"Mostly beautifil day below 12k. Red rocks still had snow to climb in. Above 12k had incredible winds. Near Misery Hill winds strong enough to throw me to the ground. The dip between Shasta and the hill had the winds subside" — Irrationalist • Jun 10, 2022

"Shasta summit yesterday via avalanche gulch in a great weather window. Camped at Helen Lake the night prior, which is still completely snow-covered with at least a dozen well-dug snow platforms. Good snow for barebooting up to the heart, then switched to crampons for the rest of the climb. We heard one natural rockfall climbers right of the gulch at about 3 AM. We took the large gully variation up through the red banks climbers left. It was thinly covered with a fair amount of ice at the bottom. Above the red banks and up Misery Hill was mostly thin snow and ice patches with large sections of loose rock. From Misery Hill to the base of the summit block it was well covered. The west side of the summit block was very icy, and probably the crux of the climb yesterday. Snow softened considerably by late morning in yesterdays heat. We opted for a small down climb through a narrow gully skiers left nearest Thumb Rock. Mushy snow made for a quick descent, though human-triggered rockfall became an issue around the heart from climbers above. Below Helen Lake, we found ourselves postholing substantially, and the snow was melting quickly below treeline." — wacbravo • May 4, 2022

"Started before 2am. Clear day with a great sunrise, made for a nice shadow of Shasta on the valley. Lots of snow for June, had to use crampons all the way up. With all the snow, coming down after the thumb, we where able to glissade most of the way. " — colleenmarie512 • Jun 23, 2019