Crags State Park is open year round and offers many trails throughout the park. All trails are clear of snow and accessible at this time.

Hedge Creeks Falls located at the North Dunsmuir Exit is glorious right now. A short 10 minute walk down to the falls.

I took a drive this afternoon to the spectacular Burney Falls. It flows over 100,000 million gallons of water daily. Theodore Roosevelt considered it the 8th wonder of the world.

This cliff, along Hat Creek is known as "Diatomaceous Earth". It is chalk like sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into powder. It is fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of algae. It is used to make tooth fillings, pool filters, cat litter, etc.

These are Fall River Falls flowing at top flow. A nice hike.

This was taken at 9400' Thursday Morning. It marks my 100th day of skiing this season and still counting...

Looks like we are going to have very warm temperatures this weekend. Go out and enjoy the Mt. Shasta Area. And as always have a great weekend!