Sacred Place: Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, California
The northwest coast of the United States is home to a series of breathtaking mountain peaks of the Cascade Mountain Range, covered year-round in caps of snow. Many of them are active or potentially active volcanoes, part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Some figure in Native legends. Mount Shasta, known in the Karuk Language as White Mountain, stands at an elevation of 14,179 feet. It is the second-highest peak in the Cascades nd the fifth highest in California. It's a target of hikers and photographers the world over. However, if Mount Shasta ever does decide to blow, it would be a stratovolcano capable of epic destruction. Mount Shasta is named for one the Shasta tribe who lived at its base. Other tribes who lived near the mountain include the Okwanuchu, Modoc, Achomawi, Atsugewi, Karuk, Klamat, Winto and Yana. The Siskiyou trail which runs along the base of the mountain and is now...