Mt Shasta is a wonderously beautiful mountain.  We arrived here on a sunny Sunday with lots of activity on the mountain.  Lots of skiers were just finishing up their tours and returning to the parking lot at Bunny Flats where the snow banks are still 6' high.  Monday was an even nicer day with spring corn snow on all the sunny slopes of the entire mountain.  Starting at the bunny flats parking lot (6,800') at 10:00 am I made it up to about 11,200' by 4:00 pm (my turn around time,) and looked out over the vast country below.  I put on my skis and had a glorious ride all the way down to Julie and Dolores; 4:31 pm.  Ski descents are amazing.  To be continued.