Mount ShastaBy: Casee Kunz

Mount Shasta is in Siskiyou County, California.

It is 14,170 feet high.The population is about 3,390.

Mount Shasta is a stratovolcano with four cones buried on top of each other. Shastina is the most evident of the cones and forms a second peak.

The peak of the mountain is called HotlumCone. The cone formed about 8,000 years ago and is now covered by a rock dome.

Shasta sits on the Gorda Plate on a convergent boundary.

Stress from the North American plate and the Pacific Plate cause many earthquakes.

The North side of Mt.

Shasta has been

inhabited since about 600

B.C by Native

Americans(the

Shasta, Modoc, Ajumawi/

Atsuwegi, and Wintu).

These people believed

Mt. Shasta was the

center of creation. The

native people still live

in the area and perform

rituals in honor of the

mountain.

In 1932, the Rosicrucians believed

that the Lemurians lived in the

mountain(Lemurians were

super-humans who could change

themselves from an

object/material to spiritual).

In 1971, a Buddhist monastery was founded on Mt. Shasta.

Some Native Americans were unhappy with the rituals the

monks performed. Many New Age enthusiasts worship there.

There is no historical record of the

most recent eruption, but Jean

François Galaup de Lapérouse

claimed he saw Mt. Shasta erupt in

1786. He say this eruption from the

coast. This account is now doubted by

many geologists.

B e c a u s e t h e r e i s

n o r e c o r d o f t h e

m o s t r e c e n t

e r u p t i o n , w e h a v e

t o l o o k b a c k 9,500

y e a r s a g o t o s e e

h o w t h e e r u p t i o n

c h a n g e d t h e

l a n d s c a p e . M o s t o f

t h e d e b r i s a n d

l a v a -f l o w o c c u r r e d

t h e n w h e n

p y r o c l a s t i c f l o w s

Interesting Facts

• Mount Shasta is the 2nd highest peak in the Cascade Range. Mount Rainier is only 249 feet taller.

• It is also the 5th highest peak in California. The tallest mountain is Mt. Whitney.

• Shasta is a formidable mountain, and is still considered an active volcano.

• The Mount Shasta Ski Park is located on the mountain and is a popular place for avid skiers.

• People can hike up the glaciers or through the meadows.