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Fresh Snow Awaits at Mt. Shasta Ski Park’s Opening Day
Early-morning trail cam video on Mt. Shasta Ski Park’s opening day The Christmas storm that past through Northern California gave…
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6 World-Famous Fly Fishing Destinations in Northern California’s Shasta Cascade
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo by by Craig Nielson, Shasta Trout Guide Service It’s been said that Redding…
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Heavy Snow Falls on Mt. Shasta Ski Park with Opening on the Brink
Mt. Shasta Ski Park trail cam on Monday morning The snowfall hit Northern California hard this weekend, with storms blanketing…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Sets Opening Date with Hopes of More Snowfall
Mt. Shasta Ski Park has enjoyed the early season snow accumulating throughout the mountains of Northern California this month. But…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park is Getting DUMPED ON Right Now
As the third winter storm of November descended into Northern California, locals wondered exactly how much snow we could expect…
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Incoming Storm Forecast to Bring Up To 3 Feet of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Truckee covered in snow. Photo by Wil Stewart. As we enter the third week in November, Northern California will receive its…
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Mt. Shasta Put on a Gorgeous Lenticular Cloud Show During the First Storm of the Season
It was a beautiful surprise to see last weekend’s early-season storm drop 20 inches of snow on the Northern California mountains. From…
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Rejoice! Another Foot of Snow Expected for the NorCal Mountains this Week
Photo: Sierra-at-Tahoe It was a beautiful surprise to see last weekend’s early-season storm drop 20 inches of snow on the…
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First Winter Storm of the Season Brings 20 Inches of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! That was the sentiment all weekend in Northern California as the…
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Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Growing 8,656 Marijuana Plants in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced two Mexican nationals on Thursday for a conspiracy to cultivate marijuana, marijuana cultivation in…
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Winter is Coming: First Storm of the Season Could Bring a Foot of Snow to NorCal Mountains
Snowy pier on Lake Tahoe. Photo by Ravi Pinisetti. The winter is approaching in the mountains of Northern California, with forecasts…
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Lake Shasta Caverns Closes as Health Officials Designate it as an ‘Indoor Museum’
The management at Lake Shasta Caverns received a surprising alert this week as the Shasta County Health and Human Services…
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Fuelwood Permits Now Available in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
As the impacts from COVID-19 continue to be felt across the country, the US Forest Service is committed to providing…
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Lake Shasta Caverns Preparing to Reopen this Week
Another major Northern California reopening will occur on Shasta Lake this week, as Lake Shasta Caverns has announced it will…
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Shasta Lake’s Brock Fire Now at 15 Acres and 20 Percent Containment
The smoke of the Brock Fire hovering over Shasta Lake. Photo by USFS. A series of thunderstorms ignited four small…
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Thunderstorm Ignites Brock Fire Near Shasta Lake
Thunderstorms moving across the Shasta-Trinity National Forest over the past weekend ignited several small wildfires. Three of these were discovered…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Donating 10 Percent of Season Pass Sales in April to Food Banks
The Mt. Shasta Ski Park is using their season pass sales in the month of April to help out the…
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California Untamed Postpones 330-Mile Trail Run from Arcata to Mt. Shasta Until 2021
Ryan Spitz, Founder of California Untamed, took to social media to announce he will be postponing the inaugural 330-mile trail…
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Lemurians Emerge from Mt. Shasta, Publicly Lambasted for Not ‘Sheltering-in-Place’
*Happy April Fool’s Day! This article is part of the Active NorCal April Fool’s Day Extravaganza. Don’t @ us. Photo…
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Today is Mt. Shasta Ski Park’s Final Day of the Winter Season
It was another difficult winter at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park, as sparse snowfall and poor snowmaking dominated the headlines…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Reduces Hours Due to Dwindling Snowpack
It’s been a difficult winter at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park. Following the robust precipitation of December, the snowfall has…
