Mount Shasta

6/13/04

Log:

12:13am - Left Bunny Flat trail head
01:06am - Reached the hut at Horse Camp
03:30am - (approx) Reached Helen Lake
05:24am - First photo with partial light, halfway up to the Red Banks
06:43am - Reached the top of the Red Banks near Thumb Rock
07:45am - After an hour waiting for clouds to clear, started heading for the summit
08:16am - Began the hike over Misery Hill
08:48am - Summit in view
09:18am - Reached summit
09:49am - Left summit
10:37am - Returned to the top of the Red Banks/Thumb Rock
11:45am - Arrived back at Helen Lake
01:27pm - Arrived back at trail head

Stats:

Time from trailhead to summit (including 1 hr delay): 9 hrs 5 mins
Time on summit: 31 mins
Time from summit back to trailhead: 3 hrs 38 mins
Total time trailhead to summit and back: 12 hrs 14 mins

Notes:

Plenty of water at the spring at Horse Camp (filter probably not necessary)
If you fill up at Horse Camp you can avoid bringing a stove (which would just
be annoying to use on a dayhike anyway)
Trekking poles were definitely helpful at times
Was happy I brought my heavier Marmot shell jacket
Sunglasses with the protective foam or leather would have helped in the wind