swimming, fishing and
picnicking.
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The Drive » Hwy 89 climbs
steeply to reach the city of Mt
Shasta. Along the way you’ll
pass Mt Shasta Board & Ski
Park, which has ski trails that
are converted into awesome
mountain biking runs in the
summer.
5 Mt Shasta
Still classified as an
active volcano, Mt
Shasta (%530-926-
4511; http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/
shastatrinity; 204 W Alma
St, Mt Shasta City; h8am-
4:30pm) remains a mecca
for mystics. Seekers
are attracted to the
peak’s reported cosmic
properties, but this
reverence for the great
mountain is nothing
new: for centuries
Native Americans have
honored it as sacred,
considering it to be
no less than the Great
Spirit’s wigwam. Reach
its highest drivable point
by heading through Mt
Shasta City to Everitt
Memorial Hwy, which
leads to Bunny Flat, one
of the lower access points
on the mountain for
excellent hikes. An amble
around the town at the
base of the mountain
will provide you with anopportunity to duck into
book shops and excellent
eateries. Visitors can also
fill their water bottles
at the Sacramento
River Headwaters off
Mt Shasta Blvd, about a
mile north of downtown.
Pure water gurgles up
from the ground in a
large, cool spring amid
a city park with walking
trails, picnic spots and a
children’s playground.5 4 p147
The Drive » From Mt Shasta
City go 10 miles north on I-5,
past Weed to the Edgewood exit,
then turn left at Stewart Springs
Rd and follow the signs.McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park Burney Falls