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Mount Shasta's east aspect with the Hotlum-Wintun route in view to the right of center.
The Brewer Creek Trailhead.
Hiking the Brewer Creek Trail to snowline.
Skinning to camp.
An ideal base camp lies on the route between 9,800 and 10,000 feet. The camp is adjacent to a stream that typically flows by late spring.
Cascade buttes roll out to the east.
Seracs and crevasses line the Hotlum Glacier.
Skiers ascend the Hotlum-Wintun Ridge route below Lunch Rocks.
Ascending the upper snowfield.
Throw those skis on the pack, the skinng stops here. Traversing below Lunch Rocks.
A 2,000-foot bootpack ascends a wide chute to the summit.
More bootpacking.
Final push to the summit.
Mount Shasta's summit (14,179').
Looking southwest from Shasta's summit.
7,000-foot descent to the trailhead, skiing the Hotlum-Wintun Ridge.
Hotlum-Wintun Ridge descent.
Hotlum-Wintun Ridge descent.
Hotlum-Wintun Ridge descent.
Hotlum-Wintun Ridge descent.
Hotlum-Wintun Ridge descent.
Tired legs and happy souls heading back to the Brewer Creek Trailhead.
Hotlum-Wintun Ridge ascent route in red; descent in blue.

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