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Winter Weather Advisory: Nearly a Foot of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Weekend
Snow in Lassen Volcanic National Park Following the driest February Northern California has ever recorded, we aren’t exactly seeing the…
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This Lenticular Cloud that Appeared Over Mt. Shasta Yesterday Looks Like a UFO
Instagram/@padula2u Mount Shasta is known to marvel onlookers with a lenticular cloud show every now and again, and anyone lucky…
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Watch Skiers Race to the Top of Mt. Shasta Ski Park During the Shasta Ascension Race
The 7th Annual Shasta Ascension Backcountry Race was held at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park on January 18, 2020, where…
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With Over a Foot of New Snow in the NorCal Mountains, Christmas Week will be a Powder Paradise
Since Thanksgiving week, the snow has been falling nearly nonstop, giving Northern California the snowpack needed to enter 2020 with…
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With New Snow, Mt. Shasta Ski Park Will Open this Week
While Northern California was bombarded with snowfall in the early weeks of the winter, Mt. Shasta Ski Park struggled to…
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With New Snow, Mt. Shasta Ski Park Announces Opening Day
It’s been a pleasant surprise for skiers and snowboarders to witness the onslaught of snow falling in the Northern California…
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‘Atmospheric River’ to Bring Nearly 7 Feet of Snow to NorCal Mountains Through Monday
Here we go again. Northern California welcomed winter in a fantastic way Thanksgiving week, with a “bomb cyclone” storm bringing…
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Winter Storm Watch: 3 More Feet of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains Through Sunday
It was a spectacular start to winter in Northern California when a the “bomb cyclone” storm brought 2 feet of…
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NWS Updated Snow Forecast: 4 Inches for Redding, 2 Feet for Shasta Lake and 3 Feet for Dunsmuir
Snow in Downtown Dunsmuir Yesterday, we noticed a change in the weather patterns of the upcoming storm descending on Northern…
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Winter Storm Warning – Up to 3 Feet Snow of Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Week
Flickr/Scott Schrantz We’ve been keeping our eye on the first big winter storm heading for Northern California this week, and…
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‘Several Feet of Snow’ Forecast for NorCal Mountains Thanksgiving Week
A past storm in South Lake Tahoe. Photo: Flickr/Florent Lamoureux With snow and rain forecast for Thanksgiving Week in Northern…
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Discover a Captivating Underground World at Lake Shasta Caverns
It was a foregone conclusion that I would love the Shasta Caverns tour. First, you find it off the O’Brien…
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Winter in September? Mt. Shasta Ski Park Got Slammed with Snowfall this Weekend
Sitting at just 6,880 feet elevation, the Mt. Shasta Ski Park sometimes has trouble receiving the same amount of snowfall…
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What Month is It?! Snow Forecast for Northern California Mountains this Weekend
Although summer just officially ended on September 23rd, it’s beginning to feel like winter in Northern California. We’ve already seen…
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It’s Mid-September and People Are Already Snowboarding on Mt. Shasta
Earlier in the week we reported that Mount Shasta was forecast to see up to two feet of snow this…
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You Only Have 3 Weekends Left to Experience Summer Activities at Mt. Shasta Ski Park
View this post on Instagram New extension to the Downhill trail is flowing well 🤙 Planning on getting some more…
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Mountain Fire Destroys 7 Homes in Redding as Containment Grows to 60 Percent
In an instance that had many Redding residents experiencing deja vu following the devastating wildfires of 2018, the looming threat…
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Mountain Fire Growth Slows, Containment Moves to 40 Percent with 600 Acres Burned
Update 8:30 am: While the feelings on Thursday afternoon had Redding residents panicked amidst a fast-growing Mountain Fire in the…
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Mountain Fire Growth Slows, Containment Moves to 40 Percent with 600 Acres Burned
Update 8:30 am: While the feelings on Thursday afternoon had Redding residents panicked amidst a fast-growing Mountain Fire in the…
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578 Lightning Strikes Have Ignited 7 Fires in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in the Past 24 Hours
Flickr/Patrick Dirden Dangerous lightning strikes have been prominent throughout Northern California and Southern Oregon over the past 24 hours and…
