Mount Shasta, CA — A tragic climbing accident on Mount Shasta resulted in the death of a solo climber over the weekend, according to the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Service.
On Friday at approximately 3:45 p.m., a 911 call reported a climber who had fallen on the Clear Creek Route of Mount Shasta. The caller, who witnessed the incident, described cloudy conditions at the time of the accident. The climber, navigating a descent, had veered off-route, slipped on snow, and subsequently fell. After an initial slide of about 200 feet, the climber’s fall was briefly halted before they fell again in steep terrain, sustaining fatal injuries.
