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| Blackmouth | First Timer  Date Climbed: May 20, 2009 | |
| This was my first time up Shasta and I was fortunate to be able to climb with Forjan & Mdostby, who have summited Shasta multiple times. We were the only ones on Casaval Ridge that day.Roundtrip was a few minutes over 12 hours. I look forward to climbing this route again. | |
| Posted May 25, 2009 2:29 pm | ||
| forjan | 4x Date Climbed: May 20, 2009 | |
| This was my 4th time dayhiking Casaval Ridge. Went with mdostby and blackmouth. Started at 2:40AM from Bunny Flat, summited by 11:40AM, spent 35 min at the top and were back at Bunny Flat by 2:45PM. Route was in good condition still. | |
| Posted May 21, 2009 1:54 pm | ||
| kovarpa | nth time... Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2009 | |
| Up Casaval with Vendula and Michal (start 4.30am, summit 12.30pm), ski down West Face, with an injury accident at the bottom of WF (Hidden Valley). Epic to get out. | |
| Posted May 2, 2009 2:28 am | ||
| junoiceclimber | "I'll be back" Date Climbed: Mar 19, 1996 | |
| Shut down at 10 thousand due to good and stormy conditions. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2009 4:02 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | 3rd Time's a Charm! Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2009 | |
| I tried to dayhike the route twice before, failing due to an oncoming cold and a freaky windslab. This time I was successful despite bruising my ribs the day before. Excellent route! | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 7:15 am | ||
| PrestonRhea | Casaval Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2009 | |
| Fun route, gorgeous views, beautiful weather. Could I have asked for more? | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2009 9:32 pm | ||
| Shon | Just not enough time Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2008 | |
| Me and my buddy set up camp at the first window and woke up early for a good alpine morning start but we were moving to slowly to make it to the top. Oh well there is always this year... mmmm maybe in February or March? I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for good weather and low avy danger!! | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2009 1:09 pm | ||
| kovarpa | winter? Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2009 | |
| I have never seen Casaval so bare of snow... we were still able to connect the snow fields by weaving left and right. Started around 6am, got to the top of the ridge where it connects to West Face/Catwalk around 11.30am and called it a day due to high winds. Skiing West Face was an epic between 13k-11k due to icy bumpy surface. Below that skiing was decent. All in all a good day in the mountains. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2009 10:32 pm | ||
| highcamp | Winter ascent, nice tumble on the descent | |
| 3 of our friends got caught in a major storm on the mountain attempting a winter ascent the year before - which thus gave us the idea to try it in winter the next year. Casaval is a beautiful climb. We approached while the upper half of the peak was wrapped in a storm and so setup a high camp at around 10K ft. Summit day turned out to be perfect (I believe it was Dec 31, but I forget). Descending from our high camp the next day, we decided to glissade into the bottom part of Avalanche Gulch. I began the glissade with my SLR camera under my arm and soon needed to roll to that side to arrest the human-toboggan I'd become (all while protecting the camera). It didn't work, and soon I hit a lip and started cartwheeling. Not wanting to impale myself with my axe, I threw it to the side, knowing that the slope would eventually mellow out. Still, I tumbled for about 400 vertical feet down a decent angled slope. Yup, lost a lot of skin on that one. But I did eventually come to a stop. And the camera survived. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2008 1:06 am | ||
| Bonesaw | Early Spring Ascent Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2004 | |
| This was my first foray into the world of mountaineering and I loved it. We had great weather and enjoyed a beautiful, if not a little cold, summit. I'm hungry for more! | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2008 9:10 am | ||
| Carbo | Casaval Ridge | |
| Did an ascent in winter coniditons of Casaval ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2007 4:32 pm | ||
| NewDayRising | AG-CR-WF Variation Date Climbed: May 14, 2007 | |
| Route: Avalanche Gulch-Casaval Ridge-West Face Variation Solo. This year Mt Shasta had very low snowfall vs the average. Left Horse Camp at 0800. Ascended AG to about 9000 feet then gain CR (1130). Stayed on CR til about 10500 feet, then traversed over to WF variation. (Stopped about 100 feet below Red Colored Rock /Red Banks elev (1600) then glissaded WF variation. Descended past horse camp. Had to backtrack and traverse over a couple minor ridges to get back to camp. Too tired to check watch or eat dinner. (Guessing on the elevations). I had fun none the less, and got a good survey of the other routes. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2007 12:10 am | ||
| hikerbrian | Early Spring Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2007 | |
| Climbed most of the route in the dark to try and beat a storm, but we made some route-finding mistakes which resulted in a more difficult climb than it needed to be. Got to the base of Misery Hill about 7:30 a.m. but weather was already moving in. Moderate winds with blowing snow and decreasing visibility. Opted to turn around there. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2007 9:17 pm | ||
| Zhenya77 | Casaval (Memorial Weekend) Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| Mt.Shasta is famous for its unpredictable weather. After a windy and snowy night spending on a Casaval ridge (10,000 ft) we started ascend at 3:00 am and summit the peak by 10:15 am. The return to a camp was full of adventure in itself due to a poor visibility (total white out). It was a great Memorial weekend trip which has a history in itself (See snow blizzard on Memorial weekend in 2002) http://public.fotki.com/Jenya77/poxod_backpacking_/mountaineering_poxo/mt_shasta/p1010017.html | |
| Posted May 31, 2006 6:14 am | ||
| Rinat Shagisultanov | Successful summit attempt Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| Ascended Casaval Ridge from the BC @ 9800 ft in the First Window. Started at 3 am, topped out at 10 am. There were some cold wind, but otherwise perfect snow and weather conditions. We got some cloud cover on the way down the Avy Gulley and had to wait for the whiteout conditions to dissipate. | |
| Posted May 30, 2006 7:29 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Casaval Date Climbed: May 7, 2006 | |
| Training climb via Catwalk with Kris and Vendulka. Route in great shape. Started calm at 4am, then high winds, we topped out in a whiteout and happily skipped Misery Hill. | |
| Posted May 13, 2006 12:37 am | ||
| virginiapine | Early summer solo Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2003 | |
| Climbed as many of the pinnacles as I could in big boots (skipped a few in the first half), bivied in the last nice flat notch halfway up, finished by going around the west side of Misery Hill (more technical, great view of Whitney Gl.) and up. Bivied again on descent (for more acclimatization before teaching friends on the north side). Absolutely gorgeous, and not another soul on the ridge. | |
| Posted May 5, 2006 3:16 pm | ||
| tjbst47 | Mount Shasta Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2006 | |
| Climbed Casaval Ridge, descended into whiteout below "Misery Hill" and got lost for an hour or so, but eventually found the way, 6 hour ascent time from the 9800 ft camp | |
| Posted May 1, 2006 3:47 am | ||
| cdog | end of winter on Casaval Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2004 | |
| I made a one day blitz of Casaval on the 19th of March. Conditions were near perfect--clear skies, good snow, no crowds. The route is pretty staightforward, with lots of traversing moderate slopes (30 degrees) and some icy spots. The underlying difficulty is the length and elev gain. The winds picked up tremendously on the summit plateau--gusts strong enough to make me lose my balance a couple times (70+ mph). There were some lenticular clouds to verify this. Overall it was a tremendous day, and a test of will power to fight through the wind. | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2006 5:55 am | ||
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