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126 Lightning Strikes Have Hit the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Over the Past 24 Hours
Thunderstorms have been prevalent throughout Northern California this week, and no area has seen more threatening weather activity than the…
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The 8 Best Places to Catch BIG Fish Near Mt. Shasta
Photo: Wild Waters Fly Fishing When it comes to fishing, there aren’t many areas in the world like Northern California.…
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Thunderstorms, Mountain Snow Forecast for Memorial Day Weekend in NorCal
Clouds over Bridge Bay on Shasta Lake Sheesh, what a bummer. Although Memorial Day isn’t the official first day of…
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Watch: Pro Athletes Visit Mt. Shasta and Redding for a Biking Adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NutYoelJxJY Northern California is a biking utopia. From road biking to mountain biking to even snow biking, there’s an adventure…
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Shasta County Currently Ranks 3rd in National Bike Challenge
Brought to you by Healthy Shasta Photo: Shasta Bike Challenge The National Bike Challenge is hosted every May and is…
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Mt. Shasta Rotary Prepares to Release Trophy-Sized Trout into Lake Siskiyou
In December, the Mount Shasta Rotary constructed pens in Lake Siskiyou to house and grow “trophy-sized” rainbow trout to release…
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Kids Ski for Free at Mt. Shasta Ski Park on Easter Sunday
Via Instagram/@mtshastaskipark It’s nearing the end of an epic winter season on Mt. Shasta Ski Park and now the mountain’s…
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See Just How Tough it is to Summit Mt. Shasta with “Directors of Toughness”
In an article titled (Almost) Climbing Mt. Shasta Active NorCal editor Chip O’Brien described his harrowing account of having to turn back…
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10 Destinations To Mark Off Your Shasta Cascade Bucket List
The Shasta Cascade region is one of a kind. The collection of waterfalls, trails, mountains, caves, rivers, museums and other…
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Rainy Conditions Force Mt. Shasta Ski Park to Close this Week
The warm storm that hit Northern California this weekend brought April showers to Mt. Shasta Ski Park. The two inches…
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This Downhill Skateboarding Video on Mt. Shasta is GNARLY!
There’s just something in the water at Mount Shasta. Caliber Trucks, a skateboarding company making high-end trucks, released a new…
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Resort for Outdoor Adventurers Prepares to Open in Mt. Shasta
Photo: LOGE Camps Mt. Shasta is known as an outdoor mecca for many. Surrounded by mountains, lakes, trails, rivers and…
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Flash Flood Watch Issued in Fire Scarred Areas of Shasta County
With torrential rains continuing to push through Northern California, officials are on high alert for flooding in the fire scarred…
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Footage of “Historic” Valentine Avalanche on Mt. Shasta is Breathtaking
In the middle of February, a giant avalanche slammed Mount Shasta, which has been come to be known as the…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Reopens with Blue Skies, 70 Inches of New Snow
While the lower Sierra Nevada has seen the brunt of this month’s historic snowfall, Mount Shasta just got hit hard…
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Storm Closes Mt. Shasta Ski Park for Second Consecutive Day
This month has been a whirlwind of blizzards and snowfall throughout Northern California, which has been a greta boost for…
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“Potentially Historic” Avalanche Reported on Mt. Shasta
The guys at Shasta Mountain Guides hiked up to Avalanche Gulch on Mount Shasta this morning to find an interesting…
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Storm Forecast: 10-Straight Days of Snow, 200 Inches to NorCal Mountains
Mammoth Mountain After a crazy weekend of storms bringing up to 11 feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains,…
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The Frozen Lake of Mt. Shasta – Ice Skating Castle Lake
Castle Lake is one of those destinations in Northern California that the visitors will rave about. In the summer, it’s…
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Shasta County Biking Trails Receive Facelift Following Carr Fire
When the Carr Fire swiftly moved through Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and the northwest area of Redding and Shasta County,…
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NorCal High-Wind Alert: Gusts Could Reach 60 MPH in the Valley Today; 100 MPH in the Mountains
The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind warning in Northern California on Wednesday and Thursday, with areas in the…
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Mt. Shasta Put on Another Incredible Lenticular Cloud Show This Week
