An avalanche at Mount Shasta over Presidents Day weekend moved a “mind-boggling” amount of snow, forming 60-foot-tall walls, according to the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center.

Climbing Rangers Nick Meyers and Eric Falconer of the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center were on patrol at the Old Ski Bowl on Dec. 24, 2024, when they spotted the freezing flyer in the snow ...

Rescuers helped an injured hiker and their climbing partner off Black Butte's treacherously icy trail. What makes Mt.

Forest Service rangers Nick Meyers and Eric Falconer of the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center were on routine patrol when they came upon “their first attempted ascent of Mount Shasta by a goose.” ...

Mt. Shasta, standing at 14,179 feet ... checking snow depths, and assessing avalanche conditions. Rescues are not routine, but rangers are prepared to leap into action at a moment's notice.

Shasta last month. While on a routine patrol, climbing rangers with the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center spotted the goose at the 10,000-foot elevation point where Old Ski Bowl is located.

The USFS said that it offers a monthly course to human visitors to the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center on “avalanche awareness and hands-on beacon rescue training.” The agency reccommended ...

Two rangers on patrol discovered an unusual, unprepared “climber” high on Mount Shasta — a goose, California officials reported. Rangers Nick Meyers and Eric Falconer found the goose about 10,000 feet ...

U.S. Forest Service Ranger Nick Meyers recently took a snowmobile ride down Mount Shasta for a rescue he will always remember. "This poor goose was probably not going to make it up here," he said.

Jan. 15 (UPI) --The U.S. Forest Service said rangers stationed in the California mountains came to the rescue of "a particularly unprepared Mount Shasta climber" -- a goose. The Forest Service's ...

Mount Shasta Search and Rescue: Animal Edition Last month, our team at Mount Shasta Avalanche Center & Home of the Climbing Rangers rescued a particularly unprepared Mount Shasta climber.