"Mount Shasta is part of the watershed, so you're getting less water available for all different purposes. One way of seeing that is just looking at the mountain." Aug 25, 2021.

Shasta’s glaciers have lost more than 50 percent of their volume and area in this 21st century, with 2021 as the largest year of volume loss.

Every year, thousands of climbers test their skills on Mount Shasta, California’s fifth-highest peak and the second-highest volcano in the Cascade Range. In 2023, around 5,000 to 6,000 people ...