Joys of summer in snow on trek up Mount Shasta

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Black cumulus clouds punched 20,000-foot towers into the sky and buried the top of 14,162-foot Mount Shasta. On the Summit Route at 12,500 feet, violent thunder rattled off Red Banks and made it sound like the snow-packed volcano was being cracked...

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