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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:47 pm
by Southsideskiier
These pictures are from my day on Thursday, a day after we had a little over 2 feet of snow.



We have had a very weak season so far with only two significant snow storms this season. While the ski park has been open since mid January, the base is pretty weak under the two feet of powder compared to years past since the guys here do no know how to make snow the proper way.



The park is pretty small, 3 lifts, 425 skiable acres. The park is located on the base of Mt Shasta, a volcano in Northern California that is known for its back country skiing.



Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy pictures from a little know ski park.



The road up to the ski park from town, around 11 AM or so. We had a few people stuck in the snow banks.





A look at the Marmot lift and the west face. This is a standard black diamond at Shasta. It is a lot steeper than it looks.





Headed up Marmot





Started to snow at the top, This is a look at Cotoye Butte.





A look up North Saddle, a nice blue run.





Here is Easy Street, one of my favorite green runs.







Here is a shot of Coyote Butte(left) and Marmot(right)





Here is sticks 'n stones a nice black run off Coyote Butte.





Eagles Flight, a blue run off Coyote


Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:55 pm
by Southsideskiier
A shot from the coyote butte lift.





the park below coyote butte lift, Buffalo Birch on the left.





Westface again with the summit of Mt. Shasta hiding behind the clouds.





A shot from the Marmot lift, I love hitting up the powder under this lift. It is not on the trail map and it is on the beginner side of the mountain so the powder is usually fresh.





Coyote from the douglas left





Westface, you can see how little the coverage is, the brush is sticking through the 2+ feet of snow.





This is Telemark, they left a lot of runs ungroomed which made for a nice powder day.





Marmot lift again





Bottom of Telemark









Snowboarders hanging out.













Mt Shasta from downtown before the snowstorm


Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:46 pm
by davidski
It looks great -- I would ski that in a heartbeat -- and it looks like a lot of turny trees between runs



Oh yeah, and then there is Shasta



I hope you are loving it, conditions have sucked everywhere but that does look like a very special spot

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:39 pm
by mommehK
That looks like a great, fun place to hit up -- really nice pics!

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:12 am
by Droogie
Sweet stuff. I have barely heard of this place. Looks like it skis bigger than the acerage suggests.

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:28 am
by skipink
Beautiful!

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:36 pm
by skiing rules
Thanks for the pics. It looks like a great place to ski and I'm glad you landed some powder out there!

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:36 pm
by Ski Bunny
Beautiful pictures!

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:13 pm
by boredtoo
Nice TR! I hiked up Mt. Shasta several years ago and remember seeing some kind of sign that talked about an old ski area there that was destroyed by an avalanche.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:44 pm
by Southsideskiier
Yep, they closed the old ski bowl after several avalanches took our the lodge and lifts. You can still ski it today but you need a snow mobile to get up.







We got about two feet of snow last night with another foot or so on the way today. Pow day tomorrow.