Snowpack on Mount Shasta is measured each year by the Forest Service in cooperation with the Mt. Shasta Ranger District. The above data were taken in February. The data were obtained from the February 8, 1995 issue of the Weed Press and the February 5, 1997 issue of the Mount Shasta Herald.
Sandflat is located on the southwest side of Mount Shasta at an elevation of 6,800 feet. Horse Camp is located further up the trail in Avalanche Gulch at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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©1997 Linda Freeman