By Zach O’Brien Here we go again! I just happened to be in the Mount Shasta area on Friday, January…
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Blizzard Watch: Nearly 10 Feet of Snow Forecast for NorCal Mountains this Week
After the New Year, Department of Water Resources officials measured a low snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, showing the snowpack…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Received A LOT of Snow Last Night
It just keeps coming! After a weekend of massive snowfall, another storm is making its mark on Northern California just…
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Bluebird Conditions Highlight Mt. Shasta Ski Park’s Opening Day
Via Instagram/@mtshastaskipark Today is the day, people. Far NorCal’s premiere ski resort is opening to the public today and the…
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Watch 1,927 Pictures of Mt. Shasta in 70 Seconds
Skylakes Media took to the North side of Mt. Shasta and set up a camera in auto mode to take…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Announces Opening Day
The early winter storms flooding Northern California the past couple of weeks have given some snow to the mountains… A…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Prepares for Opening Day
It’s been a rough couple of years for Mt. Shasta Ski Park. They’ve had difficulty staying open for long periods…
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Snowvember is Here! NorCal Mountains Continue to get POUNDED with Snow
Have we died and gone to…February? On the last day of November, a set of massive storms continue to cover…
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New Resort for Outdoor Enthusiasts Coming to Mt. Shasta
Mt. Shasta is known as an outdoor mecca for many. Surrounded by mountains, lakes, trails, rivers and waterfalls, the small…
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Watch this Impressive Homemade Zipline at Shasta Lake
There are a lot of things to do during a beautiful day on Shasta Lake. You can go wakeboarding, slide…
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We Guarantee this Mt. Shasta Timelapse will BLOW YOUR MIND!
The beauty of Mt. Shasta has been documented ad nauseam on this website. We won’t shy away from that. But…
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Details Emerge From Deadly Log Rolling Incident on Shasta Lake
On September 2, a group of 7 people hopped on a boat and headed onto Shasta Lake for a fun…
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Shasta Lake is Surrounded by Two Large Wildfires, Lake Businesses Remain Open
The Carr Fire has officially moved all the way from Whiskeytown Lake to waterfront of Shasta Lake, blazing through another…
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Exhilarating Mt. Shasta Rescue At 13,000 Feet Caught On Video
On June 22, 2016, a climbing group on Mount Shasta had almost summited the 14,179 ft. peak when a member of…
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These Photos of Mt. Shasta from Space are Stunning
Astronauts from NASA’s Earth Observatory have been snapping incredible photos of what the earth’s most beautiful sites look like from…
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Hikes
Hiking to the Top of Whiskeytown’s Shasta Bally
By Chip O’Brien You might do it for the exercise. You might do it because it’s something you see almost…
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Breathtaking Views Await at the Top of Lassen’s Brokeoff Mountain
Several hundred thousand years ago, ancient stratovolcano Mt. Tehama blew forming Brokeoff Mountain. Experts suggest Tehama’s explosion matched the destructive…
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Opinion: Dear Federal Government, Don’t Lay a Hand on our Beloved Shasta Dam
The federal government is fast tracking a plan to raise the Shasta Dam, already the 8th highest dam in the country, by…
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Outdoors
The Aurora Borealis Could Be Visible in Northern California this Month
This month, Northern California residents might just catch a rare glimpse of the elusive Aurora Borealis, more commonly known as…
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California Boosts Outdoor Recreation with $6.7 Million in Trail Grants
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve could see 534 feet of new trail with recently announced grant program California is set…
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Win Two Lift Tickets to Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Tahoe!
We have yet another giveaway for the subscribers of the Active NorCal Magazine! If you’re keeping score, this is the…
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Hikes
3 Northern California Snowshoe Hikes with a Waterfall Payoff
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou Photo: Discover Siskiyou It’s wintertime in Northern California, possibly having you believe that it’s…
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Spectacular Geminids Meteor Shower Will Light Up the Northern California Sky this Week
Northern Californians are in for a celestial treat as the Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of…
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