After a successful ascent of Mt. Rainier EJ and I had hoped to climb Mt. Adams or Mt. Baker but the weather was not looking good. Accordingly, we elected to give Mount Shasta a shot. Fortunately we have some friends in Portland that were willing to serve as our remote base camp. We headed south from Portland in the late morning and arrived at the Bunnyflats Trailhead a bit after 6:00 P.M. We packed the gear needed for a quick overnight camping trip to Lake Helen at 10,400’ and then planned to push to the summit the following day. We left the trailhead at 6:30 P.M. and arrived at our campsite at 9:15. Once we arrived at camp we set up the tent and melted water in the dark. The next morning the alarm we set for 3:45 A.M. didn’t go off (operator error) so we ended up starting up the snowfield at 5:00 A.M. We made steady progress up the mountain and arrived at the summit at 8:15 A.M. The winds along the summit ridge were in excess of 40 m.p.h. so we didn’t stay long. We made good time back down to the cars and elected to make the long drive back to Portland. The climb of Shasta reminded EJ and I of a spring snow climb in Colorado. 60 Contiguous Fourteeners down, 13 to go.