Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California have a new protector. No, it is not a revamped ski patrol or new lifts ...

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 ...

Scientists studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range found that an aquifer has nearly three times as much water as ...

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 ...

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

“That there are similar large volcanic aquifers north of the Columbia Gorge and near Mount Shasta likely make the Cascade Range the largest aquifer of its kind in the world.” At a time ...

What makes Mt. Shasta’s smaller neighbor, lava dome Black Butte, challenging — but worth the climb, hikers say While smaller than it's towering 14,179-foot neighbor, volcanic Mt. Shasta ...

Karlstrom said there are similar large volcanic aquifers north of the Columbia Gorge and near Mount Shasta, but the Cascade Range aquifer appears to be the largest mapped thus far. Though ...