Sargent's Ridge route on the right
At the base of the old ski bowl
Lower Sargent's Ridge
Frank tickled Lisa's fancy
Tim displaying his colors
Looking up the lower ridge
Awesome rock outcropping - which way around it?
Scrmbling up the rocks in plastic boots is not fun
Julius and Lisa
Julius
Lisa
Mike
Kelly, team leader, a bit laid back
Snow walking
Which way?
Ridge walking
Frank displaying PCT sticker with avalanche debris below
Frank
Life is good!
Digging out a tent spot
Sunset over stratus
Three man tent at Shastarama Point
Leaving our tents at camp
Mid to upper Sargents Ridge
Onward team
Our footsteps came all along the ridge from camp ...
And up!
Frequent views of heads
Shastarama Point is at top left
The Heart - Avalanche Gully
Shasta Ski Bowl
Shastarama Point with camp just to the right of center
Lisa having fun in plastic boots
The ridge
Kelly spies the route across steep snow
Monique!
Julius starts up Misery Hill
Monique does it all! She is on skis this time!
Monique is still happy after climbing 7000 feet that morning
Gabriel, Monique's companion, approaches summit
Ice sculpture near the summit
Detail of ice sculpture near the summit
Shasta's summit is atop the rhyme ice coated rocks
Louise on top
What a pleasant day to be on top of Shasta!
Julius on top of Shasta
Julius on Shasta's summit
Gabriel, Monique, and our group ascend the final section
Gabriel takes a short-cut to Shasta summit
Crossing the field of ice sculptures
Go team!
Monique follows Gabriel's short-cut
Gabriel and Monique on Shasta summit
Victory!
Our group on Shasta summit
Sargent's Ridge from up high
Camp is just right of center
Sargent's Ridge with camp just left of center
Our descent was down the soft snow, avoiding rock
Descent tracks
Just a bit of climbing to the ridge on our descent
Contrast the ease of snow with rock climbing in plastic boots
Long shadows. Camp is on far left.
The end of the upper Sargent's Ridge just above camp
Long shadows head for camp
Dinner. What is this stuff?
A good dinner joke!
The end of a spectacular day!
Down we go
Snow avoids climbing on rock
Corn snow crystals
Mike and Julius rejoin us after finding Mike's dropped camera!
Shasta's summit is a long way above the ski bowl
Ski Bowl has become snowmobile bowl. Route is on right.
