Volcano Road Trip in the Cascades

By the time I got back in the U.S. it was May and volcano corn riding season so Amar Andalkar, Estee and I threw all our gear in his car and started heading south to California.

Car Tetris

Our first stop in the road trip was up to Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park.

Paradise

It was another stunner day.

Tatoosh Range

That night we decided to head south to Timberline at Mt. Hood.

Timberline

The next morning we got up and waited until about 8AM before we started skinning past the resort.

Timberline ski resort
Reaching the Crater

We went up Hogback ridge than over to the Old Chute before summiting the peak.

Pearly Gates
Amar on the Summit
Mount Saint Helens, Adams and Rainier

The next stop on our road trip was the South Sister of 3 Sisters Wilderness in Central Oregon.

Climbing past obsedian flows
Estee getting gnarly

From the summit we got a great view South towards Bachelor.

Estee on the summit

Looking towards Broken Top

Broken Top

And the Middle and North Sister.

Middle and North Sister

Then the day after that we climbed Mt. Shasta’s East face.

Mount Shasta

Summiting around 10:30 and waiting until noon.

The Wyest Face

It’s hard to beat 6,000 vertical feet of corn snow.

Wyeast Face

By riding fall line we had to hike an extra mile to get back on the trail but it was well worth it.

Shasta

The next stop was Lassen National Park

Lassen National Park

The next morning we climbed the SE route via Bumpus Hell Parking lot

Lassen

Summiting around an hour after we started climbing.

Looking at Shasta from the summit

Amar’s interest was in riding the North Face.

North Face of Lassen

And I followed him down.

The Devistation zone

So that he had help putting in the boot pack.

Climbing the North Face

The North Face is definitely a classic.

Devistation Zone

On our way back north we decided to take a scenic route passing by Shasta.

Shasta

Some Obsidian Flows

An Obsidian Flow

and a place called Glass Mountain.

Glass Mountain

Before heading North to Crater Lake to watch the sunset.

Wizard Island
Amar Climbing
Crater Lake
Sunset on Crater Lake

It was a rad road trip and something I have looked forward to over the years.

Sunset alpenglow