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as occasion required. And since all the canyons of Shasta radiate from 
the summit, all were crossed on this trip. 
A base camp was next established in a grove of black alpine hem- 
locks near the head of the west branch of Squaw Creek, close to and 
just east of the upper end of Red Butte. Here one or more of the party 
remained continuously from August 1 till September 24. AlJl things 
considered, this is probably the best camping ground on Shasta, though 
I am not aware that it had been used before our visit. It is close by 
the three upper ‘meadows’ on Squaw Creek and within reach of the 
best feed for horses found on the mountain, with the possible exception 
x amen os or. 
Fig. 6.—Heather meadow on Squaw Creek. 
of a small area near Cold Creek, and it is by far the most conven- 
ient base from which to work the timberline region of the southern 
slopes. 
Temporary camps were established at the head of Panther Creek, in 
Mud Creek Canyon at the mouth of Clear Creek, in Ash Creek Can- 
yon a little below timberline, and high up between Mud Creek Canyon 
and the head of Clear Creek, from which point the main peak was twice 
ascended. At the base of the mountain, work was done at Sisson on 
the west side, in Squaw Creek and McCloud valleys on the south, and 
in Shasta and Little Shasta valleys on the north, and finally a trip was 
made completely around the mountain, mainly within the belt of yel- 
low pines which clothes its lower slopes. 
