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Mt Shasta: Helen Lake to Summit! (14,157')

July 13, 2019 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Nice and cool

Comments:
Really solid ascent this year. Last year, I did it "off the couch", which was brutal .... This year - having done a mountainous (and snowy!) 50k was clutch. Never felt tired or fatigued given how locked in you are at 40% grade for long stretches on snow.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2531826356 (Helen to Red Banks)

https://www.strava.com/activities/2531826401 (Red Banks to Summit)
From Helen, hit a good split to Red Banks (~12,500', 1hr 50min, 1.3mi's) - refueled with some cytomax and a bar and rode the ridge over, short grunt up to Misery HIll and then popped out on the Summit Plateau (13,800'). From there, you cross a big snowfield and then its a pretty easy summit from there. Good amount of people on the mountain - one dude offered me a pull of Whiskey which I gladly took! Burned so good!

Great annual Shasta Summit this year. It's a great challenge, but always worth it.