Mount Shasta : Ask Biography

Mountain information

Name

Mount Shasta

Elevation

14179 ft (4321.8 m)

Prominence

9822 ft (2993.7 m)

Parent peak

Mount Whitney

Listing

Ultra

Location

Siskiyou County, California, USA

Range

Cascade Range

Type

Stratovolcano

Age

About 593,000 years

Volcanic_Arc/Belt

Cascade Volcanic Arc

Last eruption

1786

First ascent

1854 by E. D. Pearce and party

Easiest route

Avalanche Gulch ("John Muir") route: talus/snow climb

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Mount Shasta (Úytaahkoo in Karuk or "White Mountain": the origin of the name "Shasta" is vague, perhaps from Russian (Tchastal, "white, clean, pure") from the early Russian settlers in California) is located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California and at 14179 ft (4321.8 m) is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California. Mount Shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cumi (354.3 km3) which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

The mountain and its surrounding area are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta-Trinity National Forest.