Mt. Shasta is a stratovolcano and part of the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped collection of volcanoes that line the Pacific Ocean on both sides. The last time it erupted was 3,200 years ago ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park, true to its name, is one of the best places in the United States to see the legacy of eons of volcanic activity. Most notably, the park features examples of each of ...

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

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 ...

Black Butte erupted four times since it began as a large crater at the base of Mt. Shasta, approximately 10,700 years ago. Each time, it forced lava the "consistency of cookie dough" above the crater.

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. (KOBI/KTVZ) – A goose is safe after attempting to summit Mt. Shasta last month. While on a routine patrol, climbing rangers with the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center spotted ...

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 ...

Mt. Shasta rangers in California got a gander of an unusual "climber" in distress on Christmas Eve, when they stumbled across a stranded goose that was 10,000 feet up the mountain. Climbing ...

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.