Castle Dome

We had to follow our epic day of climbing Mount Shasta with something equally as exciting, and Castle Dome didn't disappoint. Castle Crags State Park is about 50 miles south of Mount Shasta, and consists mainly of an abnormal mass of granite that was pushed up through miles upon miles of volcanic ground. At the very end of the granite crags is glacially polished Castle Dome. It's a couple-mile uphill hike to the dome on a trail, then some technical climbing up the granite dome itself.

From the upper portions of the trail, you're treated with views of Castle Dome and Mount Shasta in the distance.


We watched another group of climbers climb and summit one of the other crags throughout the day.


Clouds moved across Mount Shasta during the afternoon, and we were quite glad we chose the previous day to climb-- it had been windy at the top, but sunny and warm otherwise.


Happy Thursday!