Old Ski Bowl Vista Point and Trailhead

USA / California / MacCloud /
 trailhead, ski resort / area
The Ski Park was the second ski area constructed on Mount Shasta, but the only one which now survives. The old Mount Shasta Ski Bowl had been built in 1958 in a huge open cirque much higher up on the southern flank of the volcano, with a lodge at 7,800 ft (2,400 m) and lifts topping out above timberline at 9,200 ft (2,800 m). The ski area had often been in financial trouble over the next two decades. A massive avalanche in January 1978 destroyed the main chairlift and the Ski Bowl closed permanently.
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Coordinates:   41°21'40"N   122°12'1"W
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