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Guardians on the volcano

Image shows a helicopter flying above a backpacker on an ice-covered plain with mountains rising in the background.
Fresh snow on Mount Shasta, looking up at Avalanche Gulch from near treeline. Avalanches regularly occur here. The Avalanche Gulch route is the most popular route up the mountain and is typically best climbed in spring when the avalanche danger is low, snow coverage is still good, the days are longer and…
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Sáttítla Highlands National Monument

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On Jan. 14, 2025, President Biden announced the designation of the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in northern California. The monument encompasses 224,676 acres of varied habitat on the Modoc, Shasta-Trinity, and Klamath national forests and provides protection to tribal ancestral homelands, historic and scientific treasures, rare flora and fauna, and the headwaters of vital sources of…
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Northern California Wilderness Areas: Marble Mountain & Trinity Alps

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#Trails, #Recreation, #KlamathNationalForest, #ShastaTrinityNationalForest, #HikingTrails, #Camping, #Backpacking